Technology innovation can happen at any place at any time. As rental prices for prime real estate in large cities continues to rise, startup companies and innovation centers look to the surrounding areas. While some cities like Kansas City hoped to attract entrepreneurs and technology...
While it’s hard to know where the next big disruptive FinTech idea will come from, a recent hackathon sponsored by TSYS and Worldpay gave innovators the chance to use IoT as a springboard to see where commerce is going next. Scott Carter, group executive of...
ZingBox, a cybersecurity company focused on service protection, announced Thursday (Feb. 9) IoT Guardian, which it said is an industry-first offering that uses deep-learning algorithms to determine each IoT device’s personality and enforce acceptable behavior for the device. In a press release, ZingBox said the self-learning...
The global Internet of Things insurance market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 65.89 percent by 2022, reaching a market size of $42.76 billion. That’s according to a new report from Research and Markets, which said the IoT insurance market is being driven by...
Virtual assistants seem ready to hit the road as automakers integrate virtual assistants like Amazon’s Alexa directly into vehicles’ operating systems. For the January Internet of Things Tracker™, PYMNTS spoke with Cason Grover, who oversees Hyundai Motor America’s connected car program, about how virtual assistants...
As IoT connectivity expands, the distance between the inside of a home and a vehicle parked inside the garage is getting much shorter. Vehicles are not the only consumer products that are getting IoT connectivity upgrades. Companies are finding new ways to introduce connectivity to...
The IoT Identity Access Management (IAM) market is expected to explode in the coming years, with Research and Markets projecting the market size to go from $1.1 billion in 2016 to $4.97 billion by 2021. That represents a CAGR of 35.2 percent from 2016 to...
This week’s Voice Activated Tracker starts off with a bang as new research from Gartner Consulting projects big things for the voice-activated space as part of a larger growth trend across all “supplementary connected devices.” Analysis from Gartner projects flat growth for worldwide device shipments....
Anyone who says they can’t cook may have just lost all excuses. In fact, you don’t even have to read the instructions at all now. At CES 2017, Whirlpool said it will be adding Alexa to nearly every appliance the company is cooking up. But...
