Embracing change is never easy, and never more so than for the government, which has proved resistant to trying new things, especially where technology is concerned. As Sprint renews efforts to bring the cloud and Big Data --- and the Internet of Things -- to...
A new report says that worldwide spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) is set to reach $772.5 billion in 2018, a 14.6 percent increase over the $674 billion that will be spent in 2017. The update to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual...
There will certainly be many sales to choose from once the Thanksgiving dinner dishes have all been cleared and the Black Friday festivities begin at retail locations nationwide. But this year, there is something slightly different in the mix. We are about to have a very connected Christmas. Or, more...
Vodafone announced news on Tuesday (Nov. 7) of its entrance into the Internet of Things (IoT) consumer market through the launch of “V by Vodafone.” “V by Vodafone” enables consumers to connect millions of home and leisure electronics products to the company’s dedicated global IoT...
Henry David Thoreau once said, “If you have built IoT castles in the cloud, your work need not be lost — that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.” Or something like that. TSYS Director of Innovation Russell Moore’s two-year-old daughter...
American energy corporation Chevron announced Monday (Oct. 30) it had entered into a seven-year partnership with Redmond, Washington-based technology company Microsoft Corp., through which Microsoft has become Chevron’s primary cloud provider. In a press release published by Business Wire, Chevron said choosing Microsoft as its cloud...
Driverless cars, it seems, are daily edging closer to being commercial reality instead of science fiction. The latest inch forward — GM has announced its acquisition of Strobe, a laser-imaging technology startup that is specifically concerned with pushing the development of autonomous vehicles. The three-year-old Pasadena-based...
“Smart House” used to be just a Disney Channel Original Movie; perhaps you watched it back in good old 1999, or remember having kids who watched it. After losing his mother to an ice skating accident, the 13-year-old hero wins his family a house that...
On Monday (Sept. 25), Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group introduced, Jacquard, a connected apparel platform that lets clothing designers and manufacturers mesh connectivity, interactivity and clothes. In a blog post, the company laid out a common scenario for city dwellers: When cycling to...
