Image source: Getty Images. It looks as though Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) chairman and CEO Eddie Lampert is going to have to go with Plan B for the Craftsman brand, after Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) said it was buying the tool business of rival Newell Brands (NYSE: NWL). While Lampert has been stripping […]
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is often talked about as some distant future vision. Consumers dream about connected lives; journalists posture about how IoT will change the web; entrepreneurs calculate automation’s business value. Related: The Big Change That Could Be Coming to Snapchat So it may surprise you to learn that 451 Research found in
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(Image courtesy of Samsung, Flickr). When the Open Connectivity Foundation said in February that it was adding new members to write standard software for household gadgets, Qualcomm’s name stood out. For years, the wireless chipmaker had cultivated an almost identical project, and now it was throwing support behind a rival standard. But that only lasted
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Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is a market leader with more than 90% share in the microprocessor industry for both desktop computers and server systems. Being very strong in this segment, the company was trying for the last several years to break its way into mobile platforms market but didn’t succeed. Now INTC is undergoing a large-scale
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By Tom Loftus Oct 17, 2016 3:47 pm ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Chief information officers are leading the development of a new type of infrastructure that will not only redefine business, but change the way people live and society functions, a team of Gartner Inc. analysts announced at the opening keynote session of the research
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Computer security legend John McAfee’s social accounts have been racking up the retweets, likes and shares in recent days after he posted an image of what appears to be Pornhub running on the display of a smart refrigerator. His tweet accompanying the image was ominous. “The IoT … do you believe me now?” reads part of
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Amp’ed RF Wireless Technology announces an industry first-of-its-kind offer. The licensing of Ampe’d UP Host BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) software protocol stack for chipmakers and IoT players who want the convenience of owning the source code to further develop their own BLE into their SoC’s (System on Chips.)
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Whether it’s lighting, cleaning or temperature control, there are lots of ways to start automating your home and connecting the devices you use most frequently. And, while the reality of a truly “smart home” is still a few years off as standards are worked out, more and more companies are integrating technologies like Apple HomeKit
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Apple Inc. hired a prominent artificial intelligence researcher from Carnegie Mellon University as it seeks to regain lost ground against competitors such as Google, Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. in machine learning. Russ Salakhutdinov tweeted on Monday that he’s joining the Cupertino, California-based company as a director of AI research, in addition to his role
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At the tail end of 2014, Amazon officially took the wraps off of their latest creation – Amazon Echo. Echo was a bit of an oddball when Amazon announced it, and while it took some time for the device to pick up steam, the Echo has evolved into something quite powerful just about 2 years
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