In April 2016, IT solutions company Cisco Systems and car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Company entered into a connected car partnership. With a shared goal of moving toward marketplace proactivity in terms of fulfilling customer demand, the partnership will allow the companies to cater to —...
The Groupe Spéciale Mobile Association (GSMA) announced Monday that its Mobile IoT Initiative was gaining traction with multiple commercial rollouts of Low Power, Wide Area (LPWA) solutions by several mobile operators including AT&T, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom, Deutsche Telekom (DT), Verizon and Vodafone. In...
Ayla Networks has announced enhancements to its Internet of Things (IoT) platform that will help propel manufacturers of connected products toward the next generation of the IoT. According to a press release, these enhancements will enable manufacturers to forge closer customer relationships and improve their IoT...
Pants. Most people wear them at some point, but few of us spend much time wondering if pants are living up to their fullest potential. We can safely say that pants have lived up to their minimum commitment as a garment — they do a...
Every home has a central place where everyone gathers to unwind from the day and catch up on news. More often than not, that place is the family kitchen. Samsung has taken note. With its Family Hub smart refrigerator debut, this new Samsung Internet of...
Netclearance, provider of the world’s biggest network of smart technology Bluetooth payment terminals, unveiled the world’s first commercially available Bluetooth 5 payment beacon. Finextra reports that mBeaconSAM comes in a mini SIM-card sized smart card that fits into existing point of sale (POS) card reader...
While the Internet of Things (IoT) is often talked up as the future — as the PYMNTS/Visa How We Will Pay study demonstrates — that misses a huge point. As it turns out, the connected device future has showed up a little early. The study concludes that today the typical consumer owns four connected...
International Data Corp. (IDC), the market research firm, updated its projections for the Internet of Things, or IOT, market, projecting the market with grow 16.7 percent this year, reaching slightly over $800 billion. In a press release announcing its new forecast, IDC said that by...
Sizzle Cash in Japan: We’ve spoken in this space before about how cash is not dying but merely slowing down in certain countries. In Japan, the pulse is quickening. Cash use has, in fact, doubled over the past two decades. Meager savings rates show that...