World’s biggest digital and mobile brands come together to support Global Goals campaign

Today at the UN, 193 world leaders will adopt the Global Goals, a series of 17 ambitious goals to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice and tackle climate change for

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Revamped Android Pay will give big boost to US mobile payments as Google takes on Apple

Google has rolled out Android Pay, its second effort in mobile payments, to rival Apple Pay. Android Pay works with all NFC-enabled Android devices running KitKat 4.4+ with any US

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Apple ranked most recognisable IoT brand, with Google least recognised among consumers

TAIPEI, Taiwan – ThroughTek, an Internet of Things (IoT) & an Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions provider, announced findings from its “IoT Makers’ Battle Report” that highlights consumers’ brand and device preferences across

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Apple and Ecobee deal on smart thermostat industry may force other OEMs into partnerships

Last week Ecobee, Inc. announced that their new smart thermostat, the Ecobee 3, will be sold at Apple Stores in the United States. This is the first Ecobee thermostat sold

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How does Android Pay differ from Apple Pay and Samsung Pay for banks?

Google announced Android Pay yesterday at its I/O conference. The internet giant outlined a set of APIs that will allow developers to add an Android Pay button to their app

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Internet founder charges US Federal contractors with increasing the quality and security of IoT solutions

More than 200 government IT industry professionals attended a summit in McLean, Virginia on June 16 to discuss the role of public-private partnerships in securing the connected government.

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Smart watch market evolves as tech vendors help OEMs grab a piece of the ‘wearable’ action

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain. March 2, 2015 — Delegates at #MWC15 are being saturated with messages about wearable tech, not least smart watches. This year however, says Jeremy Cowan,

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The HCE tap is open, let NFC services flow

I was prepared for Mobey Forum’s third annual Mobey Day event to be a lively affair. Bringing banks together with, amongst others, GSMA, chip manufacturers and mobile payment software providers

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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

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Wearable band shipments rocket by 684%, but are privacy and fashion issues still slowing adoption?

According to the latest device shipment estimates, the wearable band market grew 684% worldwide in the first half of 2014 compared with the first half of 2013. If true that’s

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Google, Apple, Samsung…who among today’s front-runners is most likely to dominate the IoT ecosystem?

For nearly a decade industry analysts and technology enthusiasts have been discussing “Internet of Things” (IoT) and the art of the possible.  Early on it seemed like a pipe dream

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Volvo adds Android Auto™ to its next generation cars

Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) has joined the Open Automotive Alliance to make the Android smartphone platform available to drivers through its new user interface.

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No controls, steering wheel or pedals – introducing the Google car

Google has announced that it is to start building its own self-driving cars. A progression from the vehicles already modified to self-drive by Google, a common site around the headquarter

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Google Nest, Google Glass and the Infinite Growing Potential of the IoT

If you had asked the general population of the United States what the Internet-of-Things (IoT) was five years ago, I’d be willing to bet that 90 percent of people would

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Google Glass is far more than the sum of its parts, IHS teardown reveals

Teardown analysis is a useful tool for understanding the component and manufacturing cost of electronics devices—but it doesn’t always tell the whole story of the value of a product.

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Smart contact lenses? It’s time to think how wearable technologies will impact on your business

Blog. April 24, 2014 — Google has a patent pending for a contact lens with a micro camera and sensors embedded on the surface, controlled by blinking. The patent application

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