The top three of MWC… Internet of Things, Virtual Reality and 5G

In the run up to Mobile World Congress the predictions were coming in thick and fast. So who was right? We take a look at the top three trending topics that stood out at the biggest MWC event yet.

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Zuckerberg, 5G, handsets and brands overtake wearables in Twitter rankings at Mobile World Congress 2016

The international public relations company, Hotwire has issued statistics on the most tweeted about brands and topics (using #MWC2016) at last week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The total number of #MWC2016 comments on Twitter came to 405,132.

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What’s going to be on show in Barcelona?

A number of trends will be visible at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016. Here Dr Kevin Curran of Ulster University, describes some of the features.

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Volkswagen, DoorBird and LG execs open doors at CES 2016 with their keynote speech

Volkswagen CEO Dr. Herbert Diess, DoorBird CEO Sascha Keller and Richard Choi from LG helped to open CES 2016 in Las Vegas on January 5 with their keynote speech. The keynote included the presentation of the new VW electric car which VW uses to demonstrate the connection between the IoT and the automotive world.

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Shipments of connected wearables will reach 228 million in 2020

According to a new report from the M2M/IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, shipments of connected wearables reached 72.5 million in 2015, up from 25.3 million devices in the previous year.

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Apple may launch NFC payments in iPhone 6, but the banks and telcos can stop smiling …

West Malling, Kent, UK. August 22, 2014 – It’s that time again. Apple is expected to make a product announcement soon and the Mac-osphere is already going into meltdown about what might be coming. Not for the first time the smartphone “smart” money is on, well, money – or embedded security and near field communications

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‘Xiaomi the money’ – Chinese smartphone manufacturer on the ascendent

The profit challenge The single biggest challenge facing the smartphone industry is making profit. In 2012, Apple captured 87% of smartphone profits and Samsung managed 32%. Every other smartphone vendor made a loss. Apple dominates in the premium and profitable end of the market, whilst Samsung benefits from an integrated supply chain and a huge

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