- NYC Gets First Link Public Wi-Fi Kiosks
Around the Net in IoT, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, January 20, 2016
New York City is starting to see its first LinkNYC public Wi-Fi kiosks. The Links, so called, offer up speeds upwards of 300Mbps for free. “For comparison, that’s about thir ...
- Amazon To Sell Pint-Sized Echo
Around the Net in IoT, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Seemingly onto something, Amazon is reportedly readying a smaller, portable version of its voice-activated tabletop Echo speaker. The move is “building off the device’s surprise success since it was releas ...
- Literally, A Decade Until Virtual Reality Takes Hold
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, January 5, 2016
It will take that long for virtual reality headsets to become cheap and portable enough to replace smartphones as the tech industry’s dominant computing platform, the founder of Oculus VR h ...
- Human Drivers 1, Internet of Things 0: Bumps In The Road
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Friday, December 18, 2015
Like any technological tsunami, The Internet of Things requires walking before running. And during that walking, some bumps along the way can be expected. One such bump just got highlight ...
- Yikes! The Thing!
Online Spin, Ted McConnell - Thursday, December 17, 2015
The Internet of Things is coming. Now the issues of privacy are floating to the top, more like scum than cream. We are warned by pundits to be wary ...
- Quantified Selves Can Be Real A**holes
Mobile Insider, Steve Smith - Tuesday, December 8, 2015
The first casualty of war with our quantified selves may be self-delusion. Maybe that isn't as fine a prospect as it sounds. ...
- The Internet of Everything, Where Marketing Becomes King
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, December 1, 2015
It would be somewhat of a great understatement to say that The Internet of Things is a work in progress. As more connected things join the network, more people arou ...
- 53% Unaware of Internet of Things, 72% Find it Confusing
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Friday, November 20, 2015
For a business to tap into the potential of The Internet of Things is going to require some buy-in from those at the top. Of course, a CEO or C ...
- Federal Health Privacy Law Doesn't Apply To Wearables, Online Storage Services
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 18, 2015
A landmark law privacy protecting people's health and medical information doesn't cover wearables like Fitbit, testing companies or online services that allow people to store individual health records, Pro Publi ...
- Next Up On The Weather Channel: IBM's Own Watson
Online Video Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, October 28, 2015
IBM this morning announced it had acquired the Weather Co., which operates the Weather Channel, Weather Underground and extensive digital assets. And yes, it's all about Watson. ...
- Space-Time Insight Provides Real-Time Streaming Analytics To Transform Data
Real-Time Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Space-Time Insight announced a new version of its real-time visual analytics software suite, SI Suite 6.0. The situational intelligence solutions company says the suite now provides real-time analytics for t ...
- The Pockets of the Internet of Things
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Thursday, October 8, 2015
There are pockets of the Internet of Things. Attending the Xperience IoT Summit in Boston just a few days ago, I was in a room of several hundred people fr ...
- Tapping the Value in Connected Objects
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Almost everything is going to be on the Net. Well, not literally everything, but essentially most anything that has an on-off switch. If it can be turned on and of ...
- John Lewis Crowns Peeple Front Door Camera Its IoT Champion
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, October 1, 2015
John Lewis has announced that start-up company Peeple has been chosen as the winner of its programme designed to fast track the Internet of Things tech companies into the reta ...
- For Marketers IoT Is A Potential Treasure Trove
MAD, Manjiry Tamhane - Tuesday, September 22, 2015
The biggest opportunities lie in the data. Each object within the IoT is monitoring our day to day routines, gathering data, communicating with other objects within our personal ecosystem, a ...
- Who's Who On The Adoption Curve
Online Spin, Gord Hotchkiss - Tuesday, September 1, 2015
For me, the adoption curve of the Internet of Things is fascinating to observe. Take the PoloTech shirt from Ralph Lauren, for example. It's a "smart shirt": the skintight shi ...
- FTC Convenes Privacy Conference, Asks 'Whitehat' Researchers To Contribute Reports
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, August 28, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission is calling for original research into privacy and security issues, including how "vulnerabilities" might be exploited to harm consumers. ...
- Spotify CEO: Sorry -- Sorta
Data and Targeting Insider, Steve Smith - Tuesday, August 25, 2015
A privacy policy update at Spotify angered some users, forcing CEO Daniel Ek to issue a non-apology apology of the digital startup sort. ...
- Richard Branson Backs A Streaming. . . Doorbell
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Ring, a Santa Monica tech start-up that sells a doorbell with a video camera, announced a $28-million investment , mostly from business mogul Richard Branson and the venture capital ar ...
- Google OnHub WiFi Router Connects IoT Devices
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Google has partnered with TP-LINK to launch the home router OnHub, a different kind of device to keep search and display ads and YouTube videos serving up and playing witho ...
- Europe's Largest Retailer Adds More Beacons
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, August 18, 2015
The Romanian branch of Carrefour, Europe's largest retailer, has deployed a beacon solution at 28 of its stores throughout Romania, in order to deliver location-specific content to customers' smartphones. The Carrefour app uses beacon-bas ...
- Researchers Hack Into Corvette, Disable Brakes
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Researchers from University of California at San Diego say they can hack into thousands of cars through a device used by insurance companies to monitor vehicles' location and speed. " ...
- IoT And Big Data Really Is Like Oil, We Just Need To Let It Flow
MAD London, Konrad Feldman - Monday, August 3, 2015
The full potential of data can only be unleashed once we realise how many hidden gems are tucked away in silent silos. Let the data flow and the discoveries wi ...
- Internet Of Things Almost There
Research Brief, Jack Loechner - Monday, August 3, 2015
The Internet of Things (IoT: machine-to-machine) solutions may finally be ready for 'prime time.' Business Decision Makers (BDMs) report that IoT has become a top business priority and they a ...
- Hacker Creates Gadget To Take Over OnStar-Equipped GMs
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 30, 2015
Hacker Samy Kamkar says he has built a gadget that enables the takeover of GM vehicles with OnStar systems. The gadget, dubbed OwnStar, allows people to locate, unlock and sta ...
- A Hacked Jeep Is Just The Tip Of A Very Scary Iceberg
Online Spin, Kaila Colbin - Friday, July 24, 2015
My favorite new MediaPost publication is the IoT (Internet of Things) Daily. They haven't asked me to talk about this at all; I promise. But it's so cool. It's t ...
- Lawmakers Take On Internet Of Things With New 'Spy Car Act'
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, July 21, 2015
A privacy bill unveiled today would prohibit car manufacturers from using data collected from vehicles for advertising or marketing purposes, without obtaining owners' explicit consent. ...
- The Apple Watch Can Help You On Hulu
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, July 16, 2015
Hulu has added Apple Watch support to its app, which can function as a remote, or let you pause and stuff. So now, you surely want an Apple Watch ...
- IBM Sees The Next Phase Of Search
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 10, 2015
Marketers may not think of IBM as driving the next vision for search services, including advertising and marketing, but the cognitive technology behind the next generation of search engines si ...
- Emotion-Based Interfaces: Or, My Quantified Self Is Really Starting To Bug Me
Mobile Insider, Steve Smith - Tuesday, July 7, 2015
T-3's ingenious "hands-free Tinder" app will use Apple Watch's heart-rate monitor to find matches triggered by a quickened heartbeat. Get ready for the emotion-based interface. ...