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Why It’s Time For Retail To Stop Experimenting With IoT, And Start Implementing It
Why It’s Time For Retail To Stop Experimenting With IoT, And Start Implementing It
July 12, 2018  |  Internet of Things

Building out the future of retail Internet of Things (IoT) is complicated work, according to Mastercard SVP of Internet of Things Partnerships Stephane Wyper, because...

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IoT Security Solutions To Hit $6B By 2023
IoT Security Solutions To Hit $6B By 2023
July 11, 2018  |  Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity solutions market is poised to hit $6 billion globally by 2023, according to a new study from Juniper Research....

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Arm Acquires Steam Technologies As More IoT Devices Get Connected
Arm Acquires Steam Technologies As More IoT Devices Get Connected
June 13, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Arm, the semiconductor company, announced on Tuesday (June 12) that it is acquiring Stream Technologies to enable connectivity management of every device, regardless of its...

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Alexa Snafu Raises Concerns For Smart Speaker Skeptics
Alexa Snafu Raises Concerns For Smart Speaker Skeptics
May 25, 2018  |  Voice Activation

Many have worried that Amazon’s Alexa is spying on them through their Echo device. Others, like this Oregon family, merely joked about it — until...

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A Payments And Music Machine And Cryptocurrency Dreams
A Payments And Music Machine And Cryptocurrency Dreams
January 24, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

Smartwatches are getting smarter. Instead of linking to the user’s phone to power GPS, fitness tracking, music and payments, this one houses it all in...

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Alexa And Voice Commerce: Thinking Outside The Cylinder
Alexa And Voice Commerce: Thinking Outside The Cylinder
January 12, 2018  |  Voice Activation

The 2018 Amazon Alexa Voice Challenge is a different competition than in years past — naturally, since the voice-activated assistant herself has evolved and matured, and...

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What Toymakers Can Learn From VTech Breach And Settlement
What Toymakers Can Learn From VTech Breach And Settlement
January 09, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

It was like stealing data from a baby. In 2015, electronic toy company VTech learned from a journalist that a hacker had accessed its computer...

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The Most Unusual Connected Devices Of 2017
The Most Unusual Connected Devices Of 2017
December 23, 2017  |  weird commerce

The Internet of Things (IoT) may have jumped the digital shark this year. Of course, some would say this happened a long time ago. The...

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Now Entering The Connected Device Arena: Jim Beam
Now Entering The Connected Device Arena: Jim Beam
December 04, 2017  |  Voice Activation

Beam me up, Jimmy. Whiskey maker Jim Beam has entered the connected device arena with a smart decanter for its popular Kentucky-style bourbon whiskey. And...

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