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Daily IoT/Blockchain News from @surgethings - Aug 17, 2016
Daily IoT/Blockchain news from @surgethings.
3 Incredibly Cheap Wearable Technology Stocks
InvenSense makes motion sensors for mobile devices, but it’s started focusing more on Internet of Things solutions recently, like sensors for wrist-worn …
Bites of IoT Rules Engine and Amazon SNS
and Amazon SNS. by Brett Francis | on 16 AUG 2016 | in AWS IoT, General, …
Internet Of Things Meets Location-Informed Advertising
This is thanks to some of the behind-the-scenes technologies of the Internet of Things. Some of the IoT sausage making will remain out of the limelight, …
Recommended Reading: Don’t Let IoT Displace You in the Supply Chain
The internet of things the label applied to the network of connected devices is already impacting how business is done. For example, dairy farmers …
Airbus jumps on the blockchain bandwagon, joins Hyperledger Project
Hyperledger Project, a collaborative cross-industry effort created to advance blockchain technology, has announced that Airbus, a global leader in …
Clinic won’t pay breach protection for victims; CEO says it would be death
ZDNet breach-cost.jpg istock.com. The CEO of a Georgia-based orthopedic clinic told his patients in the wake of a breach last week that the company cannot …
DASH Podcast Episode 7: Connected Cars, Radio, and the Internet of Things
(Andreas Mai). August 17, 2016 Seth Resler. PLAY EPISODE: …
Blockchain World Expo postponed to avoid clash with of Canada Fintech Forum
The Blockchain World Expo, the world’s largest blockchain trade show that was scheduled to be held in September this year in Toronto, has …
Gartner: Blockchain and Connected Home are almost at the peak of the Hype
PRWire (press release) STAMFORD, Conn., August 16, 2016 The technologies on Gartner Inc.’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2016 reveal three distinct …
IIT Hyderabad hopes to net $15 million in research funding
… the area of fifth-generation (5G) broadband technology , digital fabrication including 3D printing, internet of things (IoT) and storage of clean storage.
Blockchain Pitched as Way to Simplify FX Trading Databases
A year-old technology firm wants to simplify currency markets by streamlining the way trading data is stored using blockchain-based technology.
Former Traiana CEO plans blockchain FX service
The former chief executive of Traiana, a trade processing business owned by Icap, plans to launch a new blockchain-powered post-trade service in …
SATNAC 2016: Unlocking the Internet of Things
The theme of this year’s conference is Broadband Evolution Unlocking the Internet of Things. Now, in its 19th year, SATNAC is heralded as one of …
How Blockchain Tech Can Help Solve Problems in Charity
How Blockchain Tech Can Help Solve Problems in Charity. After the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, India sent USD 1 billion to Nepal. Even a mere 1% …
Banks sign up to blockchain trial for processing currency trades
Banks sign up to blockchain trial for processing currency trades … that aims to use blockchain distributed ledger technology to slash billions off the cost …
U.S. Department of Homeland Security funds four blockchain companies
Brave New Coin Each was awarded approximately $100,000 in funding, for a total of $1.3 million, and four are using blockchains in their product. The Department of …
HSBC: Hyperledger Project and R3 should get together for trade finance
International Business Times UK Last week the two big blockchain consortia, R3 and the Hyperledger Project, seemed to be racing each other to release proofs of concepts for doing …
Intel makes a renewed push for virtual reality, Internet of Things
Giving a renewed push to its dream of making it big in the world of virtual reality, machine learning and Internet of Things (IoT), Intel has announced …
The face of the Internet of Things in healthcare
As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to mature, we see new technological advances shaping the healthcare industry. In March, Apple launched …
Intel Unveils Joule: An High-Perofrmance Atom-Powered IoT Module & Maker
AnandTech Today at Intel’s annual Developer Forum, the hardware manufacturer announced the latest in their Internet of Things-focused product kits: Joule.
Banks sign up to blockchain trial for processing currency trades
Like other blockchain developments under way, it seeks to generate huge cost savings by creating one sole verified record of a transaction or contract …
A Performance-Analysis Detective Story: Resolving Lock Contention in Apache
DZone News Considering that Solr NRT indexing is a mainly machine-to-machine operation, without a human waiting for indexing to complete, that latency range …
Freight Farms picks Xively to manage IoT mini farms
It was just about the time the ‘internet of things’ began to gain traction as a term, and it was clear connected sensors would have a big part to play.
Cobalt DL commences beta testing of blockchain-based FX post-trade platform
Cobalt DL, a fintech firm that leverages blockchain-derived concepts to deliver a single, immutable record for each trade, has announced that it has …
Here’s Why Intel’s Latest Manufacturing Agreement Is a Big Deal
This matters a great deal for embedded electronics, which are essential for mobile and the Internet of things. Manufacturing facilities using 10nm …
W3C Day in Spain: Web of Things to boost industrial productivity
and the Web towards the Internet of Things ( IoT ) paradigm, framed in the …
MQTT: The Protocol of The Internet of Things
MQTT The Internet of Things (IoT), the collection of millions of physical devices connected to a network to merge the digital with the physical, …
[Bit]coin flipping: World Economic Forum believes blockchain is the future
JAXenter Blockchain is one of the hottest topics in the world of FinTech, but can it become the engine of financial firms? The World Economic Forum says yes.
Synereos blockchain-based social network to enter alpha phase in September
Built on top of the company’s unique distributed tech stack, which utilizes blockchain technology to enable a peer-to-peer internet, the alpha version …
5 steps to cybersecurity for Internet of Things medical devices
At the same time, connected medical devices components of the so-called Internet of Things are multiplying, opening more holes in security and …
What will the industrial internet of things mean for you?
The internet of things is everywhere, and is set to be an integral part of all our lives very soon. Even our swimwear could soon be part of the internet of …
Telenor backs AI and IoT in battle with internet giants
Telenor is also planning to launch a dedicated, next-generation Internet of Things (IoT) network across several Norwegian cities. Norwegian startups …
Ingenu Announces Machine Network Expansion in Texas
This type of machine-to-machine connectivity will get Austin that much closer to becoming a truly smart city. Austin, San Antonio and Houston are …
Secure Distributed Desktops using NSX for Horizon with Sphere3D Appliances
… Blackhat USA showed increasing complexity of hackers to leverage machine to machine communication and compromise desktops using malware …
This Bengaluru-Based Company Wants to Help Build Smarter Factories
The engineers will go from machine to machine manually, and they will check the production, and ask each operator for details. Now the operator …
Internet of Things hotel to open in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan
southwestern Japan. FUKUOKA, Aug. 17, Kyodo. To have fuller access to the …
Overstock’s New Blockchain President to Accelerate ‘Fight Against Wall
CoinDesk In Johnson’s first interview since taking the reigns, he explained that his goal for the company and its blockchain projects isn’t to change what CEO …
Investments in Blockchain Pass $290 Million in Six Months
Juniper Research has revealed in a new study that the total value of Venture Capital investment into blockchain technologies and Bitcoin-related …
Hardware Bitcoin wallet KeepKey integrates with blockchain asset exchange
International Business Times UK Hardware digital asset wallet KeepKey, has integrated with ShapeShift, as security concerns following the Bitfinex hack drive demand for …
ORBCOMM Wins Two 2016 IoT Evolution Product Of The Year Awards
ORBCOMM Inc., a global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, recently announced that it has been named a …
Intel unveils new ‘Joule’ Internet of Things developer kit
Intel has unveiled a new compute module for makers and developers looking to explore the Internet of Things. Announced at Intel Developers Forum …
Flowserve and ANSYS First in Market To Leverage The Innovation Of Digital
PR Newswire (press release) By combining the power of ANSYS simulation technology with the Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities, Flowserve is one of the first companies to …
Making the most of the Internet of Things
more competitively, with a large-scale focus, realise IoT and data analysis go …
UBS’s blockchain star to leave
UBS’s innovation lab works with fintech startups to develop ways through which blockchain and other technologies can be adapted to increase …
Banks sign up to blockchain trial for processing currency trades
A money changer counts Turkish lira bills at an currency exchange office in central Istanbul, Turkey, August 21, 2015. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/Files.
Transaction confidentiality tops blockchain security concern for banks
Confidentiality is compromised by one of blockchain’s most lauded features - that it can essentially represent a consolidated audit trail. This level of …
Bitcoin & blockchain investment surges to $290m in first half of 2016
Investment in bitcoin and blockchain related companies is surging, with a new study published Tuesday finally putting a figure to the investment boom.
Intel Developer Forum: 10 Internet of Things Applications Bringing In The
CRN At the Intel Developer Forum, which kicked off this week in San Francisco, the Internet of Things was at the forefront in a conference typically devoted …
Intel’s Joule is its most powerful dev kit yet
We’ve seen plenty of unique dev kits from Intel, including the SD card-sized Edison, but not one as powerful as this. Intel announced Joule today, …
Gartner: Blockchain Hits Hype Cycle Peak
But if that sounds negative, Gartner’s report also projects blockchain will come to be “transformational” across a variety of industries, and it forecasts …
Blockchain To Cause Major Change in Payment Industry, Shows EU Payments
CoinTelegraph The poll recently held among its members by the European Payments Council shows that 90% of them believe Blockchain will change the payment …
Cypress Semiconductor (CY) in an ‘Era of Change,’ New CEO El-Khoury Tells
TheStreet.com The “Internet of Things” refers to the growing market for everyday physical devices that have internet connectivity (think: smart home technology).
The Internet of Things Creating a Hyperconnected World
from each other. The market is in its infancy currently, but by 2020, Intel …
The Next Wave: What Is the Internet Of Things?
The exploration of the Internet of things needs to consider a much wider context than the early days of RFID tags and sensors. With over 3 billion …
Yorktel and Cisco to Lead InfoComm Webinar, The Impact of the Internet of
SYS-CON Media (press release) Tens of billions of new devices are being connected to The Internet of Things. And Big Data is driving this bus. An exponential increase is expected in …
New IoT and Embedded Systems courses launched on Coursera
EIT Digital’s three new online courses are part of the Internet of Things through Embedded Systems program, explains Martijn Klabbers, Online …
Life With the Internet of Things: The Beginning or End of Data Privacy?
sensors enabling the Internet of Things (IoT). According to McKinsey, the IoT’s …
Will Blockchain Affect Your Practice or Firm? (Perspective)
Both the legal and mainstream media have written many articles about the Blockchain. So I thought readers will appreciate hearing from three lawyers …
CoinsBank Blockchain Party to Promote Innovation
6-9 of October/ Belek, Turkey (Gloria Serenity Resort). We believe that true progress and mass adoption of blockchain technology will only come from …
How the Internet of Things will pose new data pressures for providers
Accelerating the blazing speed of change is the Internet of Things (IoT), or in healthcare, the Internet of Healthcare Things (IoHT)the vast world of …
How the internet could increase global warming
We might have to limit the growth of the Internet of Things, according Lancaster University researchers. The reason for the frightening suggestion is …
Huawei and Vodafone took the first steps towards real 5G sharing
The agreement enabled the two companies to work together on different connectivity areas such as new Machine-to-Machine module signs, …
Linux Foundation’s Blockchain Project Hyperledger Announces Airbus as a
Coinspeaker Hyperledger Project, a collaborative effort aimed at advancing the blockchain technology, has announced it signed up Airbus, one of the leading …
Intel IoT Executive: We’re ‘Uniquely Positioned’ To Partner For The
CRN Intel’s Internet of Things platform which is made up of reference architectures, as well as processors that enable sensors and gateways at the edge of …
Cybersecurity Iconoclast McAfee Travels to China to Warn About IoT Security
John McAfee recently issued a warning in China about the importance of internet of things cybersecurity. The internet anti-virus pioneer had time to …
How business can harness the power of blockchain
Blockchain technology could be used to help companies decide whether or not to fire their chief executive, a conference hosted by PwC in New York …
Intel Leverages Chip Might To Etch Photonics Future
But it is exciting with the machine to machine traffic growing at more than 2X per year and that silicon photonics is exactly what the market has been …
NIST is first to ask: ‘What is Internet of Things anyway?’
When computer scientist Jeffrey Voas set out to determine the security implications of the Internet of Things for the National Institute of Standards and …
Cisco Laying Off Upwards Of 14000 Workers: Report
And in February, Cisco announced plans for a $1.4 billion acquisition of Jasper Technologies, which developed an internet of things (IoT) cloud …
Expert shortage hampers Japanese financials in blockchain race
TOKYO, Aug 18 Japanese financial firms risk falling behind on the world stage as efforts to adopt blockchain technology that promises to save billions …
Expert shortage hampers Japanese financials in blockchain race
behind on the world stage as efforts to adopt blockchain technology that …
Cisco Says It Will Cut Thousands of Jobs Amid Revamp
Money saved on the cuts will be plowed-back into priority businesses such as security, Internet of things, collaboration, next-generation data center …
Amid layoffs, perils and promise for Cisco
The company spent $293 million for cloud security firm CloudLock and $1.4 billion on Jasper Technologies, which manages machine-to-machine …
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