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Daily IoT/Blockchain News from @surgethings - Nov 7, 2016
Daily IoT/Blockchain news from @surgethings.
Your WeMo Smart Home Device May Be Spying On Your Android Phone
As if the threat of malicious Internet of Things devices is not troublesome enough, security researchers continue to discover new flaws and …
Fine Arts Student of the Week
“The topic this year is whether the benefits are provided by the ‘Internet of Things’ outweigh the harms of decreased personal privacy and is it a good …
Korean Startup Presents DIY Internet of Things
By assembling the right modules together, users can create devices that function in a specific manner. (image: Luxrobo). SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea …
Flawed IoT Gadgets Exploitable for Hacking Smart-Phones
The world has already seen IoT (Internet of Things) getting utilized for executing the most massive distributed denial-of-service assaults ever, however, …
Indian bitcoin startup Unocoin reveals robust API to fuel crypto market
Blockstream, a blockchain-based startup company that developed sidechains to help users move digital assets from one blockchain to another, …
Samsung Elec. prides AI in next Galaxy phone to be best to date
… company will solidify its technological leadership in the Internet of Things era by incorporating the Viv Labs’ solution into Samsung’s other products.
Tech Bureau and NEM launch notary and timestamping solution Apostille
Tech Bureau Corp. and open source blockchain project NEM announced the launch of ‘Apostille’, a notary and timestamping solution for both NEM …
Satellite transponder market is expected to grow at high CAGR during the
WhaTech The progress in sectors of application such as in-flight communications, machine to machine (M2M) and maritime broadband have also been …
Thinxtra IoT network covers 25% of A/NZ population
NSW-based Internet of Things (IoT) start-up Thinxtra has announced that its IoT network now covers 25% of the combined population of Australia and …
Things that threaten the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) provides an environment where systems and equipment are becoming seamlessly integrated. Manufacturing is getting …
#ThewRap: Things you need to know, November 7, 2016
Hackers continue to exploit vulnerabilities in “internet of things” devices. Their target last week: the single broadband link in Liberia. Finally, we give …
SoftBank’s Profit Tops Estimates as Sprint Gets on Track
While it’s not yet clear what this means for ARM, Son has said the U.K.-based chip company will be a key building block for the Internet of Things and …
China’s online insurer ZhongAn launches blockchain and AI-focused
EconoTimes ZhongAn Technology has adopted the technology of Ethereum, the blockchain-based decentralized network, in its platform. Moreover, the new …
A Decentralized Content Registry for the Decentralized Web
Trent McConaghy is founder & CTO of BigchainDB, the scalable blockchain database. In the past, he designed AI algorithms to help drive Moore’s …
Internet of Things: ‘Market momentum on 4G, but inquisitiveness on 5G
Financial Express As India embraces the Internet of Things (IoT) in a big way, it is believed that India will finally catch up with the world when 5G is deployed. Nishant …
China’s Huawei, Singapore’s NUS Enterprise launch IoT accelerator I5Lab
Huawei, in partnership with NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS), launched its first Internet-of-Things …
Could blockchain bring the EU Capital Market Union forward?
New technologies including blockchain may bring new asset classes to capital markets, but also create inroads for new and currently underserved …
SA enterprise gets innovative with IOT - MTN Business Press Office
MTN’s new Pan-African IOT platform, which was officially launched last year, is designed to support IOT and machine to machine (M2M) systems …
Mirai Threat: Here’s why Securing the Connected Future Matters
The recent reports involving the Mirai malware is a serious cause of concern for the Internet of Things ecosystem. Mirai can easily takeover insecure …
New payment solution with blockchain technology
company, to use their blockchain technology solution as a basis for …
Internet of Things Market Is Expected To Grow At 15.2 % To Reach Over $1.88
Digital Journal According to report published by Grand View Research, Internet of Things (IoT) market was worth USD 605.69 billion in 2014 owing to rising …
Blockchain wallet Jaxx integrates Rootstock RSK
The announcement comes as Rootstock executives took centre stage at laBITconf to officially unveil their platform to the world’s leading blockchain …
MQTT sensors are unknown while starting HA and Generic Thermostat will
MQTT sensors are “unknown” while starting HA and Generic Thermostat will therefore not … **Component/platform: MQTT sensor/Generic Thermostat.
Global Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Wireless Modules Market 2016: Gemalto
DailyCommerceNews marketbiz-logo This worldwide Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Wireless Modules market report is the in-depth study of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) …
Major Home Improvement Retailer Selects SSH Communications Security’s
IT News Online … keys as part of its access lifecycle management and to ensure policies for both interactive and machine-to-machine access are strictly enforced.
Getting Down to Business: The Industrial Internet of Things
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) describes a world in which more and more machines, devices and processes are sensor-enabled, connected …
View from India: Well defined logistics
Widespread acceptance and application of mobile technology, Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud services help scale efficiencies along the supply …
SEB to build Ripple-flavoured blockchain payments network
SEB is to use blockchain technology from Ripple to enable customers to make real-time intra-bank transfers between accounts in Stockholm and New …
FCA reveals first 24 firms in regulatory sandbox
A platform that represents private companies’ shares electronically on the blockchain, enabling them to manage shareholdings, conduct bookbuilding …
BLOCKCHAIN: Will your business be disrupted? Find out with EY!
it, but very few know exactly what it’s all about. The technology is shaking …
The Robots are coming: How Manufacturing CIO’s can prepare for the next
CIOReview The potential for this machine-to-machine (M2M) digital revolution is amazing, but the risks involved with connecting things are also substantial.
Recent DDoS attacks shine light on sub-standard vendors, says DarkMatter
Given the relentless rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), and the fact that the very devices that are being hacked to orchestrate these types of incidents …
Blockchain technology branches out from finance sector with EY deal
The rapidly increasing popularity of blockchain in the banking and finance sector has spread to the professional services sector with a deal between …
Webjet moves early with Microsoft to create first blockchain for hotel
The Australian Financial Review ASX-listed online travel firm Webjet has taken the first steps towards making hotel bookings on blockchain technology, in what it claims is a world first …
Blockchain specialists among first round of FCA sandbox entrants
Blockchain start-up SETL has been revealed as one of the first 24 firms to be accepted into the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) regulatory sandbox …
Time-Based Cryptocurrency: Utopia or Uber-like Labour Market Game Changer?
Chronobank.io, an Australian short-term work platform, is working on developing a Blockchain-based financial system for freelancers or contractors to …
Major Home Improvement Retailer Selects SSH Communications Security’s
PR Newswire (press release) … to control SSH keys as part of its access lifecycle management and to ensure policies for both interactive and machine-to-machine access are strictly …
PACK Expo - Festo Introduces New Flexible Solutions for OEMs and End-Users
Robotics Tomorrow (press release) The Festo Motion with a Purpose exhibit features solutions that enhance flexibility and shorten time to market. (Festo Pack Expo Booth # N-5347).
5G Technology Market Worth $ 89.0 million: Global Market Size, Application
NewsMaker (press release) … data speed and large network coverage, significant growth in the mobile data traffic, growing machine-to-machine communication in organizations, …
ARM Mbed Cloud: A Much Needed Step For The Internet Of Things (IoT)
ARM TechCon 2016 is now one for the books. For many of the over 4,500 in attendance, the highlight was hearing from Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son …
The Long and Winding Road Ahead for IoT Security
The internet of things is made up of any device that could become part of a smart home or office. These objects were given some intelligence like …
New Mirai botnet based DDoS attack takes down internet for entire country
… garnered enough computing power thanks to proliferation of internet of things that they can effectively take down the Internet for an entire nation …
Data Dive: Square, Ripple and Mastercard Embraces The Blockchain
It might be something of an exaggeration to say that Mastercard fully embraced its inner blockchain this week but it certainly opened up to …
Daniel Marovitz on bank-fintech collaboration and blockchain
2016. Earthport COO, Daniel Marovitz, talks to Finextra at Sibos 2016 …
ARM Mbed Cloud: A Much Needed Step For The Internet Of Things (IoT)
(Remember we are talking about machine-to-machine transactions for tens of billions of devices.) Not only does it have to perform a similar function of …
SoftBank’s quarterly profit doubles on strong Japan results
The purchase of ARM underlines SoftBank’s ambitions in the internet of things, or how various devices, including security cameras and household …
Bayshore Networks® Appoints Ram Boreda Vice President Product Management
BETHESDA, MD–(Marketwired - November 07, 2016) - Bayshore Networks, the cybersecurity leader for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), today …
Echelon Ranked Among Top Three in Smart Street Lighting Systems Deployed
Business Wire (press release) SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Internet of Things pioneer Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ:ELON) is ranked among the top three providers …
Digital Asset Holdings Targets Biggest of the Big Banks With New Blockchain
CoinDesk Digital Asset Holdings has revealed new blockchain technology it believes could one day connect the world’s most important financial institutions.
Bank of Canada to publish private blockchain experiment results
The Canadian Central Bank announced that it will soon publish the results of its experiment with a private blockchain in a move to see what benefits …
Chart Runner: Some Traders Are Very Bullish on Tennant Company After
Chester News … and machine-to-machine asset management solutions. The Company’s other products include floor maintenance and outdoor cleaning equipment, …
AVG Wants Your Home Router to Fight Internet of Things Malware
The internet of things is totally broken. Amateur hackers have managed to build huge botnets of compromised devices, and many of these machines …
The Threat of Connected Devices to the Internet
These devices, also known as the Internet of Things (IoT), include webcams, alarm systems, baby monitors, internet-based security cameras, DVRs, …
Blockchain Startup Synereo Threatens Monopoly of Ethereum as Major DApps
CoinTelegraph Blockchain startup, Synereo, has initiated an attempt to break the monopoly of Ethereum as the only major platform that hosts distributed applications.
Synechron Wins Two ACORD Innovation Awards for Blockchain and
Business Wire (press release) At Synechron, we’re always evaluating how new technologies such as blockchain can be applied to solve the numerous and complex challenges of …
Cryptor Trust Launches Blockchain Asset Exchange Vehicle
Cryptor Trust is offering a new investment vehicle focused on developing a decentralized asset exchange, named Blockchain Asset Exchange Inc., …
Bitcoin and Blockchain Investing Conference - CoinAgenda 2016; Paul Puey,
InvestorIdeas.com (press release) CoinAgenda is a conference for both mainstream investors new to bitcoin and blockchain investments, and experienced investors in both digital …
Epiphyte To Offer Transaction Clearing And Settlement Using Bitcoin To UK
CoinJournal (blog) The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s financial services regulator, has announced that blockchain startup Epiphyte will be providing …
The Looming Disaster of the Internet of (Hackable) Things
But now, specifically, it’s about enabling every object you can imagine with web capabilitiesthe so-called Internet of Things. Everyday appliances …
Researchers hack Philips Hue smart bulbs from the sky
Security researchers in Canada and Israel have discovered a way to take over the Internet of Things (IoT) from the sky. Okay, that’s a little dramatic, but …
ZTE and Mojio Make Nearly Any Car Part of the Internet of Things
Available beginning November 18 from T-Mobile, the T-Mobile SyncUP DRIVE solution combines ZTE’s innovative Internet of Things (IoT) device …
Opinion: Blockchain offers poorest a real economic identity and a shot at
Devex Here are two simple facts facing the development world today. One: It is very expensive being poor. Period. Two: For all the tech innovation and …
SEB signs agreement with Ripple to use blockchain for payment transactions
The announcement said that the collaboration will enable SEB to pilot the Ripple-developed blockchain and the initial step will enable customers to …
University Teams Predict Two-to-One that a Bitcoin-Weighted Portfolio will
PR Newswire (press release) The competition invited students to weigh in on which blockchain technology is the better long-term buy: Bitcoin or Etherium. The participating teams of …
Get Ready: What You Need to Know About the Internet of Things
I was talking with my good friend Sheryl Sleeva last week and discussing that there will be a day in the not so distant future where your refrigerator will …
The US Needs a Proactive Global Communications Policy
… coordinated development of ultra-high-speed transport networks, the Internet of Things, future video technologies, and smart cities and communities.
5G wireless is a platform for economic revival
Two big waves are driving the need for more wireless capacitymobile video and the Internet of Things. Video, which demands far more capacity than …
Industrial Internet Consortium Signs Memorandum of Understanding with IoT
The Industrial Internet Consortium, the global, member supported organization that promotes the accelerated growth of the Industrial Internet of Things …
There’s much more to blockchain than financial transactions
So when we think of blockchain we have to think much wider than Bitcoin, money and financial transactions. Blockchain is going to be very big in the …
Moscow to Host Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference This Week
On November 10, Moscow will be the host of the biggest Bitcoin and Blockchain conference to date in Russia. This conference will delve into the world …
Interview with David Moskowitz of Attores
Attores is a digital signing and documents management platform, powered by smart contracts and blockchain technology. We are using the Ethereum …
How Bitcoin Blockchain Can Revolutionize Academic Credential Verification
a certification infrastructure that puts us in control of the full record of our …
Acorn, an Internet of Things Remote Monitoring Provider, Hosts Q3 2016
Marketwired (press release) WILMINGTON, DE–(Marketwired - Nov 7, 2016) - Acorn Energy, Inc. ( OTCQB : ACFN), a provider of machine-to-machine, Internet of Things (IoT) …
Inmarsat Plc, London (NASDAQ:IMASY) has been upgraded to Equal Weight in a
Breaking Finance News It offers voice and data broadband services; global maritime distress and safety system; mobile and fixed voice services; machine-to-machine services …
The Growing Internet of Things Demands Higher Bandwidth Connectivity
MISSOULA, MT–(Marketwired - November 07, 2016) - These days it seems that just about everything is getting smarter, from thermostats to …
The perfect cybercrime: selling fake followers to fake people
Hackers are recruiting the internet of things into a botnet. But this time they’re not trying to take down the internet. They’re just using them to make fake …
T-Mobile Has a Cheaper Plan for Wi-Fi in Cars
One promising market carriers are all pursuing is the Internet of things, which includes connected computing devices ranging from car sensors to smart …
Vancouver’s BTL Group completes blockchain EY Startup Challenge in London
Vancouver’s BTL Group Ltd. (TSXV:BTL) has completed EY’s six-week 2016 Startup Challenge, which challenged companies specializing in …
JCB Brazil and the Sorocaba plant
The other is the total cost of acquisition, operation, which varies from machine to machine, fuel, maintenance, tires and so on. So we have to …
Global Internet of Things (IoT) in Transportation Market Outlook to 2020 -
Business Wire (press release) The report Global Internet of Things (IoT) in Transportation Market by Technology (Navigation System, Telematics, Infotainment, ADAS, Semiconductor …
US NTIA Multistakeholder Process: Internet of Things (IoT) Security
What happens when smart device manufacturers don’t pay (enough) attention to basic security principles? How do we support, upgrade, and patch …
Fraud and privacy problems on the blockchain
As potentially useful as blockchains can become, companies must recognize the potential for fraud and the threat to privacy posed by fraud …
Australian Travel Agency Tests Blockchain Bookings
A hotel bookings company based in Australia has developed a blockchain proof-of-concept in partnership with Microsoft. Using the tech giant’s …
New platform aims to connect brands with consumers via Internet of Things
ZIVA is a platform-as-a-service offering that facilitates brand engagement activities and consumer data collection through the Internet of Things (IoT).
Acorn, an Internet of Things Remote Monitoring Provider, Hosts Q3 2016
Acorn, an Internet of Things Remote Monitoring Provider, Hosts Q3 2016 Update Call Monday, November 14th at 5:00 pm ET. Nov 07, 2016.
Arcade City Taps Blockchain Technology to Create New-Age Uber
The blockchain technology has found its way into various industry segments over time, including peer to peer taxi rides and other similar services.
Blockchain VC Says No to Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)
Blockchain investor Travis Scher of Digital Currency Group has posted a querulous smack-down of Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) going on in the …
U-blox cellular module integrates GNSS with LTE modem for IoT
… LTE Category 1 modem and a GNSS positioning engine specifically designed for Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) devices.
MiFi sale leads Novatel Wireless to change name, ticker symbol
Meanwhile, Novatel purchased fleet telematics company Ctrack and Internet of Things integrator Feeney Wireless in 2015, shifting its focus away from …
If you need a smart assistant in your life, get a Google Home
Two years ago, Amazon released the Echo, a voice-controlled speaker that can play music, read you the news, control your internet-of-things devices …
Blockchain wallet Jaxx announces Rootstocks token RSK integration
Decentral, creators of the universal wallet Jaxx, announced the integration of Rootstock’s token RSK to their software products to provide users with …
Zombies vs. Chicago: How long would the city last?
… an alien invasion and zombie apocalypse reinforce the need for a reliable Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure. The Internet of Things, which is one …
Medici Ventures to Make Seed Round Investment in Blockchain Middleware
Nasdaq SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 07, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Medici Ventures, Inc., a blockchain-oriented subsidiary of Overstock.com, Inc.
F-22, F-35 Outsmart Test Ranges, AWACS
(We want to) get to a point that we’re passing information from machine to machine seamlessly. Then what one aircraft sees will display on other …
FBI Warns Internet Online Attacks on Private Industry Will Continue
The exploitation of the ‘Internet of Things’ (IOT) to conduct small-to-large scale attacks on the private industry will very likely continue, the FBI wrote in …
Recent Attack Demonstrates IoT Risks in Household Items
For the uninitiated, the Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the system of interrelated devices and machines that have the ability to transfer data over a …
Is your company really prepared for the Internet of Things?
Things, commonly known as IoT or the Internet of Everything, is everywhere.
Overstock Invests in Blockchain Voting Startup SettleMint
Among SettleMint’s several great attractions to Medici Ventures’ capital has been their early work on blockchain voting. The immutability and universal …
When blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and AML meet
Blockchain is a technology platform that enables multiple parties to view and update an immutable shared ledger. The ledger can be decentralized or …
Industrial Internet of Things: Redefining MSP service offerings
The Internet of Things (IoT) has entered public consciousness primarily through consumer applications such as smart homes and connected cars.
Cybersecurity Predictions For 2017 In The IoT
To keep up with the latest in all things IoT security, infrastructure, devices and more take a look at our monthly PYMNTS.com Internet of Things …
How Blockchain Will Change Your Life
Today, blockchainthe technology behind the digital currency bitcoinmight seem like a trinket for computer geeks. But once widely adopted, it will …
Blockchain Startup SingularDTV to Tap Into uPort for Identity Solution
SingularDTV has announced plans with uPort to deliver decentralized, self-sovereign identity to the SingularDTV ecosystem. Decentralized identity …
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