Smart watches in-use to reach over 100m by 2019, Juniper Research finds

A new report by Juniper Research has forecast that more than 100 milion smart watches will be in use worldwide by 2019, with a host of premium brand launches over the next 12-18 months bringing the category into mainstream consumer consciousness.

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Nominees Product Innovation Awards European Utility Week 2014

The 12 nominees from the four categories of the European Utility Week Product Innovation Awards have been made public. After an intense period of sifting through the numerous entries the judges announced the three nominees from each of the four categories.

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Cinemo co-operates with Renesas on the R-Car M2 and Renesas R-Car H2

Cinemo and Renesas Electronics Europe, have announced that Cinemo now has full support for the Renesas R-Car M2 and Renesas R-Car H2 Series of automotive Systems-on-Chip (SoCs). These have been designed to address growing integrated dashboard and information device market demands.

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Brainstorm adds Beacon technology to its Dragon platform to extend its location capability

Brainstorm Mobile Solutions has launching a new location based service for retailers and enterprises to allow them to create location based marketing and customer service delivery solutions using Beacon technology. The company has developed an SDK for mobile apps that is triggered by a proximity to beacons, which can be combined with other customer intelligence

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Android to be challenged for market share in the wearables space following the introduction of Apple’s Smart Watch, says ABI Research

ABI Research predicts Android is set to face a greater challenge for market share in the smart watch segment once Apple’s new device becomes available in 2015. ABI Research forecasts Android’s total market share of smart watches to fall below 50% for the first time since the smart watch renaissance of September 2013, which saw

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Predictive and prescriptive analytics aim to transform operational data into actionable information

Savi®, a company specialising in sensor technology and sensor analytics solutions that create operational intelligence from the Internet of Things, has announced that new predictive and prescriptive analytics-based scenarios have been added to Savi Insight™ to uncover previously undetected operational and supply chain patterns.

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BeSpoon unveils tools to create multiple uses for its ultraprecise 3D, real-time location technology

BeSpoon has unveiled three turnkey system-level development packages that enable companies to integrate 3D real-time location system (RTLS) technology into industrial and consumer products.

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Sierra Wireless selected as cellular modem provider for Itron’s OpenWay® smart grid solution

Sierra Wireless has announced that Itron has selected Sierra Wireless’s AirPrime® 2G, 3G, and 4G LTE cellular modules for Itron’s OpenWay® smart grid solutions worldwide.

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ARM launches IoT platform revolving around mbed OS

ARM on Wednesday outlined a new Internet of things platform that revolves around its free mbed operating system for its Cortex M-based processors and a device server that operates under a freemium model.

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Show your true colours with the GER Mood Sweater

A ‘Mood Sweater’ which interprets the wearer’s emotions via coloured LED lights embedded in the fabric is being showcased as part of the AXA PPP Health Tech & You Forum at London’s Design Museum, in what is described as a celebration of innovative, personal health technology.

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Eclipse Foundation unveils open IoT Stack for Java

The Eclipse Foundation took the wraps off its new Internet of Things (IoT) Stack for Java at this year’s JavaOne conference, underway this week in San Francisco.

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ETSI new specification for Internet of Things and Machine to Machine low throughput networks

ETSI’s standardisation group dedicated to Low Throughput Networks (LTN) technology has just released the first three specifications of an Internet of Things (IoT) network dedicated to low throughput communications (GS LTN 001, GS LTN 002 and GS LTN 003).

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Autonomous drone launched to help you focus on your work, not on flying

Following two years of intensive development, Swiss civil drone producer, senseFly, has introduced eXom, a rotary drone designed to offer professional users unprecedented situational awareness.

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GSMA announces Clinton global initiative commitment for GSMA Connected Women Programme

The GSMA has announced its Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action, Connected Women: Accelerating the Female Mobile Economy, at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York City. The GSMA and its partners are working together in the Connected Women Programme to accelerate growth of the female digital economy, having already reached 10 million

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ParStream unveils the first analytics platform built for the Internet of Things

ParStream, the IoT analytics platform company, has introduced the industry’s first analytics platform purpose-built for the speed and scale of the Internet of Things (IoT). Enabling an entirely new breed of analytics for the enterprise, the ParStream Analytics Platform is designed to easily scale to handle the massive volumes and high velocity of IoT data.

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Aeris® Launches Neo™ to dramatically speed the growth of the Internet of Things

Aeris, the Made for Machines™ technology and service provider, is removing one of the biggest barriers hampering the explosive potential of the next generation of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions with the launch of Neo. An open and transparent online marketplace for IoT and M2M connectivity, Neo unleashes the massive potential of the Internet of

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