IBM is launching a new business unit focused on blockchain technology and other emerging areas and putting its global business services chief, Bridget van Kralingen, in charge. Bridget van Kralingen The unit, dubbed Industry Platforms, will initially emphasize Watson Financial Services, blockchain technology and strategic partnerships. Van Kralingen, senior vice president for IBM Global Business …
Huawei is the latest technology giant to join the ZigBee Alliance at the Promoter level and be named to the board of directors. The alliance is a non-profit association of companies creating, maintaining and delivering open, global standards for the low-power wireless Internet of Things (IoT). Huawei is the 15th member of the ZigBee Alliance …
The Facebook CEO is eager to help people mark themselves as safe and show off his automated home. Mark Zuckerberg talked up Facebook’s plans to expand its artificial intelligence and safety check features at a town hall discussion today in Italy. Taking questions from an audience at a university in Rome, Zuckerberg expressed his condolences …
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It’s one of the vaguest terms in the tech industry. (Perhaps rivaled only by “the cloud.”) You may or may not know what it means. But hopefully you do know that it’s worth billions of dollars. We’re talking about the Internet of Things (IoT). In this article, we’re breaking down the basic concept of IoT …
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Omate announced the Omate Rise Limited Edition smartwatch with Amazon Alexa Voice Service available later this year. The watch will be available for pre-order Sept. 1-3, 2016 on the Omate Rise Indiegogo page for $199 and will start shipping in Dec., 2016. Starting Jan., 2017, the price will increase to $349. The Omate Rise Carbon …
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Investment Thesis Global Leader in Internet of Things Space Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) is the global leader in embedded cellular modules for the Internet of Things. The Internet of Things is still in its infancy with 2.9 billion connected devices in 2014 and a wide array of estimates ranging from 13 billion to 50 billion …
The Omate Rise is a smartwatch with a round display, an Android-based operating system, and support for WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and 3G cellular data. Omate ran a crowdfunding campaign for the watch last year and began shipping the Omate Rise earlier in 2016. Now the company has announced that the Omate Rise is getting a new feature: …
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Hands full? The Philips Hue Motion Sensor lets you control lights without using a smartphone or switch. Just walk on by. Automatic Philips Hue lights without using a smartphone or switch. This could be useful when you enter your house with your hands full of groceries, or when you wake up in the middle of …
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Drones are a capitivating IoT example According to a report from retail research firm NPD Group, sales of drones have more than tripled over the last year, reaching around $200 million. The increasing interest in using these aerial devices is one of the best illustrations of how lower prices and the demand for connectivity is driving the …
Smart TVs, also referred to as hybrid or connected TVs, are television sets with the inbuilt capacity to connect to the internet. This capability allows users to access online services such as instant messaging, video on demand, web browsing, social media and many others. Smart TVs are becoming an increasingly popular option for many households, …
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