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I’m old enough to have been writing about cellular data shortly before the Internet bubble burst 14 years ago.  There was a lot of nonsense being sprouted at that time.  Fridges would have GSM connectivity and tell you when you had run out of milk.  Does that sound familiar? Nokia and other mobile phone vendors

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No, I haven’t “lost my marbles” and the title of this blog is actually not a joke. It stems from an interesting article (can’t find it online = sorry) in a recent issue of MacLife, where Rik Myslewski suggested exactly that. While the idea does sound a bit wacky, it may have some merit.

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March 12, 2014 (Blog) — OK, in my most recent guest post here on M2M Now, I may have creeped you out on how a trendy neighbourhood in Toronto was keeping a pretty close eye on all of its visitors. Although I grew up in Toronto, I haven’t been to that area in a long

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(Blog) — Ok, this takes creepy to new levels, says Larry Bellehumeur…  Last fall, I wrote a guest blog here about some very expensive (and intelligent) garbage cans that are being used in England.  Those were kind of creepy, as they were keeping track (anonymously) of how many users of a particular carrier were in certain

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(Blog): “Can you call me back on my landline; the mobile signal is not very good in my office?” I find myself using those words an awful lot these days. This isn’t how it used to be, I thought, before T-Mobile and Orange in the UK metamorphosed into EE and the coverage dropped dramatically. And

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(Blog) — As the volume of M2M devices and data increases, so do the associated security risks. The question, says Olivier Beaujard (pictured), is what should enterprises using machine-to-machine communications (M2M) and OEMs developing M2M solutions be doing now to protect their applications and secure the data centre?

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(Blog) — As entrenched veterans in the machine-to-machine communications (M2M) industry, says Larry Bellehumeur, it’s easy to think what we do is absolutely vital and that anyone who doesn’t hop on the M2M bandwagon is crazy.

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(Blog): There is more to IoT than meets the eyes… Greek mythology offers allegories and references that are often useful in colouring and apprehending today’s reality. Such is the case of the legend of Proteus, the sea god who could, as the myth goes, assume any shape at will. Proteus’s chameleon-like camouflaging ability illustrates strikingly

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(Blog): In this fourth post in a five-part series of blogs, Bill Zujewski (pictured here) explores the challenges of dealing with wireless technology as part of an M2M (machine-to-machine) initiative. Here he focuses on global connectivity.

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(Blog): I started a career as a tech writer 15 years ago, writes Paul Hartley, which included predicting how the new era of ubiquitous, always-on connectivity would ultimately change our business and personal lives. As the tech bubble rose, we all predicted ever more incredible things and many were nothing more than hype. My favourite

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(Blog) — In this blog, the second post in a multi-part series, Bill Zujewski explores the challenges of dealing with wireless technology as part of an M2M (machine-to-machine) initiative. Today Bill focuses on carrier integration.

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(Blog) — If I were to make a list of wireless companies, would the healthcare industry come to mind, asks John Horn (pictured), president of RACO Wireless? If not, it should. Now more than ever, big players in the M2M space are beginning to recognise healthcare as one of the vertical markets with the greatest

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(BLOG) — The forecasts are impossible to ignore; the connected car industry is about to take off, writes Telefónica Digital’s Pavan Mathew. Recent research suggests that by 2022 there will be 1.8 billion automotive M2M connections in cars across the world. This will comprise 700 million connected cars and 1.1 billion aftermarket devices for services

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(Blog: September 20, 2013) — More than 30% of fresh produce around the world spoils before it reaches its destination – and ends up wasted rather than on store shelves. Often the cause is inadequate supply chain management. With the aid of M2M, says Jürgen Hase (pictured), we can considerably reduce wastage rates for perishables

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(BLOG): August 22, 2013 — It sounds quite odd to start a book from its last page, but this is the claim of SIGFOX, a French start-up company, which is intending to be the network operator of “Things”. As Groupe SEB’s Karim Houni writes, since the first minutes of a meeting with SIGFOX, its aim

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(BLOG): July 8, 2013 — I’ve been reading a lot lately about Cisco’s vision of the Internet of Everything (IoE) and how it will change our lives.  There have also been a few articles highlighting how forward-thinking people are already linking everything in their house – from the coffee maker to the toaster to the

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