It’s inevitable, isn’t it, that the security industry should be all over the Internet of Things. If you’re feeling like you’ve heard…
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There’s only 10 types of people in the world: those who ‘get’ digital, and…
Over the past few days and weeks, a recurring mantra has appeared in conversations I have had, or overheard, with clients. “Well,…
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The next opportunity for wearable technologies: aesthetics
Many of us have seen both the hype around wearables as well as the growing number of critiques of the hype. But…
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Three Challenges the Hardware Industry Faces in 2016
2016 is the year many thought leaders in tech space are urging caution, expecting markets to cool drastically and urging startups to…
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Announcing Gigaom Change
Gigaom’s CEO Byron Reese is launching a new conference, Gigaom Change, which is ‘a hands-on summit designed to help those leading business…
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10 reasons why nobody is going to be out of a job in the digital world
There’s a lot of chat about the dangers to employment being driven by technology — with both blue and white collar work…
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Is logistics heading towards its final destination?
In this digitally enabled world, it’s easy to be distracted by the wealth of technology now available. Mobile apps and devices are…
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The Untapped Market for Wearables and Aging
Aging societies worldwide pose serious challenges to both healthcare delivery and how it is financed. The financial challenges are not only for…
Read MoreNew Open Connectivity Foundation combines Open Interconnect Consortium and AllSeen Alliance
Update 21 February 2016 — I received email from Sophie Sleck of Blanc & Otis: OCF is not unifying OIC and AllSeen, this…
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A technological map of the future
When people ask me what I am researching, I confess it can be a difficult question to answer. Sometimes I will highlight…
Read MoreCorporations can be people, and now, cars can be their own drivers
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Agency may have adroitly resolved the notion of driver accountability for the coming smart car future.…
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Data security, the future of work and the consumerisation dilemma
This post is sponsored by Samsung. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Data security has never been as hard as it is today. And…
Read MoreSony making a bet on IoT
Two stories in the news at the same time about Sony that draws a picture of the company’s plans. The first is…
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Business on Display: Making a Statement with Digital Signage
The digital signage market is projected to be worth $22 billion by 2020. If you’re interested in learning more about the evolving…
Watch NowThinking differently about digital signage
Screens, it seems, are everywhere these days. Printers and watches, tablets and smartphones all have high-resolution digital displays; front rooms and shared…
Read MoreBlah blah blah: We’re going to be talking a lot in 2016
I’ve been slowly digesting Talk to Me, the collection of essays edited by Paola Antonelli (of MoMA) over the holidays. As she…
Read MoreA new retail model for a new class of devices
Heading into CES I’ve been thinking about all of the connected consumer devices flooding the market, some of them from established manufacturers…
Read MoreThe future of the sensor market
I’ve written previously about how declining sensor costs are a key facet of IoT. Along with cheaper compute costs, better (and also…
Read MoreAsking the product
I’ve begun to hear a meme infecting the philosophy of product development and IoT. Suppose you have a question about how to…
Read MoreIoT trends in the mobile carrier market
Wireless analyst Chetan Sharma rolled out his numbers on the US mobile market a couple weeks ago, with some indicators of where…
Read MoreGoogle goggles go monocular
Recent leaks suggest that Google is heading its former Google Glass efforts in a practical and less glassholey direction. As I have…
Read MoreBill Gates actually gets it
It seems that at every UN Conference on Climate Change, the conversation is always about reaching a global deal for emissions cuts.…
Read MoreThe consumer IoT standards wars
On the same day during the second week in November both Bluetooth and Thread announced major updates and roadmaps for their respective network…
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IoT Hardware Opportunities
The proliferation of connected devices that is the heart of the Internet of Things, both at a consumer and an industrial level,…
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