‘Synched Lifestyle’ drives wearable technology market growth according to consumers

Fitness tracking and faster payments are considered by consumers to be the most important uses for wearable technology according to new research from WPP media agency Mindshare and Goldsmiths, University of London.

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David Brandauer appointed VP Public Transit Kapsch CarrierCom North America

Kapsch CarrierCom is pleased to announce the appointment of David Brandauer (48) as VP Public Transit CarrierCom North America, effective April 2015. David, who has more than 25 years of experience in public transportation, will coordinate sales and projects for Kapsch in the region.

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Catering butcher implements Masternaut Connect to improve driver behaviour across fleet

Price and Fretwell, a Derbyshire-based catering butcher and fine quality meat provider, has improved driver behaviour across its fleet, after deploying a next-generation telematics solution from Masternaut.

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Perfecto Mobile launches industry’s first global benchmark for Mobile Testing Coverage

Perfecto Mobile, has announced the release of its Mobile Test Coverage Index, the industry’s data-driven benchmark to help organisations determine the appropriate mix of mobile devices, operating systems and form factors to test their apps and responsive websites and ensure optimal app quality for end users.

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Shipments of connected digital signs will reach 17.2m in 2019

According to a new research report from Berg Insight, shipments of connected digital signage displays grew by 21.7 percent to 7.3 million units in 2014. Market growth is driven by greater demand for digital signage solutions in all market verticals, technological advancements and a continued decline in prices.

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New technology means eyewear can carry health-tracking technology for first time

VSP Global® has announced the development of the wearable tech prototype to seamlessly integrate health-tracking technology into a pair of optical frames.

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Built.io delivers industry-first realtime capabilities to the mobile Backend-as-a-Service (mBaaS) market

Built.io, has announces that it is releasing unprecedented realtime capabilities to subscribers of its flagship mobile Backend-as-a-Service (mBaaS). With this major enhancement of its architecture, Built.io Backend becomes the enterprise mBaaS to offer full support for cross-platform realtime integration.

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IoT analytics startup Mnubo raises $6 million

Led by white star capital and McRock Capital MONTREAL, Canada – Mnubo, the Internet of Things (IoT) Data Analytics company, announced today that it has raised a $6 million round of financing to accelerate its IoT data science development and expand the commercialization of its SmartObjects™ analytics service. The Series A round was led by White Star

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Alpha Micro launches stand-alone, dual-band Wi-Fi and dual-mode Bluetooth module for IoT applications

New from Alpha Micro is the u-blox ODIN-W262, a powerful, compact stand-alone multiradio module designed to provide concurrent Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity for a wide range of Internet-of-Things applications. Examples include retail devices where Bluetooth low energy is deployed to detect the closest printer and Wi-Fi or Bluetooth Classic is used to send data to

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The installed base of wireless IoT devices in Industrial Automation reached 10.3m in 2014

According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, the installed base of wireless IoT devices in industrial automation reached 10.3 million in 2014. The number of wireless IoT devices in automation networks will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.2 percent to reach 43.5 million by 2020.

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oneM2M adds Qualcomm’s principal engineer to its webinar discussing Release 2 spec

Join oneM2M’s webinar on May 27th 2015 to delve into the Release 2 Specifications and an in-depth review of Release 1

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Intelligent power module MIPAQ™ Pro enables reliable and compact inverter designs in IoT set-ups

At this year’s PCIM 2015 trade show Infineon Technologies AG will launch a new Intelligent Power Module (IPM). The MIPAQ™ Pro provides an all-in-one solution for a wide spectrum of scalable and compact inverter designs to be implemented in wind, solar, and industrial drives applications. MIPAQ Pro is a fully qualified and tested IPM, integrating

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Globalstar launches satellite industry’s smallest commercial one-way asset manager

Globalstar Inc. has launched its latest Simplex asset manager, the SmartOne™ C.

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Europe and North America have reached 9m insurance telematics policies

According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of insurance telematics policies in force on the European market reached 4.8 million in Q4-2014. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 42.4 percent, this number is expected to reach 28.1 million by 2019. In North America, the number

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SmartThings introduces Open Cloud to expand and accelerate growth of the open IoT ecosystem

SmartThings CEO and founder Alex Hawkinson joined Samsung Electronics president and chief strategy officer Young Sohn on stage to announce a new open software and data exchange cloud for the “Internet of Things” (IoT) called SmartThings Open Cloud. Open Cloud is powered by SAMI, a Data Driven Development platform that Samsung announced last May with

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Masternaut appoints Dhruv S. Parekh as chief executive officer

Dhruv S. Parekh has joined Masternaut, a pan-European provider of fleet telematics solutions, as chief executive officer. Dhruv joins Masternaut from Capstone, a group of operational executives that work closely with portfolio companies of Private Equity firm KKR & Co. During his tenure at Capstone, Dhruv worked with technology companies around the globe to drive

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