Investment in Intelligence of Things (IoT) is expected to surge in the coming years, with companies projected to increase spending on the design, creation and operation of IoT solutions from $186.1 billion in 2017 to a grand total of $434.9 billion by 2023. What’s more,...
It’s being built with every new car and truck on the road, every smart speaker sold this holiday season, every time a new TV is connected to the web, every time a cutting-edge thermostat or refrigerator is installed, and every time a person gives a...
Using overhead cameras, scanners and weight sensors to track customers in-store may be the future of physical retail, but what starts as a way to collect data and sell more via seamless checkout can turn creepy for customers. In this month’s Intelligence of Things Tracker,...
By 2020, 30 billion Intelligence of Things (IoT) devices are expected to be connected worldwide — a figure anticipated to skyrocket to 100 billion by 2025. As the number of IoT devices grow, the security risks will only become more impactful. Now, governments around the globe...
Google announced Wednesday (Oct. 3) that developers of Google Assistant can earn money via premium experiences for their users. In a blog post, Tarun Jain, group product manager for Actions on Google, said that while the company has offered support for digital goods and subscriptions...
Unpredictable arrival times. Unauthorized sales and distribution. Retailers around the world often have little visibility into their supply chain's final leg. Can smart packaging make a difference? In this month’s Intelligence of Things Tracker, PYMNTS compares retailers’ use of RFID-tagged packages for instant supply chain...
An estimated 52 percent of consumers worldwide are now using Intelligence of Things (IoT) devices. However, even as smart devices become more present in consumers’ homes, researchers and consumers alike are raising concerns. Bad actors are upping malware attacks against home IoT devices. Recent researchers also...
GEOBRIDGE KEES (Key Exchange & Escrow Service) is expanding its on-demand services for HSMs and key management. Independently validated and certified for PCI PIN, the KEES service supports organizations with all aspects of the full key management lifecycle, including distribution, storage, usage and more. The...
One often hears that many people, especially in the most prosperous countries of the West and Asia, live better than the kings and queens of past centuries. (Given one’s tolerance for constant media attention and nonstop family drama, one might also say that many people...