- Self-Driving Car Engineer Seeks Uber Arbitration
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Thursday, April 2, 2020
The self-driving car engineer involved in a trade secrets lawsuit is seeking arbitration with Uber in hopes of getting part of the judgement against him paid. ...
- Tech Spending Globally Now Projected To Drop 3%
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Thursday, April 2, 2020
In the earlier days of the COVID-19 pandemic, various tech forecasts still had the year ending basically OK. Last month, for example, tech spending globally was estimated by the Internation ...
- IoT Connections To Reach 83 Billion By 2024: Study
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
The total number of Internet of Things connections will reach 83 billion by 2024, according to a new study by Juniper Research. That would be an increase from 35 billi ...
- COVID-19 Slows 5G Rollout
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is taking its toll on the expansion of 5G cellular services as companies regroup for later in the year. ...
- BMW Files Patent For New Shape Steering Wheel
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
BMW has filed patents for a steering wheel that would change shape from the traditional circular shape to an oval. ...
- Homebound Drive Mobile Gaming Up $24%
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
In the span of two weeks, mobile gaming increased 24%, according to a new study. ...
- Fever-Screening Helmets, Patches: Tech Tackles COVID-19
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
The pandemic is spurring a range of tech-driven innovations, ranging from adaptations to new creations. ...
- Videoconferencing Apps Skyrocket Due To COVID-19
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Zoom Cloud Meetings led downloads in the U.S., U.K. and Europe, with downloads reaching 14 times the weekly average in the U.S. during the week of March 15. ...
- Virtual Try-Ons Offered Free For Beauty Brands
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Perfect Corp., maker of the virtual beauty app YouCam Makeup, is making three digital service programs available so beauty brands can boost new user engagements. ...
- Video, IM, Texting Drive Mobile During COVID-19 Crisis
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Yet as mobile usage surges, email is down 18% and web browsing is down 5%, according to App Annie study. ...
- Driverless Car Startup Using AI Raises $13 Million
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Monday, March 30, 2020
A startup using artificial intelligence to develop driverless car software has raised $13 million in seed funding. Investments in Helm.ai came from A.Capital Ventures, Amplo, Sound Ventures, Binnacle Partners a ...
- Internet Speeds Drop In New York, Austin
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Monday, March 30, 2020
Internet speeds are slowing to some degree in 88 cities, according to a new analysis by Broadbandnow. Of 200 cities analyzed, 44% experienced some degree of network degradation over t ...
- AT&T Sees Wi-Fi Calling Jump 76%, Texting 46%
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Monday, March 30, 2020
Wi-Fi calling minutes on Sunday were up 76% from an average Sunday, according to the latest COVID-19 update by AT&T. Consumer home voice calling minutes increased 65% from an avera ...
- Wearable Retooled For COVID-19
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Monday, March 30, 2020
A wearable used in hospitals to monitor a patient’s pulse, breathing and oxygen levels is being tapped to monitor COVID-19 patients. ...
- Self-Quarantined Seniors Can Lean On Smart Speakers
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Monday, March 30, 2020
Older consumers self-quarantined due to COVID-19 can turn to smart speakers like Google Home and Amazon Echo for interactions. ...
- Driverless Cars, Drinking Consumers Show Mixed Results
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Monday, March 30, 2020
Unintended consequences can come along with innovations, including those around the Internet of Things. Now it turns out there may be unexpected results in consumer behavior relating to self-driving c ...
- Amazon's Alexa Can Now Help With COVID-19 Diagnosis
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Friday, March 27, 2020
Using CDC guidance, Amazon lets consumers check their risk level for COVID-19 by answering Alexa's questions. ...
- Huawei Intros Voice Assistant 'Celia'
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Friday, March 27, 2020
The voice agent is being added to Huawei's latest P40 phone series in U.K., France, Spain, Chile, Columbia and Mexico. ...
- Bank Intros National QR Code Standard
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Friday, March 27, 2020
The Central Bank of Brazil has introduced a new national QR code standard intended to make mobile payments more universal. ...
- Vodafone Offers Free Unlimited Mobile
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Friday, March 27, 2020
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vodafone is offering unlimited mobile data for free to certain customers for a month. ...
- COVID-19 Chatbot Screener Created
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Friday, March 27, 2020
A COVID-19 screener tool has been created in the form of a chatbot-based symptom checker. ...
- Consumers At Home Buying Tech Devices While Dealing With COVID-19
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Friday, March 27, 2020
Consumers staying home due to COVID-19 are turning to tech. More than a third of U.S. households have purchased a tech device over the past week to help them adju ...
- One-Click Checkout Startup Raises $20 Million
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Thursday, March 26, 2020
The online checkout startup Fast received a $20 million Series A funding round led by Stripe. The funding is intended to accelerate the global rollout of Fast Checkout, a univers ...
- Tech Giants Team To Tackle COVID-19
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Thursday, March 26, 2020
Companies including Amazon Care, The Gates Foundation and Mastercard are working toward finding treatments for COVID-19. ...
- COVID-19 May Delay 5G iPhone Launch
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Thursday, March 26, 2020
Challenged by the COVID-19 outbreak, Apple is considering delaying the introduction of its 5G iPhone, according to a report in Nikkei. ...
- Companies Team For QR Code Payments
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Thursday, March 26, 2020
FinTech and TrueLayer are partnering to make it possible for small businesses and freelancers to use instant payment QR codes. ...
- COVID-19 Leading To Shortfall Of Phones, Smart Devices
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Thursday, March 26, 2020
COVID-19 has the potential of wreaking havoc on the technology supply chain. Now researchers have estimated a range of what that may look like. In one scenario, makers of smartphone ...
- COVID-19 Pushing Tech Spending Down: IDC
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Global technology spending for the year is estimated to grow 1% compared to the previous forecast of 5%, according to a new forecast by the International Data Corporation (IDC). ...
- Apple Looks To Reopen Stores In April
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Apple told its staff it may start reopening its stores outside China sometime in April, depending on conditions in the communities. ...
- COVID-19 Delays 5G Standards
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Due to the impact of COVID-19, the standards body responsible for 5G standards pushed back the timeline for the next release. ...
