Bluetooth low energy 4.2 module brings ‘performance and power efficiency’ to IoT designs

u-blox, a global provider in wireless and positioning modules and chips, announced the NINA-B1 Bluetooth low energy (Bluetooth Smart) stand-alone module.

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Startupbootcamp launches first of its kind IoT accelerator

Startupbootcamp, a global network of industry-focused accelerators, has launched Startupbootcamp IoT | Connected Devices, a dedicated Internet of Things (IoT) programme.

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Libelium opens the IoT Learning platform to find the best future developers

With the aim to cover the educational gap to find future Internet-of-Things developers, Libelium opens the online IoT learning platform, an international contest with 1,200 participants that will battle online to be recognised as the best in the world.

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Creating and connecting an everyday object does not have to be complicated or time consuming, says Wubby

The new Wubby platform is said to simplify the development of Internet of Things (IoT) and smart home devices and systems by providing a programming environment that supports Python code execution directly in the micro controller of the device.

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KORE announces partnership with Intelligent Telematics and Commercial Hirecar Insurance Co

KORE, has announced its involvement in a new partnership between Intelligent Telematics and Commercial Hirecar Insurance Company, RRG (CHIC).

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IoT shows its credentials as an enabler of a smarter future

With diminishing fossil fuel reserves, a rising global population, strong economic growth in developing countries and major concerns about our environment, controlling electricity consumption has become a serious and extremely challenging issue.

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Eurotech and Red Hat collaborate to power more secure and scalable IoT implementations

Red Hat, Inc., a provider of open source solutions, and Eurotech, a provider of machine-to-machine (M2M) platforms and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, announced a collaboration to simplify IoT integration and accelerate implementations of IoT projects.

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Embedded computer firm congatec appoints Technagon as sales technology partner

congatec, works for embedded computer modules, single board computers (SBCs) and embedded design & manufacturing (EDM) services, has appointed design services company Technagon as sales technology partner to strengthen its portfolio of customer-specific system design & manufacturing services for point-of-sale (POS) and ticketing systems, vending machines and systems, digital signage and eMobility applications.

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Big data and IoT to add £322bn to the UK economy by 2020

Big data analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT) are expected to add $450 billion (£322 billion) to the UK economy from 2015 to 2020. This is twice the size of the combined education,

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The future of IoT depends on UX

Have a conversation with an Internet of Things enthusiast for long enough and you’ll hear these three come up as the hurdles to the Internet of Things reaching widespread adoption and generating massive ROI for every industry, and raise the quality of life and work for consumers and employees.

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ForeScout and FireEye combine efforts for detecting and responding cyber threat

ForeScout Technologies Inc., provider of agentless cybersecurity, and FireEye, Inc., cyber attack prevention solution provider, have announced a strategic partnership.

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Apple and Samsung drive NFC mobile payment users to nearly 150m globally this year

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the number of consumers making contactless payments via their mobile handsets will reach 148 million this year, with Apple and Samsung together accounting for nearly 70% of new customers.

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A ‘first’ for beer imports claimed by Ovinto and Globalstar as they monitor shipments using IoT

Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc., announced that its STX3 chipset is underpinning the first Internet of Things system for monitoring craft beer while it is shipped around the world.

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POST Luxembourg and Jasper to migrate 1.1m connected vehicles onto IoT Control Centre Platform

Jasper, a global Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider, and recently the subject of a $1.4bn takeover offer by Cisco, and POST Luxembourg, Luxembourg’s national telecommunications services operator, have combined their network and IoT platform.

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All-in-one smart home router and IoT hub from TP-LINK to control Wi-Fi, ZigBee and Z-Wave devices

TP-LINK, a provider of home, small, and medium business networking solutions, has released its new SR20 Smart Home Router with Touchscreen, an all-in-one router and Internet of Things (IoT) hub with ZigBee and Z-Wave.

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Truphone launches M2M cloud based management platform to enable its FastSIM for IoT

Truphone announced its Truphone FastSIM™ and Internet of Things Connectivity Management Platform.

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