Amazon’s voice platform, Alexa, is no one-trick pony. In fact, she just added new skills to her repertoire: She can now order you food or an Uber, and she can even find your lost phone. She can help you pay your mortgage on time, too, and offer special deals that only she has access to. Plus, soon, she’ll […]
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Verizon has been busy building a diverse Internet of Things (IoT) portfolio that includes sensors used on farms as well as on city streets. On Monday, the wireless carrier announced it is buying Sensity Systems for an undisclosed sum. Sensity, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., has focused on using energy-efficient LED lighting to help cities build
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Razer CEO and co-founder Min-Liang Tan at TechCrunch Disrupt 2016. Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images Razer might be best known for high end gaming hardware and lightning fast peripherals, but the company is now ready to expand from its core business into everything from the Internet of Things, to Virtual and Augmented Reality, to robotics
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As companies in industries from finance to health care race toward a digital future, the pace of data-driven business transformation is accelerating. But all too often, existing IT infrastructure still struggles to keep up. Fed by the Internet of Things (IoT) and the daily transactions of a digital era, data is the heartbeat of business
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Verizon is moving from telephone poles to street lighting poles with its latest acquisition to bolster its Internet of things business. The telecom giant has been looking for new growth areas around connected smart devices—including water meters, self-driving cars, and drones—as some of its traditional markets slow. On Monday, Verizon said it was buying privately-held
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Staff Report Will a fight break out over who’s responsible for securing data? Maybe. Will companies start taking security seriously? Not sure. Will design engineers need to address security before corporate management? A key component of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is the cloud; that group of services
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| Share | Share | Share | Share Saft has announced it will be at InnoTrans 2016 to launch C.O.M.M. Batt, its first ever Internet Of Things (IoT) service for nickel-based onboard batteries. The new service now enables rail operators to realize the benefits of predictive maintenance planning for their backup batteries based on remote, real-time monitoring e.g.
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Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) has signed an agreement to acquire Sensity Systems Inc., further strengthening its plans of becoming a leader in the internet of things (IoT) market. Although the exact details of the transaction haven’t been disclosed, the acquisition is expected to go through by the end of the fourth quarter this year, subject
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Razer originally started as a hardware company making mice, keyboards and other peripherals optimised for dedicated computer gaming, with its mantra being “For Gamers, By Gamers.” Now, 18 years into its life, it’s changing things up a bit. While the company continues to build hardware and its newer software business, Razer is now also announcing zVentures, a new fund of $30 million that the
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