Apple is selling many fewer Apple Watch smart watches per day than it did when the gadget first went on sale in April, according to data from Slice Intelligence, a firm that tracks online ordering. Yet as many pointed out in the wake of the Slice report, not only is the estimate of sales imperfect, a drop-off in sales is to be expected and the Apple Watch is still probably the best-selling smart watch on the market. The data, first provided to Business Insider, shows that Apple Watch sales have fallen from their mid-April debut to the beginning of July. On …

Cognac brand Remy Martin is rolling out a new connected bottle experience in China that includes NFC technology to secure authentication and provide opening detection as well as an enhanced customer engagement experience on mobile. Remy Martin has teamed up with integrated platform Selinko to develop the technology behind the connected bottle, which will include a tamper-proof NFC tag inside the capsule to ensure consumers do not use a previously opened item. The Club Connected Bottle will be available in Chinese markets this fall, and purports to be the first of its kind introduced to the spirits industry.

On June 12, 2015, the fourth installment of the Jurassic Park series hit theaters. The new movie, for those who haven’t watched it, enters with a technologically infused, revamped park complete with a pteradon aviary, a mosasaurus feeding show that would put SeaWorld to shame, and a genetically modified Indominus rex that(spoiler alert) causes more trouble than expected. A major critique is that much of the ‘science’ portrayed in the film leans more toward the fiction side rather than factual accuracy. For example, paleontologists have commented that the dinosaurs are all portrayed as reptilian whereas many would actually have had feathers. Also, the …

With much fanfare, South African IT firm Dimension Data proclaimed that it was partnering with Amaury Sport Organisation, which owns the Tour de France, to "deliver [a] big data cycling analytics platform for the first time in the history of professional cycling." This would be accomplished through sensors installed on cyclists' seats, with the data collected and analyzed by Dimension Data's cloud-based platform and delivered to a website that could be customized by the users depending on which cyclists they wanted to follow. Unfortunately, the website is not live yet, even though the Tour de France is into its fourth day.

Despite the fact that the majority of consumers still aren’t buying wearable technology, the overall patent publications associated with those devices has been rising at a rate of about 40 percent per year since 2010. It looks as though the tech behind wearable technology is being firmly locked into place, but the one primary question is what it will take to make consumers actually open up their wallets and buy these devices. Moreover, once they have them, will they actually like the experience or will it end up being a flash in the pan fad that goes out about as quickly …

An ambitious Australian consumer technology group with plans to take on the likes of Apple and Samsung, with a range of wearable technology, mobile devices and electronic gadgets, will list on the ASX after raising capital ahead of a product push. The company, IoT Group, has only one tech device available in the market now, a smartwatch that sells at selected Coles stores for $99, but it has plans to unveil a range of more than 20 products, including more smartwatches, a potentially revolutionary universal computing device, an augmented-reality heads-up display, and a drone for taking selfies from up to 25 metres …

Another standards and interoperability body has stepped onto the IoT scene with the launch of the Wireless IoT Forum (WIoTF), The new non-profit aims to remove fragmentation and drive consolidation in both licensed and licence-exempt wireless platforms - with founding and board members named as Accenture, Arkessa, BT, Cisco, Telensa, and WSN. Collectively, the group's mandate is to develop a clear set of requirements by talking to its members, which then will help it create a use-case driven roadmap for the wider ecosystem of companies and operators in the IoT. Notably, its new CEO, William Webb, also heads up …

Will being connected allow our privacy to be breached and give rise to security issues? Most automakers approach the autonomous vehicle from a ­strictly ­manufacturing standpoint. Ford, however, also recognises that autonomous vehicles raise a different set of concerns for the public, such as the issue of data privacy in the age of the Internet of Things (IoT), where the car is quickly becoming another ­connected Thing. To answer these questions, the company has collaborated with a number of Silicon Valley ­heavyweights such as HP, SAP and startups like Carbon3D. What happens if you’re ­uncomfortable with the thought of someone somewhere …

Pace recently spoke with Damballa VP Asia-Pacific & Japan Daniel Schneerson about why monitoring networks is the way to go for cyber-security in the 21st century. “I think monitoring the network for malicious behaviour has always been a smart way to go,” said Schneerson. “The old methods of security are prevention-based and not designed to deal with emerging technologies like the IoT.  It’s not possible or practical to use traditional products like gateway or endpoint protection on IoT-connected devices.” “How do you install and enforce end-point protection on a refrigerator or a farm tractor? What about OS systems? It’s doubtful …

Volvo's information technology boss says the Swedish automaker's commitment to safety includes the promise to protect its customers from vehicle hackers. Klas Bendrik, 45, Volvo's chief information officer, also believes that the company's connected-car features need to be easy to use, affordable and provide tangible benefits. He explained why in an interview with Automotive News Europe Correspondent Olive Keogh. Q: What is Volvo's main focus when it comes to connected cars? A: As a humancentric company, our focus is on ease of use and how our customers can benefit from driving a connected Volvo. What will happen next? I also think that the Internet of Things will …