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Notes from the frontier: Modeling the impact of AI on the world economy
According to McKinsey, AI could deliver $13T in additional global economic activity by 2030, putting its contributions to growth on par with the introduction of other transformative technologies such as the steam engine. By 2030, the average simulation shows that some 70 percent of companies might have adopted at least one type of AI technology but that less than half will have fully absorbed the five categories [computer vision, natural language, virtual assistants, robotic process automation, and advanced machine learning]. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Report released that addresses convergence of IoT+5G+AI (2018-2023)
The "Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) by IoT Technology and Managed Services 2018 - 2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This research also evaluates data and device management infrastructure technologies as well as the factors driving market needs for data and device management solutions and managed services. This report also addresses key IoT integration areas that impact data and device management including 5G, artificial intelligence, and edge computing. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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How Effective are CSP Security Services for the Mass Market?
Allot's third Telco Security Trends Report is a series of three that looks at different aspects of delivering value-added security services to the mass market. The first report: A Consumer View on Mobile Security focused on consumer awareness, willingness to pay and preference for security service providers. The second report: Build Revenues and Brand Loyalty, presented the business results of CSPs that deliver network-based security services, including the ramp-up rate of service introduction and adoption rates of up to 40% Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Introduction to Edge Computing in IIoT An Industrial Internet Consortium White Paper
Edge computing is a powerful technology that brings new architectures and terminology. Industrial Internet Consortium's White Paper offers guidance on understanding edge computing and the necessary steps to implement it. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Which Blockchains Will Survive the Web 3.0 Protocol Wars?
Here at WEB3-IOT our aim is to track the inevitable convergence between the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) such as blockchain. One of the most heated debates in the DLT space right now is - which blockchain will form the infrastructure for the coming wave of Decentralised Applications (Dapps) that will run on Web 3.0? Anthony Broderick takes a deep dive into how Bitcoin and Ethereum' blockchain platforms stack up against EOS. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Unlocking IoT potential for commercial insurance
The progression of connected devices for personal insurance lines is well underway. But what about commercial lines? How can connected devices be used for commercial insurance to drive customer engagement and reduce losses when claims do occur? Could this, in fact, be the real sleeping giant in this new, connected world? We spoke with RSA Group, Erie Insurance, Carrot Insurance, John Hancock, Intact Insurance, American Family. As well as leading tech companies L&T Infotech, Tech Mahindra, Verisk Insurance Solutions, Hortonworks, Octo Telematics. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Learn in this white paper with the aid of field-tested examples from Bosch Connected Buliding Platform
You can use the Internet of Things (IoT) to connect products and devices, which allows you to tap new areas of business and to offer your customers entirely new services. Companies will enjoy a clear competitive advantage if they realize it is imperative to connect their products and devices. Learn in this white paper with the aid of field-tested examples from Bosch Thermotechnology, Bosch Powertools and the Connected Buliding Platform, how you can identify a promising business model before kicking off an IoT project – a model that facilitates lasting relationships with your customers and offers them new digital experiences. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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An Amicable Revolution - Utopia or Dystopia?
Montford's Rule is a new one for our times… “Every time there is a step change in technology it’s heralded as a revolution - now it's real,” he allergies. And Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the key. We are now no longer just looking at the loss of labour to technology that the evanescence of tasks that have for centuries required a high degree of intellect and evaluation. There’s a sense of urgency highlighted by the publication last month of arguably the U.K.'s most focused new industrial strategy to be announced in the past two and a half decades. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Fundamental challenges with public blockchains
There’s no question that blockchain technology has enormous potential. Decentralized exchanges, prediction markets, and asset management platforms are just a few of the exciting applications being explored by blockchain developers. Exciting enough, in fact, to raise over billions in ICOs and drive massive price rallies throughout 2017. The hype is real. Don’t get me wrong. I love the fact that blockchain “hype” is helping popularize it with mainstream users. Finally, I don’t get blank stares from people when I say “Bitcoin” or “Ethereum”. However... Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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ICOs are funding the creation of a new decentralised web (PART I)
Once upon a time there was a substance called ether, also known as quintessence, that delighted and baffled medieval scientists for centuries. They postulated that it was a medium used by light to travel through the vacuum of space. It was also thought to be responsible for all kinds of other complex scientific phenomena. At the end of the 19th century, the scientific community collectively disavowed the notion, and concluded that it never existed. Ironic then that ether should, well, disappear into the ether. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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ICOs are funding the creation of a new decentralised web (PART II)
As mentioned in Part I of this series, unlike bitcoin, ether is more than just a store of value. It has been described as "crypto-law" and "programmable money" because when it is turned into gas it can be used to perform the following actions: Allocate resources, facilitate transactions between accounts using smart contracts, compensate participant nodes for computations performed on the network, and act as an internal transaction pricing mechanism. These powerful functionalities have made an entirely new kind of self-regulating governance possible in the form of distributed autonomous organisations (DAOs). Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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ICOs are funding the creation of a new decentralised web (PART III)
Following on from part 1 and part 2 of this series, what I find most curious about the current ICO mania is that the majority of people filling their boots with crypto-plunder clearly understand the dangers, but do it anyway. Let's takeEOS's ICO for example, if you look at the company's Terms of Use (TOU) you will see that the founders have sensibly made provisions to indemnify themselves against future liability. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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The Definitive IoT Toolkit
There are huge challenges in moving beyond proof of concept projects into real commercial, large scale IoT deployments. This toolkit provides six essential resources to help you identify your level of readiness for the IoT mass market. Each asset explores in great depth the vital areas for consideration and are provided in the order that your IoT readiness journey will follow. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Role Of Blockchain In The Internet Of Things: SWOT Analysis
One of the biggest threats to IoT is the rise in DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks. The cyber attack is launched by controlling multiple nodes (systems or connected devices) on a network and coordinating a single powerful attack on a targeted system. Unfortunately, IoT works in a centralized system which, ultimately, makes it more susceptible to DDoS and other cyber attacks. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Build Engaging Customer Experiences Through Connected Insurance Products
It’s something of an understatement to say that the insurance sector is on the cusp of a period of significant disruption. Already the risk landscape is changing due to technology’s influence and customers are demanding digital, seamless, convenient interactions. Find out more about what your customer expects and how an IoT strategy can support it, in this exclusive whitepaper from Insurance Nexus, with exclusive interviews from Direct Line Group, Groupama, Swiss Re, The Hartford, Munich Re, Carrot Insurance and more. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN)
The Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) market is often viewed as a technology battleground from which one solution will emerge as the winner and de facto standard. But LPWAN use cases are so varied that no one technology will meet all requirements, as some LPWAN technologies are better suited for certain applications than others. Given the size of the LPWAN market and varied nature of applications, there is room and, in fact, a place for multiple complementary options. This whitepaper focuses on LoRa wireless technology for the Internet of Things (IoT), specifically addressing LPWAN applications and covering the value proposition of LoRa, the applications for which the technology is best suited, and the ecosystem of technology adopters. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Insight and opinions on what is being termed as the rise of the fourth industrial revolution
This new eBook, published by Mobile World Live in partnership with Huawei, provides insight and opinions on what is being termed as the rise of the fourth industrial revolution. The shift to all-digital services, combined with the abundance and ubiquity of new technologies, will serve both as enablers and disruptors. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Smart Lighting: The Gateway to a Smarter City
A smart lighting network is your gateway to a smarter city, with real-time insights to achieve greater control. Learn how to conserve energy, manage assets and reduce maintenance costs – all while enhancing safety and maximizing revenue. Go beyond the bulb and learn how smart lighting is your first step toward smarter infrastructure solutions from Sensus. Get this eBook to learn more about smart lighting strategies from Sensus. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Telecoms.com Whitepaper: Smart cities: what are the opportunities for telcos?
There has been plenty made of the future market size of Internet of Things (IoT), and almost everyone in the telecoms industry is very familiar with numbers claiming “IoT will be worth billions by 2020”. However, it would be fair to say that the IoT market in general failed to capture the public’s imagination in 2016, with the majority of consumer offerings being picked up by early adopters and tech enthusiasts – it will still take some time before IoT solutions are more pervasive in society. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Smart Delta: A Secure Over-The-Air (OTA) Technology for Remote Management of IOT Solutions
The rapidly multiplying devices in an Internet of Things (IoT) deployment require remote management capabilities for constant updates of the embedded software. With a multitude of assets dispersed across geography, terrain, industrial environments, office spaces or customer locations, the task of managing remote software updates is critical to effective operations of an IoT cloud. This white paper discusses an Over-The-Air technology (OTA) that produces a 10-fold reduction in size when updating a software payload to an IoT device within a smart city, smart building, infrastructure, industrial automation, consumer wearable, or a healthcare setting. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Innovative solutions for our cities
A few days ago, I came across an interesting interview that Carlo Ratti, Director of the MIT Senseable City Lab at the #El Futuro es One YouTube channel. In that interview, Carlo Ratti analyses biggest challenges that 21st century public-sector managers and cities are facing such as overpopulation, limited access to natural resources, lack of sustainable energy, etc. He also puts forward interesting innovations for solving them. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Internet Of Things Market To Reach $267B By 2020
These and other insights regarding the future of Internet of Things (IoT) adoption and spending are from the recent Boston Consulting Group market analysis, Winning In IoT, It’s All About The Business Processes. BCG predicts that by 2020, €250B ($267B) will be spent on IoT technologies, products, and services. The greatest two sources of revenue growth in the IoT market will be from services and IoT applications investment. Key takeaways from BCG’s latest IoT market research are listed below: Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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SAP futurists name five future technology trends to plan for now
1. Immersive technology and augmented reality Dan Wellers: [The] biggest example of augmented reality is Pokémon Go, on the consumer side. Until recently, this technology couldn't deliver a believable experience, and, as recently as 2014, the market barely existed. There was certainly nothing on the enterprise side, and those applications are just starting to [be] built now. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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A Secure Model of IoT with Blockchain
The Internet of Things (IoT) is an ecosystem of ever-increasing complexity; it’s the next wave of innovation that will humanize every object in our life, and it is the next level of automation for every object we use. IoT is bringing more and more things into the digital fold every day, which will likely make IoT a multi-trillion dollar industry in the near future. To understand the scale of interest in the internet of things (IoT) just check how many conferences, articles, and studies conducted about IoT recently, this interest has hit fever pitch point in 2016 as many companies see big opportunity and believe that IoT holds the promise to expand and improve businesses processes and accelerate growth. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Whitepaper: Managing Internet of Things Devices with the Lightweight Machine-to-Machine (LWM2M) Protocol
Click here to eARM® mbed™ is offering a free download of their whitepaper ‘Managing Internet of Things devices with the LWM2M protocol’. It sets out how your IoT innovation can benefit from standards-based energy efficient connectivity. You can also learn how to utilise connectivity to solve your business need, how to aggregate IoT device connectivity across networks, and best practice to secure IoT device connectivity to the Cloud. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Wearable Technology Innovation Publication
Leading Edge Only publishes every quarter over 30 Sector Innovation Publications detailing the next generation of transformative solutions. These publications showcase some of the leading innovations on the LEO Innovation Marketplace platform. We are pleased to attach their Wearable Technology Innovation Publication, showing some of the technologies, products and solutions added in the wearable technology sector. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Top 50 IoT Sensors for a Smarter World
Libelium designs and manufactures hardware and a complete software development kit (SDK) for wireless sensor networks so that system integrators, engineering, and consultancy companies can deliver reliable Internet of Things (IoT), M2M, and Smart Cities solutions with minimum time to market. Here is a list of the top 50 sensors for a smarter world. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Google Home Teardown
Google is looking to bring the robot assistants of the future to the world today. Equipped with Google Assistant, the Google Home is raring to work with smart home devices, support Google services, and answer your everyday questions. Does it have what it takes to fulfill your futuristic fantasies and smart home dreams? Time to tear down the house Home! Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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FREE DOWNLOAD: As mobile connections multiply and diversify, telecoms operators are looking to deploy new flexible network architectures. Rather than operating as separate networks, 4G, 4.5G and 5G are likely to be integrated into a single network architecture using new technologies, such as CloudRAN, NFV and SDN. In time, 5G hotspots will become part of a rich blend of radio networks in which connections are seamlessly passed between different access technologies. Cloud-based servers will automatically select the best connection to provide a specific service, smoothly balancing the bandwidth demands of on-demand HD entertainment services with the latency and reliability demands of vital information services, such as environmental monitors and vehicle navigation. Register here to find out about this major opportunity, download the free Whitepaper.
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Intelligence Unleashed An argument for AI in Education
We wrote this short paper on artificial intelligence in education (AIEd) with two aims in mind. The first was to explain to a non-specialist, interested reader what AIEd is: its goals, how it is built, and how it works. After all, only by securing a certain degree of understanding can we move beyond the science-fiction imagery of AI, and the associated fears. The second aim was to set out the argument for what AIEd can offer learning, both now and in the future, with an eye towards improving learning and life outcomes for all. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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The World's Top 10 Smart City Projects
"Smart city" projects leverage IoT and networking to make urban living more efficient and convenient through everything: from smart traffic lights and data-driven energy efficiency schemes to electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and interactive kiosks which offer free broadband. In this ebook, we explore ten of the best smart city projects currently operating around the world Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Exploring Blockchain-Enabled Convergence - Download the White Paper
At Outlier Ventures we believe blockchain technologies, including distributed ledgers & smart contracts, are the mega-trend that allow all other macro-trends to scale securely, converge and combine. They represent the next phase of The Web, Web 3.0 or ‘The Trust Web / Internet of Ownership’, and will transform how technologies interact with one another and the World around them. Download the White Paper here. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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The GSMA, with partners SIMalliance and ESMIG, have published a new report
Written by analyst house Beecham Research highlighting the importance of the GSMA Embedded SIM Specification and eUICC to the future of the utilities sector. Over 20 global mobile operators worldwide have already launched commercial solutions using the specification including the automotive sector. The in-depth report aims to encourage utilities companies to explore how the GSMA Embedded SIM Specification and eUICC can deliver numerous benefits to different industry use cases such as smart metering, demand response, energy data management and distributed energy resource management. The report which is called ‘Benefits of GSMA Embedded SIM Specification for the Utilities Sector’ highlights four key areas where the GSMA Embedded SIM Specification and eUICC can beneficially impact the utilities sector: Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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There is no IoT
There’s a general malaise growing around IoT. After years of hype, more hype and even more hype, people are now starting to wonder: Where is this shiny, artificially intelligent, fully connected future of things we were promised? Certainly a botnet of hacked IoT devices launching one of the largest DDoS attacks ever seen has not helped. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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What Artificial Intelligence Can and Can’t Do Right Now
Many executives ask me what artificial intelligence can do. They want to know how it will disrupt their industry and how they can use it to reinvent their own companies. But lately the media has sometimes painted an unrealistic picture of the powers of AI. (Perhaps soon it will take over the world!) AI is already transforming web search, advertising, e-commerce, finance, logistics, media, and more. As the founding lead of the Google Brain team, former director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and now overall lead of Baidu’s AI team of some 1,200 people, I’ve been privileged to nurture many of the world’s leading AI groups and have built many AI products that are used by hundreds of millions of people. Having seen AI’s impact, I can say: AI will transform many industries. But it’s not magic. To understand the implications for your business, let’s cut through the hype and see what AI really is doing today. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Best smart home devices of 2016 From smart locks to smart lights, tech has finally come home.
Amazon Echo Best smart home centerpiece. If you're looking for a central control point for your smart home gadgets, you'll have a hard time finding a better option than Amazon's voice-activated smart speaker, or its likable virtual assistant, 'Alexa.' Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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IoT Behind Wave of Tech Mergers and Acquisitions
The IDC projects the Internet of Things (IoT) market to grow rapidly to a whopping $1.7 trillion by 2020, causing many to deem it the tech sector’s next Industrial Revolution. IoT technology facilitates the exchange of information between businesses, homes, the cloud and billions of connected devices around the world, set to revolutionize the way companies operate across industries. Piggybacking off this growth are the manufacturers of IoT hardware, the semiconductor makers behind them, cybersecurity companies dealing with the increased risk, along with more-established tech companies seeking innovation through an IoT breakthrough. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Telecom’s next battle will take place in the Web’s slow lane
The new grid is cheaper to run than regular mobile and WiFi networks because it uses less power. After decades spent developing ever-faster networks that can do everything from stream Beyonce videos to steer driverless cars, the telecom industry has found a new battleground: slower, narrowband systems. Vodafone Group Plc is building a wireless network that’s cheap and robust enough to link items like garbage cans or garden soil sensors to the Internet, so refuse companies will know when to send the truck and the roses get just the right amount of water. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Step inside a secret Chinese facility that makes $8m per year, and take a look around…
In China, entrepreneurs are “mining” bitcoins, making millions of dollars per year. Read the full BBC article which explains how these mines operate, who works there, and why they stay hidden from the Chinese authorities. Now you can have a deeper look round one of these facilities, with a 360-degree video, narrated by the mine’s owner Chandler Guo. See what you can spot… Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Report: UK government needs to figure out how to handle AI’s social and ethical implications
The UK government needs to develop a strategy to help citizens deal with the social and ethical dilemmas posed by artificial intelligence (AI), says a new report. Published today, the report by the Science and Technology Committee concludes that the government needs to re-think its strategy to help citizens flourish in a world where AI is more prevalent. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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We’re under attack by the IoT – Experts tell us it can’t be stopped
The internet of things, or IoT, can be incredibly convenient. We use connected devices in our office spaces, to control the temperature, add items to our shopping lists, query smart assistants and more. That convenience comes at a cost, and, without proper security, our IoT devices can be turned against us. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Testing out Amazon’s ‘Internet of Things’ button: Infinite possibilities, requiring infinite patience
You’ve probably seen those colorful Amazon “dash buttons” that will automatically reorder food, paper towels, detergent and even condoms with the push of a button. Available for Prime members only, they work with a simple smartphone app over your home Wi-Fi network — like one-click ordering but wireless and single-purpose. They’re free after you make your first order. And they’re kinda cool. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Consumers With Connected Devices Don't Use Them To The Fullest
While many devices within the Internet of Things come with a lot of capabilities built in, many consumers aren’t yet using them all. Others aren’t even aware of what other capabilities their smart devices have. For various reasons, half of consumers are not tapping into features or capabilities of connected devices they own. Fewer than a third (31%) of households are taking full advantage of all of the capabilities of their digital assets, according to a new report by International Data Corporation for Telus International. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Internet of Things security?
“Defence is only as strong as the weakest link,” said Tim Phipps of Solarflare at today’s Cambridge Wireless event on security within the Internet of Things. Today's Cambridge Wireless event was part of its Special Interest Group focusing on security and defence. In particular, on securing and defending the Internet of Things. Speaking to an audience of about 50 network industry executives in London this afternoon, Phipps highlighted three security challenges for IoT. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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The Internet of Things Sucks So Bad Even ‘Amateurish’ Malware Is Enough
Over the last few weeks, unknown hackers have launched some of the largest cyberattacks the internet has ever seen. These attacks weren’t notable just by their unprecedented size and power, but also because they were powered by a large zombie army of hacked cameras and other devices that fit into the category of Internet of Things, or IoT. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Internet Of Things By The Numbers: What New Surveys Found
Things are looking up for the Internet of Things. 80% of organizations have a more positive view of IoT today compared to a year ago, according to a survey of 512 IT and business executives by CompTIA. “This reflects greater levels of attention from the C-suite and a better understanding of how the many different elements of the IoT ecosystem are starting to come together,” says CompTIA. Here are the highlights from this and other recent surveys: How big is the IoT and how fast is it growing? Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Chip designers are sidestepping Moore’s Law slowdown with specialized processors
As easy performance advances slow down, chip designers are turning to specialized processors for neural networks, self-driving cars, and the Internet of Things to make progress in electronics design. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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5G Vision: 100 Billion connections, 1 ms Latency, and 10 Gbps Throughput
Mobile networks are changing the way people communicate and access information. Network access at anytime and anywhere is transforming the telecom industry. In the near future, wireless network access will eventually prevail. 5G technology will enable flexible, reliable, and secure wireless networks to connect people with all applications, services, and things, thus leading human race into the era of "Everything on Mobile". Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Use Cases for Amazon Echo Look More like Smart Phone than Smart Home
Amidst the whirlwind of technological advancement, from the proliferation of sensors to form factors to new modes of interaction to software intelligence, many product companies make the grave mistake of over-complicating connected versions of their products. Too many buttons on a screen, too many levels to tap through to accomplish a task, too many features in an app, too many sensors (and not enough value) to justify a low battery life… Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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The rate of adoption is accelerating. Here are six things you need to know.
As the Internet of Things (IoT) has gained popular attention in the five years since we first published on the topic, it has also beguiled executives. When physical assets equipped with sensors give an information system the ability to capture, communicate, and process data—and even, in a sense, to collaborate—they create game-changing opportunities. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Google says “orchestration” is next big trend in the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things has officially advanced past the "hype" stage, according to conference panelists including a Google developer. At the Bluetooth World conference in Santa Clara on Tuesday, Wayne Piekarski, a senior developer advocate for Google, said he believes the next big push in the Internet of Things is “orchestration,” meaning multiple connected devices aware of each other working together. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |