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Daily IoT/Blockchain News from @surgethings - Nov 8, 2016
Daily IoT/Blockchain news from @surgethings.
Nokia joins Bristol’s programmable city initiative
The high-powered operating system developed by Bristol University will host this machine-to-machine communication, allowing the development of a …
Webjet tests blockchain for hotel bookings
ASX-listed Webjet has just completed a six-month blockchain proof of concept for the travel industry. In collaboration with Microsoft, the companies …
Does the Internet of Things Need a Standardized Communication Architecture?
The true power of the Internet of Things is its far-reaching foundationthe more devices we connect, the more powerful our data and insights will be.
Microsoft and Webjet partner on blockchain for hotel bookings
Online travel booking service Webjet has built a blockchain proof-of-concept (PoC) solution with Microsoft to manage online payments and records for …
Australian firm Webjet and Microsoft build blockchain PoC for travel
EconoTimes Webjet, an Australian travel agency, announced that it has built a blockchain Proof-of-Concept (PoC) solution with Microsoft, for online travel payments …
Ziva is a new marketing platform for the Internet of Things
A new marketing platform for the Internet of Things (IoT) is aiming to transform the way brands connect with the customers. Ziva enables businesses to …
The New Network: SDN for Financial Services
Taking the WAN for example, it appears to an application as if you are connecting from machine to machine across your own office floor rather than …
Granite Geek: As hackers eye Internet of Things, here are ways to limit the
Concord Monitor As we learned last month when New Hampshire networking powerhouse Dyn was swamped by rogue players, the Internet of Things is an unsecured …
Chain of Things Gains HK Cyberport, Science Park Support for Blockchain
AllCoinsNews.com (blog) Chain of Things, a Hong Kong-based blockchain and IoT startup, has received promotional support from the Hong Kong Cyberport, the Hong Kong …
Skyworks Delivers World’s Most Efficient Front-end Solutions for Internet
Business Wire (press release) MUNICH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWKS), an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors connecting …
Jaxx Blockchain Wallet Adds Rootstock’s Smart Bitcoin
Jaxx Blockchain Wallet Adds Rootstock’s Smart Bitcoin. RSK Lab’s platform promises to bring Ethereum-like smart contracts capabilities to the Bitcoin …
Was IoT DDoS attack just a dry run for election day hijinks?
The attack exploited Internet of Things devices notably webcams built by XiongMai Technologies. The gadgets had default login passwords that …
Really Know Your Cow: The Internet Of Things Is Getting Bigger
What does the fertility cycle of cows and the internet of things have in common? It’s a question you might be able to answer sooner than you think, …
Open House: Python Software Development, FinTech, DataSci, Blockchain, C++
Byte Academy’s programs, Current offerings include full and part-time …
Major Australian Banks Eyed by Government To Block Blockchain
CoinTelegraph The national government is closely eyeing these banks to ensure that the Blockchain market is free from excessive control. In early 2016, Australian …
EY inks deal with blockchain technology provider Bitfury
Leading Big Four consultancy firm EY has entered into an agreement with The Bitfury Group, a leading full-service blockchain technology company, …
Hello Dave: Are you human or a machine?
Devices that must authenticate people now have to manage machine-to-machine authentication. But manufacturers, in their haste to capitalise on the …
IoT Security Tips to Protect Your Small Business
This article examines the recent Internet of Things (IoT) attacks and offers expert tips on how to secure IoT devices. Last month on October 21, millions …
IBM to focus on trade solutions using blockchain
The blockchain platform will be designed and developed in Singapore to help upgrade the city-state as a smart financial centre. Such projects will …
After cyber attacks, Internet of Things wrestles with making smart
Reuters … devices such as cameras, video recorders, printers, routers and speakers are a wake-up call to the hidden dangers of the Internet of Things.
Elon Musk’s rocket blew up in September. Here’s why one of his main
Washington Post It will also help the company with its fastest-growing marketthe so-called Internet of Thingsconnecting machine to machine, so they can …
Air Force Seeks New Analytical Approaches to Boost Decision-Making Capacity
Other requirements of the mission include entity extraction, mission planning, machine-to-machine integration of mission planning and collection …
A cheap Internet of Things threatens the internet
Today, we have the promise of another gold rush: The Internet of Things. You buy into the dream and decide to start a company that will build and sell …
3 Internet of Things stocks to change your future
With the rise of the Internet of Things, or IoT, demand for a new range of small, high-powered chips that enable electronic devices to collect and share …
China’s Zhong An Insurance Makes Big Blockchain Bet
Reflecting the increasing alignment between the insurance and technology sectors, China’s Zhong An Insurance has established an IT subsidiary.
The Power of Machine Learning in Cybersecurity
Furthermore, attackers quickly move laterally from machine to machine, effectively reducing their cross-section for solutions that can only look at …
3 Internet of Things stocks to change your future
And at the heart of this Industrial Internet of Things, or IioT, is machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity. Here, CML Microsystems(LSE: CML), which …
R3 Launches Blockchain Lab in Singapore
Enterprise blockchain startup R3CEV has teamed with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to launch a new lab devoted to the emerging …
Travel Industry Webjet Tests Blockchain for Hotel Bookings
Speaking to the AFR, Webjet managing director John Guscic said the company was testing Blockchain for its business-to-business wholesaling arm …
Digi LTE Routers Certified for Verizon’s Private Network Traffic Management
PR Newswire (press release) 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – Digi International, (NASDAQ: DGII, www.digi.com), a leading global provider of machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of …
After cyber attacks, Internet of Things wrestles with making…
SINGAPORE/TAIPEI, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Recent cyber attacks harnessing everyday devices such as cameras, video recorders, printers, routers and …
After cyber attacks, Internet of Things wrestles with making smart devices
November 8, 2016. By Jeremy Wagstaff and J.R. Wu. SINGAPORE/TAIPEI (Reuters) Recent cyber attacks harnessing everyday devices such as …
Trumpchain Revealed: The Man Behind the Blockchain Parody
Social media is no stranger to bitcoin and blockchain parody accounts, but given the state of recent debates, none was perhaps a better industry …
BlockApps brings power of blockchain as a service to China
Blockchains are a technology for distributed ledgers that can be used to provide cryptographic proof-of-publish, digital signing and other capabilities.
I Have An Internet Of Things?
So what the heck is this dang Internet of Things and why did it crash something a few weeks back (and could do it again easily)? Okay, here goes …
Sigfox’s Ecosystem Delivers the World’s First Ultra-low Cost Modules to
PR Newswire (press release) Sigfox, the world’s leading provider of a global communication solution powering the Internet of Things (IoT), has today announced that with its …
How Blockchain and Bitcoin Can Prevent a Hacked Election
How Blockchain and Bitcoin Can Prevent a Hacked Election. Security expert Darin Stanchfield talks about how a decentralized system can prevent …
Singapore’s BitX Joins FCA Fintech Sandbox; Sets Sights On European Market
Yesterday, the FCA unveiled the 18 companies it has accepted into its first cohort of the regulatory sandbox, among which nine bitcoin and blockchain …
Analyst Angle: The road to network convergence
… cases for wireless service providers, whether mobile operators, pure-play Wi-Fi or machine-to-machine operators, or wireline carriers with a wireless …
Skilling up for the Internet of Things
With SAP recently announcing they were investing $2.2 billion dollars over the next five years building their capability around the Internet of Things …
LUXROBO to Launch MODI, Modular Electronic Devices that Create Anything
PR Newswire (press release) … set of modular devices – each with their own unique function – that can be combined in diverse ways to create Internet of Things devices or robots.
Blockchain-based credentials may catapult credentialing movement
Carnegie Mellon, MIT Media Lab, and Learning Machine host groundbreaking conversation about open standards for blockchain credentialing in …
Webjet Partners with Microsoft to Create the World’s First Blockchain for
Coinspeaker Webjet has announced the blockchain proof-of-concept solution developed in partnership with technology giant Microsoft. The project is expected to …
Rating of The Day: Telit Communications PLC (LON:TCM) Buy Rating
Thorold News Telit Communications PLC is a United Kingdom enabler of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications providing cellular, short range and positioning …
Analyst Angle: The road to network convergence
Without network convergence, the internet of things, the hyper-dense network and indeed 5G will not be economic or even practical. These are three …
New Free Mirai Scanner Tools Spot Infected, Vulnerable IoT Devices
Imperva is the latest security company to offer a free scanner to detect Internet of Things devices infected with or vulnerable to Mirai malware, the …
Blockchain for Wall Street event to be held at New York on 29 November
‘Blockchain for Wall Street’, an annual event from the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, will be held on 29th November 2016 at New York Law School …
151 Advisors, James Brehm to Merge IoT Consulting Capabilities
… and James Brehm & Associates (JB&A), an IoT market intelligence and consulting firm focused on machine-to-machine communications (M2M), IoT, …
How hackers could wreak havoc on the US election
Hackers, for example, could use the Internet of Things, where even household devices are web-enabled, as a launchpad for their attacks, according to …
A Blockchain Powered Stock Exchange for Myanmar?
This new project would see the blockchain based solution used as a platform for secure, reliable payments between the Yangon Stock Exchange and …
Linux Foundation Appoints Jeff Garzik to Board of Directors
Collaborative efforts between the Linux Foundation and Bloq should bring increased attention to detail in ongoing blockchain architecture discussion, …
Why Blockchain and Digital Transformation Go Hand in Hand
The Fast Track explores the foundations of blockchain technology and what increased adoption means for larger digital transformation efforts.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Infoteria, Tech Bureau Transfer Myanmar-based BC
MicroCapital MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Infoteria, Tech Bureau Transfer Myanmar-based BC Finance’s Microfinance Industry Data to Private Blockchain.
The Push and Pull of Cloud-Connected Data
Though some manufacturers might be hesitant to label what they’re doing as Industrial Internet of Things, the fact is that the smart factory is here, with …
Blockchain Gaming Trend Grows as eBoost Raises $140K in ICO
Gaming-specific cryptocurrency eBoost has raised over 200 bitcoins in its October crowdsale, worth around $140,000 USD at press time. Designed to …
MWANYASI: Why blockchain technology is the future for NSE
To my interest, blockchain’s use is being experimented in the capital markets. Its potential to revolutionise how financial markets work is something that …
What Is Blockchain and What Does It Mean for Data Protection?
now. Regardless of the hype, blockchain is a technology you need to know …
TI CEO Rich Templeton is not buying the Internet of Things hype
People inside of TI cringe when I get asked a question on the Internet of Things, he joked. Because I don’t like buzzwords. I’ve just lived with them …
ConsenSys Anticipates Moving Ujo Music Blockchain Rights Management
Nasdaq Consensus Systems (ConsenSys), the New York City-based blockchain venture production studio, plans to move its Ujo Music rights management …
Bitcoin Mining Pool platform GBMiners secures funds in Series A
I was intrigued after seeing the vision that the trio share for the Bitcoin, Blockchain and Crypto Currency industry. Their thoughts on how finance will be …
IBM’s CEO Rometty Touts Transparent Governance for Blockchain
Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM, calls for a system of transparent governance for blockchain in a recent Wall Street Journal Commentary. Rometty predicts …
What consumers can do to make connected devices more secure
Photo © Tomasz Zajda - Fotolia As we have recently seen, everyday devices that connect to the internet the so-called Internet of Things (IoT) – are …
Top 5 Security Recommendations for Internet of Things Devices
(IoT) can disrupt an organization’s communication and cause financial harm.
Home News China’s Leading Online Insurer ZhongAn Aims At Blockchain and
Blockchain News China’s first online insurance company ZhongAn has announced the establishment of a a wholly-owned subsidiary ZhongAn Information and …
Home News MIT Media Lab Rolls Out Blockcerts Open Infrastructure for
Blockchain News MIT Media Lab has released a decentralized credentialing system for academic, professional, and workforce credentialing called Blockchain …
Hack that Used a Drone to take Control of a Tower’s Light bulbs
Global researchers have shown with demonstration the simplicity of hacking into ‘Internet of Things’ referred to Internet-connected devices. With the …
This Is How The Blockchain Will Disrupt The Election System
Decentralization using blockchain technology will bring yet more techniques to this ever-evolving dance. These tools could serve the purpose of …
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