(BLOG): Steve Hilton, lead analyst for Analysys Mason‘s Enterprise research programme, shows the possible progression from a machine-to-machine (M2M) to an Internet of Things (IoT) world.

Irvine, California, USA. December 16, 2012 — Masimo Corporation has launched a pulse oximeter, called iSpO2™, for Apple™’s iPhone, iPad & iPod touch. iSpO2™ uses the same technology found in Masimo’s professional line of pulse oximeters and Pulse CO-Oximeters™ used in hospitals around the world to provide accurate measurements.

Dallas, Texas, USA. (PRNewswire) — AT&T has selected AirOn™ technology to enhance its single worldwide SIM solution for wireless-enabled global products. Through this new provisioning, manufacturers of connected consumer and M2M devices will, says the network operator, have “seamless access to a global platform for service management, application development, professional [...]

Tokyo, Japan — A free-to-attend open forum covering the delivery of smart home services was hosted in Tokyo on December 11 by HGI, a global organisation for publishing requirements for the digital home.

(EDITORIAL): How often have you looked at M2M research figures and muttered, “Really?” Many of the people I talk to, says editor, Jeremy Cowan, are as unimpressed as I am by forecasts of billions of connected devices and trillion dollar revenues. Eventually such figures become meaningless.

Aeris Communications, which claims to offer the only cellular network designed and built exclusively for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, has expanded its partnership with car maker, Acura to power the next generation of AcuraLink®.

Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA. (BUSINESS WIRE) — ORBCOMM Inc., a global satellite data communications company specialising in two-way machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, today announced the appointment of Patrick Shay as executive vice president (EVP), Sales & Marketing.

Cupertino, California, USA (BUSINESS WIRE) — Alliacense announced today that Sierra Wireless, Inc. has purchased an MMP™ Portfolio license. The agreement resolves the ITC Investigation and District Court lawsuit recently filed against Sierra Wireless, a mobile computing and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications solutions company.

(BLOG:) — “If the history of software and operating systems (OS) has revealed one thing, it’s that each generation can be relied on to deliver a successively more complex solution. But if your M2M device performs a simple function, do you really need a fully featured OS?” asks Kurt Dykema of Twisthink.

London, UK (BUSINESS WIRE) — ABI Research forecasts that a total of 1.95 billion NFC-enabled devices will ship in 2017, a combination of both handsets and CE devices. The lion’s share of NFC enablement will continue to be focused in the handset market