Tag: Connected Things
Cloudflare launches Orbit security offering to protect IoT devices
CloudFlare has launched a new service called Orbit to help protect IoT devices against hacking and malware.
The Orbit service routes an organization’s IoT traffic through...
Intelligent hand-dryer collects bathroom-break data
Drying your hands after a bathroom break may never be the same again. A new smart product, the AdDryer from Savortex, promises to blast users with advertisements,...
UK start-up Babylon raises $60m for AI-based doctor app
UK start-up Babylon, which specializes in remote health applications, has doubled its valuation in its latest funding round, raising $60 million.
The funding brings the...
Expanding your IoT offering into the US? Think bigger. Think globally.
Jonathan Smith, director of connectivity sales for Europe at IoT/M2M specialist Aeris, shares his tips on how European makers of IoT-enabled devices can successfully...
Microsoft pushes IoT as a service to enterprises
Microsoft has unveiled IoT Central, its new IoT as a service offering designed to help in the deployment of IoT projects in the enterprise.
The...
MultiTech Systems announces IoT program for US schools and universities
Connected technology company MultiTech Systems has announced the first nationwide IoT program for schools and universities in the United States.
The project, which is being...
The Scottish IoT play: apps first, devices second
The IoT starts with connected devices, networked industrial sensors and the occasional Internet-enabled toaster, right?
Software mobility specialist company Dogfi.sh Mobile asserts (from an arguably somewhat contrived...
NXP & Amazon talk up voice-enabled devices
Automotive semiconductor and cybersecurity specialist NXP Semiconductors has released its 'reference platform' for Amazon's Alexa artificial intelligence-based personal assistant technology.
Dutch headquartered NXP has made...
EIT Digital launches cloud platform for drone services
EIT Digital, a European open innovation organization with hundreds of members across the business and research communities, is launching the 'Cloud4Drones' platform to service the...
Smart home product manufacturers must target customers in different ways
Smart home consumers can be divided into seven segments, according to new research from market analyst firm Strategy Analytics.
Manufacturers selling smart home products to customers need...
Facebook brings augmented reality to its 2 billion users
Social networking company Facebook has launched an augmented reality (AR) platform which will allow developers to generate custom filters and effects for the camera...
Mirai malware repurposed to mine Bitcoins using slave IoT devices
Criminals have added code to the Mirai malware that targets IoT devices to mine Bitcoins.
IT security researchers have discovered a module added to the...