Smart Home contends with smorgasbord of platforms and technologies

The connected home may seem like common currency now – in 2016 we’re looking at an unprecedented increase in both acceptance and actual hardware running ‘in the wild’ – but

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New identity platform kills the password and ushers in ‘frictionless’ user experience, says ForgeRock

ForgeRock®, has released a new edition of the ForgeRock Identity Platform to enable organisations to orchestrate secure, frictionless user experiences using push authentication.

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The weird and wonderful world of wearables

No-one seems to know about wearables. One minute we hear that the first wave of wearables is wearing thin, the next that they are the next big thing. Maybe the

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KIWI PLUS launches new children’s smartwatch made in collaboration with u-blox

KIWI PLUS, has launched a new children’s smartwatch developed in collaboration with u-blox. LINE Kids Watch is a tiny and colorful wearable with LINE emojis functioning as an Android-based

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THINGS offers enterprises a hands-on approach to work with technology innovation and digitalisation

The Stockholm hardware hub THINGS was established 2015 to gather the most talented start-ups in the Internet of Things (IoT), wearables, sensors, automation, robotics and 3D printing/scanning/

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GlobalPlatform technology deployed 17.7bn secure elements on secure chip technology

GlobalPlatform, the association standardising the management of applications on secure chip technology, says it has ‘conservatively estimated’ that a total of 17.7 billion secure elements (SEs) based on GlobalPlatform specifications

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What does the future of wearable devices look like?

Many experts claimed that the wearable tech industry is maturing, especially since ownership of smartwatches and smart headsets are projected to increase in the coming years.

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Bringing new innovations at CommunicAsia2016, EnterpriseIT2016 and BroadcastAsia2016

Digital transformation has given rise to smart technologies, disrupting the way we work, live and play. Bringing to life new innovations, this year’s CommunicAsia2016, EnterpriseIT2016 and BroadcastAsia2016 returns to Marina Bay Sands

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Not all “things” are equal – critical infrastructure needs a dedicated network

The term “Internet of Things” covers a wide variety of different connected devices. At Mobile World Congress this year, these ‘things’ being exhibited included thermostats, warehouse technology, wearables, and even

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Worldwide wearables market increases 67.2% amid seasonal retrenchment, says IDC

A combination of device releases, price reductions, and company rationalisations marked the first quarter of 2016 (1Q16) in the worldwide wearables market.

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What should businesses do to better protect themselves against security threats posed by IoT?

A recent report amongst IT decision makers revealed that security is currently the main barrier to IoT adoption by businesses. So how real are the threats and what do businesses need to

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More than 66m wearables to be shipped annually for IIoT by 2021, says Tractica

Wearables in enterprise and industrial environments continue to see high levels of interest and market momentum, as companies across a wide variety of industry sectors conduct trials and plan deployments

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Nuance gives car makers flexible platform for wearables and smart home devices

Nuance Communications, Inc. has announced that its Dragon Drive connected car platform and Nuance Mix voice and natural language understanding developer platform, currently in beta, provide automakers with a set of

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‘Next Era’ of wearables with new Snapdragon Wear platform unveiled by Qualcomm

Qualcomm Incorporated announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. has introduced Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Wear, a new platform for next generation wearable devices, and the Snapdragon Wear 2100 system-on-chip (SoC), the

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Verizon, Sequans announce LTE CAT M chipset acceleration for IoT

Sequans Communications S.A. and Verizon announced joint activities to accelerate commercial realisation of Category M (CAT M) LTE products based on the coming Release 13 of the 3GPP LTE standard.

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IoT Innovations at CES 2016 presented a host of new challenges for the network

At CES this year, one of the key topics has been Internet of Things adoption. The IoT has gone from an industry buzzword to a very real phenomenon affecting every

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