Ask not what we can do for the Things, but what the Things can do for us

If you believe the hype and optimistic predictions, the number of connected devices will be anywhere between 10 billion and 50 billion by 2020, with potential to generate up to $19 trillion of value.

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SIMalliance Open Mobile API test specifications updated for security benefits

SIMalliance, the global non-profit industry association which simplifies aspects of hardware-based device security to drive secure mobile services, has released its Open Mobile API (OMAPI) Test Specification for Transport API v2.2.

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The Internet of Things: riding the wave of data

The Internet of Things (IoT) will number between 20 and 50 billion interconnected devices by 2020. While open to debate, the amount of data that will be generated is predicted to be trillions of gigabytes.

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Managing connected devices to avoid disconnected customers

According to a research from analyst firm IDC, two-thirds of the world’s largest 2,000 companies will have digital transformation at the heart of their corporate strategies by the end of 2017. Central to this transformation is the Internet of Things.

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Playing it for laughs: Huawei’s CEO meets analyst questions head on with wit and candour

Shenzhen, China — Eric Xu, the rotating CEO of Huawei, China’s largest telecom equipment and services provider, isn’t like most chief execs. Not only was he happy to take questions from an international posse of 500 communications analysts and media, he did it unscripted and with a strong sense of humour.

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Transitioning from manual to automated processes in field service management

Field service organisations are continually looking to foster greater productivity, visibility and efficiency in order to meet the demands of their customers and leapfrog the competition.

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Microsoft to kickstart consumer smart glasses market from 2017, boosting shipments to over 12 million by 2020

A study by Juniper Research shows that over 12 million consumer smart glasses will ship in 2020, with the majority of growth occurring after 2017. This is compared to less than a million devices shipped in 2016, from a variety of vendors.

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Making city transport smarter with the smartphone

Smart Cities are all about the implementation and adoption of integrated technology to improve urban life, and there is no better example than the impact the smartphone is having on urban transport systems.

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Securing the IoT: Is it possible to protect billions of devices simultaneously?

To understand why there is so much excitement surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT), look no further than smart home appliances.

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Control system for smart homes already installed in 11% of Spanish homes with broadband

Today’s connected home is a changing place. The growing  infiltration of high speed broadband is allowing consumers to acquire new habits and new devices with greater interconnection capacities. According to a new study by Parks Associates, 11% of Spanish homes with broadband already have a smart system for controlling homes, ahead of the UK’s  9%,

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Is it lights out for the light switch?

Although designs have changed over the years, consumers have been using the same basic technology since the 1880s to switch on and off the lighting in their homes and offices. Now, with smartphone penetration at an all-time high and the market for smart LED bulbs increasing exponentially, has the time finally come to permanently turn

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M2M and its transformative effect on the automotive industry

The potential for M2M technology to revolutionise our lives is huge. Recent research by IHS predicts that global M2M connections will more than triple by the end of 2017 reaching 375 million, up from 116 million in 2012.

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Electric scooter with smartphone connection is launched in Europe by Terra Motors

Terra Motors Corporation, Japan’s manufacturer of electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers, starts commercial sale of “A4000i” in European countries, the electric scooter with smartphone connection.

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Home audio meets next generation home automation

Audio Lounge have partnered with Nebula Nine, an audio-visual system installation company to deliver a wide ranging portfolio from bespoke apps to control home lighting and entertainment systems to smartphone control of audio systems via fingerprint recognition.

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Now smartphone shoppers do more than Wi Sh as Window Shopping gets seriously connected

London, UK. April 5, 2013: Global shopper marketing agency, Integer has launched an innovative virtual store Wi Sh (Window Shopping).  Wi  Sh is being brought to market in the UK by Integer in partnership with VIVID Digital Retail,

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Mobile wearable devices & smart glasses to reach sales of almost 70 million by 2017, finds Juniper

A new report from Juniper Research finds that there will be a total of almost 70 million smart wearable devices sold in 2017

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