Connected Devices

u-blox, a global provider of wireless and positioning modules and chips, has launched the ZOE-M8G, an ultra-compact GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) receiver module, especially designed for markets where small size, minimal weight and high location precision are essential.

The automotive industry has faced no challenge so great as today’s. Many production, safety, performance, quality and technology quandaries have been solved. But now the bar has been raised again by significant changes in consumer demand patterns.

The GSMA has announced the nominees for the Global Mobile Awards 2017. Winners of the awards will be presented throughout Mobile World Congress (MWC), which takes place 27 February – 2 March in Barcelona.

Kandy, GENBAND’s communications Platform-as-a-Service (cPaaS), has announced the results of its Invent the Future hackathon.

With access to the right software it is relatively straightforward to securely erase all of the data on a computer or mobile phone. Yet very few of us do so when the time comes for them to be resold, recycled or disposed.

For many people “the best service is no service,” yet getting to the nirvana of eliminating the reasons why customers call is a challenge. Today’s customer service teams are buried under manual workloads, and the volume of incoming cases is increasing,

As we saw at CES recently, developments in connected and driverless cars and trucks are undoubtedly both a rapidly evolving area and an exciting prospect, garnering serious media attention.

As part of the smartphone and smart device revolution, mobile banking has become a popular method for people to manage their finances. The benefits of mobile banking are two-fold: users can bank in a more convenient manner and banks can use smartphones as a way to better engage with their customers.

Internet of Things is often associated with making common objects smart and connected. But it’s not enough to ‘give senses’ to inanimate objects. What we need to do next is to let IoT think and learn. Here is why.

Ericsson and China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. have signed a strategic agreement to cooperate on the Internet of Things (IoT). The deal is part of China Mobile’s Big Connectivity strategy, under which the operator expects to serve 200 million connected devices by 2017.

Farnell element14, said to be the manufacturer of the Raspberry Pi family of products and accessories, has launched three new products – Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3, Raspberry Pi Compute Module Lite and Raspberry Pi Compute Module Development kit.

The IoT era looks set to bring significant changes to industries which have, typically, been slower to embrace disruptive technologies. One such sector is construction, in which IoT technologies have the potential to not only improve efficiencies at key stages of the design and build of structures,

Clearly, wearable and connected devices hold tremendous promise for enterprises. However, while building apps for these devices can present challenges for developers and designers, the advantages significantly outweigh the disadvantages.

Businesses in Chile and Hong Kong will be able to leverage the Internet of Things (IoT) to deliver new revenue-generating services, following deals between Cisco and Entel in Chile as well as SmarTone in Hong Kong.

The use of wearable and connected devices is increasing in popularity and frequency in the enterprise. These new classes of devices present a variety of benefits – from creating new business opportunities and increasing work quality and productivity, to solving problems that span across physical and virtual work scenarios.

New data from Juniper Research shows that revenues from smart home hardware and services will reach $83 billion this year, rising to $195 billion by 2021. This will be generated through entertainment, automation, healthcare and connected devices.