Coming soon to a mall near you…robots? Mike Kercheval, president and CEO of the International Council of Shopping Centers, is making the case for the use of robots in shopping malls. In an op-ed commentary on CNBC.com,  Kercheval says the robot's potential on the front lines of retail is limitless—and soon, he adds, “it will be difficult to imagine a visit to the local mall without them.” Here are three reasons Kercheval says we need robots in malls:  

As smartwatches continue to gain traction, it has become more important than ever that we should be able to trust these devices with our data. Unfortunately, these devices are seemingly not par with the security standards we take for granted these days. A study by HP has found smartwatches highly vulnerable to attacks. Researchers at the company say they found significant vulnerabilities in everysmartwatch they tested. Chief among the vulnerabilities include insufficient authentication, lack …

Smartphone sales may be slowing for some tech companies, but not for Apple. Analysts expect another powerhouse performance from the California tech giant when it reports quarterly financial results Tuesday. Apple's signature iPhones remain popular, even as other smartphone makers are seeing demand slow down. Wall Street analysts estimate Apple will report a hefty $10.3 billion in profit after selling $49 billion worth of iPhones, iPads, Mac computers and other products during the April-June quarter.   

Nearly half of American jobs could be automated in “a decade or two,” according to a recent argument by two researchers in The Economist. The jobs of everyone from telemarketers to title examiners to watch repairers to library technicians have become endangered by advances from the Internet of things, while many of those that have been deemed safe from such disruption are hands-on healthcare-related occupations: mental-health social workers, oral surgeons, prosthetists and recreational therapists. Yet, as this phenomenon unfolds, it underscores areas of opportunity, not only for individuals, but also for companies organized around their skills. "Humans are, and always …

GE is going to build a 100G network as part of an industry test bed to support its industry Internet initiative that the company says will support Internet of Things (IoT) communications across connected control systems, large infrastructure products and manufacturing plants. By building out a 100G network, GE will be able to support industry machine commands that could have data sets with 1,000 times a standard movie file size a consumer would download over their home broadband connection. These 100G-capable lines will allow industries to immediately connect and control machines located thousands of miles away.

If  the objective of the Internet of Things is to connect and control everything online, Israeli start-up WiseSec can perhaps be called the world’s biggest IoT company. That’s because its latest gadget — the Genii — allows users to control a whopping 800,000 devices from their smartphones. Using a clever combination of web technology, infrared beams, and Bluetooth connections, WiseSec’s system lets users connect — to the Internet — all gadgets that can be controlled with a remote control. This allows users to turn on and off lights, televisions, air conditioners, ovens, or anything else, from a distance by using electronic signals.

For those of us who can’t stay motivated to work out on our own, Moov is launching Moov Now, the next generation of its wearable fitness tracker and artificially intelligent personal trainer. Moov is a wearable band that pairs with an app to train users on five sports — running, cycling, swimming, cardio boxing, and a seven-minute bodyweight workout that you can do in your living room. The company launched a Selfstarter campaign in February of 2014 and pulled in more than $1 million in pre-sale orders in two weeks. The first Moov devices shipped last Fall, and the company has since sold …

The Internet of Things does not exist only in the digital world, and the technology that goes into paper mail is not as simple as one might imagine. That's why Pitney Bowes, a manufacturer of machines for sorting and handling mail, announced Tuesday that it is partnering with General Electric. Leveraging GE's Predix software, designed specifically for industrial IoT applications, the firms are collaborating on a set of applications for Pitney Bowes' enterprise business customers. Pitney Bowes sells mail-processing equipment to a range of customers, from the United States Postal Service to small and midsize businesses and very large enterprises. The fruits of …

Grooming product subscription service Birchbox Man is delivering a unique augmented reality experience to members to further develop its newer male side of the service.  Birchbox has released a mobile application in partnership with River Studios to bring a virtual reality experience, that caters to the male demographic. For the month of August, the subscription service will send out cardboard devices, in which users can insert their mobile devices and experience high-intensity sports from the safety of their home. 

Visa is testing a service that will take mobile payments one step further down the road toward reaching scale through connected vehicle commerce. At the Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2015, the financial services company revealed its plans to bring mobile payments into consumer vehicles, a feature that can create an even more seamless purchasing experience for customers. Visa is likely developing the connected car payments to further its place as one of the leading payment services, the more places customers are using their services the better it is for the company.