By Chuck Martin Samsung and Verizon plan to launch the first commercial 5G smartphones into the market during the first half of 2019. The companies […]
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Wearables Market Pushed Along by New Products
By Chuck Martin Far from fading away, wearable technology is on the rise, driven by new products from companies including Fitbit, Garmin and Huawei. Worldwide […]
Continue readingPodcast: The Voices of the Internet of Things with Chuck Martin: Dave Hopping, Siemens
A conversation with Dave Hopping, President, Building Technologies Division, Siemens. Recorded at the Siemens Connects Conference in Princeton, New Jersey. Tweet
Continue readingConnected Car Agreement Signed by Volvo, Ericsson
By Chuck Martin The Volvo Car Group has selected Ericsson to provide connected vehicle services including infotainment, navigation, telematics and automation. The five-year connected car […]
Continue readingVirtual Nail Salon Taps L’Oreal’s ModiFace
By Chuck Martin ModiFace, the augmented reality company owned by L’Oréal, introduced a new mobile app for consumers to virtually try on different nail polish […]
Continue readingAugmented Reality Added for “Welcome to Marwen” Movie
By Chuck Martin Movies are getting inside augmented reality. To promote the coming Steve Carell movie “Welcome to Marwen”, Universal Pictures and Dreamworks Pictures created […]
Continue readingAmazon Alexa Meets Big Mouth Billy Bass
By Chuck Martin Big Mouth Billy Bass, the talking and singing wall-mounted fish, has become Amazon Alexa enabled. The fish is now programmed to respond […]
Continue readingEricsson Forecast: 5G To Take Off Next Year
By Chuck Martin The number of Internet of Things cellular connections is projected to reach 4 billion in 2024, growing at a rate of 27% […]
Continue readingSmart Home Business Unit Being Sold Off by Lowe’s
By Chuck Martin Lowe’s is getting out of the product side of the smart home business as part of what it calls a strategic reassessment. […]
Continue readingHumans Being Added Back into AI Mix
By Chuck Martin Artificial intelligence continues to move into the future and along with it come new predictions. One of a set of new 2019 […]
Continue reading$48B in Online Payment Fraud Forecasted
By Chuck Martin Online payment fraud losses from airline ticketing, ecommerce, money transfer and banking services will reach $48 billion by 2023, according to a […]
Continue readingLight Show Glitch Has Drones Fall From Sky
By Chuck Martin A drone light show experienced an apparent malfunction, causing dozens of the miniature drones to fall from the sky. The month-long Hainan […]
Continue readingFuture of Tourism Meets Self-Driving Vehicles
By Chuck Martin Connected and autonomous vehicles have the potential to disrupt all industries, including tourism, changing how people live, work and travel in cities. […]
Continue reading$50 Million Raised by Smart E-Scooter Company
By Chuck Martin VOI Technology, a smart mobility startup that markets connected e-scooters in Europe, has raised $50 million for expansion into additional markets. VOI, […]
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