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Daily IoT/Blockchain News from @surgethings - Apr 27, 2017
Daily IoT/Blockchain news from @surgethings.
New IoT Navigator tool enables businesses to find tailor-made IoT platforms
Yahoo Finance IoT Now is the market-leading web portal and magazine, reporting daily on the development of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things … more.
Spotify attempts to solve royalty riddle with blockchain technology
Spotify is teaming up with a blockchain startup to help attribute the songs it hosts to its respective artists. Mediachain Labs, a young company out of … more.
Sikoba, a Decentralized P2P IOU Platform on Blockchain, Launches Presale
Yahoo Finance LONDON, April 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – Sikoba, a global decentralized money platform based on peer-to-peer IOUs and blockchain technology, … more.
KT, Samsung pursue NB-IoT pilot
Samsung Electronics and KT are launching a pilot service of Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT, CAT-NB1) in Seoul and the metro area. more.
Making the Agile Connection with the Internet of Things (IoT)
with the Internet of Things requires interoperability between IoT systems. more.
Building a hamster fitness tracker using Dynatrace API
The microcontroller was programmed to calculate and send all the needed metrics to an MQTT broker used as a sort of relay station. MQTT is an … more.
Linux Foundation Adds New Members to Blockchain Initiative and Marketplace
Hyperledger, a collaborative cross-industry effort created to advance blockchain technology, announced that its new members have joined the project … more.
Spotify acquires blockchain startup Mediachain to improve music attribution
Brooklyn-based startup Mediachain Labs announced on Wednesday that it has been acquired by digital music service Spotify. At a time when content … more.
Spotify buys blockchain startup Mediachain Labs to track, manage music
AppleInsider (press release) (blog) Spotify on Wednesday announced the purchase of Brooklyn-based startup Mediachain Labs, a company which developed technology that can help … more.
Eclipse Foundation releases data about Developers’ IoT favorites
… the Eclipse Foundation has quizzed developers about their thoughts, platforms and programming languages associated with the internet of things. more.
Microsoft and Micron Collaborate to Help Improve Internet of Things
Coinspeaker The companies have joined hands to introduce a new technology that is aimed at addressing security issues of the Internet of Things ecosystem. more.
IBM Japan Mizuho Financial Group Mizuho Bank create blockchain-based trade
EconoTimes The announcement stated that by digitizing trade information on blockchain will help in changing the way information is shared. It inculcates greater … more.
Spotify buys blockchain startup Mediachain Labs to track, manage music
Spotify on Wednesday announced the purchase of Brooklyn-based startup Mediachain Labs, a company which developed technology that can help … more.
Sigfox and Alizent Partner to Offer Industrial Internet of Things Services
Business Wire (press release) LABGE, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sigfox, the world’s leading provider of connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced a global … more.
IBM Watson Internet of Things Platform: Understanding Big Data
business with IBM Watson Internet of Things Platform. Start using Watson IoT … more.
Nevada Senate gives a nod to blockchain bill
A Nevada Senate Bill that seeks to recognize and authorize the use of blockchain technology, and prohibit a local government from taxing or imposing … more.
Sigfox and Alizent Partner to Offer Industrial Internet of Things Services
Yahoo Finance Sigfox, the world’s leading provider of connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced a global partnership with Alizent, the Asset … more.
The phoenix effect: Can blockchain rise from the ashes of bitcoin?
Bitcoin’s hype, lawlessness and negative press could damage the wider potential of blockchain technology, argue Prof Theo Lynn and Dr Pierangelo … more.
Nokia Oyj (ADR) Stock Has an Ace Hidden in Plain Sight
If you asked ten investors what Nokia Oyj (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) does, and odds are good that half of them won’t be able to come up with anything more … more.
7 United Nations Agencies Are Now Investigating Blockchain Applications
The UN is seeking outside input for a previously undisclosed, multi-agency effort focused on applications of blockchain tech. CoinDesk exclusively … more.
Spotify wants to use blockchain technology to better pay artistes
with their work, thus allowing Spotify to pay them appropriately. more.
IoT for startups: Telenor unveils free pilot to spur big data, AI
ZDNet Norway’s Telenor is encouraging young companies, students, and researchers to play around with the Internet of Things. Image: Telenor. Telenor has … more.
Spotify Turns to Blockchain Technology to Pay More Royalties to Artists
Spotify has announced its acquisition of blockchain technology company Mediachain Labs to help it reward online content owners with royalty … more.
NTIA Internet of Things effort aims to finalize security guidance by June
A National Telecommunications and Information Administration initiative to develop guidelines for conducting security upgrades and patching Internet … more.
Crypto Valley’s Fermat Announces Internet of People Consortium
Fermat has already put the IoP Consortium to use in a pilot scheme, run by Hungary’s ELTE University in partnership with EIT Digital Internet of Things … more.
Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) Files An 8-K Results of
Market Exclusive Its lines of business include land mobile, machine to machine, maritime, aviation and government. Its commercial services include postpaid mobile … more.
Blockchain Lets This Startup Trade Gold That’s Still in the Ground
During the past year, a number of blockchain projects have focused on trading bullion, but what about gold that’s still in the ground? That seemingly … more.
Coca-Cola, GE Power, and Samsung Give Keynotes at Internet of Things World
Yahoo Finance Internet of Things World announced today the keynote speakers that will be taking the stage on May 16-18 at the Santa Clara Convention Center for … more.
Industry 4.0 - a Q&A with Epicor
One of the biggest misconceptions about Industry 4.0, the networked economy, and the Internet of Things (IoT) is that they are all one in the same. more.
City Council Examines Data Privacy, Security
Finally, the Council committee discussed existing guidelines and a future strategy for the ‘Internet of Things’, where New York City claims to be one of … more.
Patent Licensing: 5G and the Internet of Things
Things (IoT), promise a world of high-speed interconnectivity. We are already … more.
Japanese Banks to Test Blockchain Money Transfers Blockchain Using Digital
CryptoCoinsNews A number of Japanese banks are reportedly set to test domestic fund transfers using digital currencies over a blockchain as a low-cost alternative to … more.
Swift starts testing viability of blockchain technology for international
Tech2 (blog) The PoC is evaluating the effectiveness of Distributed Ledger Technology, or blockchain, in improving the real time reconciliation of accounts by banks … more.
A Clever Plan to Secure the Internet of Things Could Still Have Big
WIRED The Internet of Things security crisis continues apace. New botnets crop up to conscript routers and security cameras, hackers exploit medical devices … more.
CENTRI Accelerates IoT Security for Developers at Internet of Things
Broadway World SEATTLE, April 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ CENTRI, a provider of advanced security for the Internet of Things, today announced it will sponsor Internet of … more.
Western Digital launches ‘world’s biggest’ 12TB helium hard drive
As data centres struggle with the ever-growing plethora of data being generated, most of it machine-to-machine, maximising real-estate is one of the … more.
Catastrophic Property Risks? There’s a Blockchain for That
To stay ahead of the competition, a group of five of the largest insurance companies in the world have been working since October to use blockchain … more.
IHS Markit joins blockchain-focused Chamber of Digital Commerce
IHS Markit (INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced it has joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce, … more.
Create OneM2M subscription resource with MQTT
resource.(container). Http subscription is working fine, but when I try with the MQTT … more.
How to scale the industrial IoT
This week on The Internet of Things Podcast we take a deep dive into the launch of the EdgeX Foundry platform for the industrial internet of things. more.
5 Things Solution Providers Need To Know About Brickerbot, The Newest IoT
CRN The lack of security in various Internet of Things devices has been a major concern for the IT industry over the past year and a new threat targeting … more.
Tencent Joins China Blockchain Race With New TrustSQL Platform
More and more people believe that with the popularity of Blockchain technology, the digital economy will be more authentic and credible and the … more.
Blockchain startup Ripple adds 10 more financial institutions to network
People know Ripple is the only blockchain solution for payments that is proven in the real world, and it’s driving demand from financial institutions of … more.
Risks and opportunities of Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers Technologies
experts and decision-makers discussed the complicated, controversial and … more.
New approach protects IoT devices via a secure network
“The existing security model for protecting IoT devices demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of how the Internet of Things works,” says … more.
Trai wants to allocate 10 Mhz in 700 Mhz band to machine-to-machine
Economic Times Trai wants to allocate 10 Mhz in 700 Mhz band to machine-to-machine … 10 Mhz of the premium 700 Mhz band radio waves for machine-to-machine … more.
NJIHIA: PayGo Energy plan for digital meters in LPG sales way to go
The digital meter with an embedded machine-to-machine SIM measures and transmits consumption in real-time to the PayGo cloud where based on … more.
Groups Partner to Examine Bitcoin’s Blockchain Application in
Chief Investment Officer The Chamber of Digital Commerce, the world’s largest trade association representing the blockchain industry, and the Structured Finance Industry … more.
Spotify acquires blockchain team at Mediachain Labs
Tell em you’re going to fix it via the blockchain and ‘boom’, no one knows what you’re taking about, but boy are they impressed. To that end, Spotify … more.
micropython-umqtt.simple 1.3.3
MicroPython. umqtt is a simple MQTT client for MicroPython. (Note that it uses some … more.
More than two-thirds of consumers are concerned about IoT device security
More than two-thirds (69 percent) of US and UK consumers are concerned about the security of their personal data with Internet of Things (IoT) … more.
The future of DDoS attacks looks scary. Blockchain will protect us
Distributed-denial-of-service attacks are not only becoming massive in scale, but more sophisticated in their makeup. This is in large part due to the … more.
Has Blockchain Arrived? Spotify Makes the Biggest Move Yet
Last year, Mediachain Labs introduced its ‘Attribution Engine.’ The engine would select the best openly-licensed images using machine learning. more.
Can Blockchain Fix What Ails Electronic Medical Records?
Blockchain technology, which is more often associated with cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, is literally what it says a chain of data blocks, each of … more.
Swizz blockchain firm Lykke appoints Seamus Donoghue as director of
EconoTimes … optimizing old processes but completely reimagining financial markets as they should be while leveraging new technologies such as the blockchain … more.
IoT devices worldwide could be infected with mysterious ‘Hajime’ malware
A new mysterious malware that builds a vast peer-to-peer botnet to infect the Internet of Things (IoT) worldwide has been identified with almost … more.
Comau, Microsoft, ICONICS Target Efficiency Together
The machine learning features and opennessguaranteed first of all by the support of the machine-to-machine communication standard … more.
Fresh From Goldman, Chain President Reveals Blockchain Priorities
Fresh off spending nearly 20 years working at Goldman Sachs first as a vice president, then as the managing director of technology business … more.
Cloudflare wants to secure IoT connections to the internet
Web optimization and security firm Cloudflare is trying to alleviate those fears with a new service that could allow internet-of-things manufacturers to … more.
Samsung has super-fast new MRAM memory, but it can’t make enough of it
Initially, it’s going to go to partnering firm NXP’s Internet-of-Things devices, before ending up in more types of electronic devices including … more.
SAP Leonardo Internet of Things at ASUG SAPPHIRENOW 2017
opportunities that you have about the topic of the Internet of Things at ASUG … more.
JPMorgan Chase & Co leaves blockchain consortium R3: sources
NEW YORK JPMorgan Chase & Co has left the mammoth bank blockchain consortium led by New York-based startup R3 CEV, as financial institutions … more.
Blockchain Technology Has The Power to Let Us Build An Entirely New
Futurism The advent of the internet democratized information in a way that had since been the stuff of science-fiction. Blockchain has the potential of … more.
The Future of the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things sector is booming, with spending forecasts trending sharply upward for the next several years. Soon, it seems, most everything … more.
How to fix the blockchain ‘fail whale’ problem
If you’ve spent any amount of time on the internet over the past several years, you’re no doubt familiar with the fail whale that plagued Twitter in its … more.
JPMorgan Chase & Co leaves blockchain consortium R3 -sources
JPMorgan Chase & Co leaves blockchain consortium R3 -sources … 27 JPMorgan Chase & Co has left the mammoth bank blockchain consortium led … more.
How to design IoT products and services strategically
The internet of things has reached mainstream status on the evidence that … The Internet of Things (IoT) world may be exciting, but there are serious … more.
EdgeX Foundry is the solution the IoT world desperately needs
IoT (internet of things) is playing a very critical role in the industrial and enterprise space. It’s being used by shipping companies track containers. more.
THYNGS Selects Pareteum Cloud Platform for Multi-Year IoT Connectivity
Yahoo Finance … been chosen by THYNGS Wireless, LLC as its Internet of Things (“IoT”) management and connectivity platform under a new three-year agreement. more.
Brief: Spotify gets on the blockchain train with new acquisition
Mediachain was developing peer-to-peer database technology using the blockchain. It helped attribute media works to their creators and reward them … more.
Siemens’ Mentor becomes Microsoft Azure certified for the Internet of
IoT Tech News Barb Edson, general manager for data platform and Internet of Things at Microsoft, said: Microsoft Azure Certified for IoT extends our promise to bring … more.
5 Things Partners Want To Hear About Intel’s Restructuring Efforts
based company said that it would move its focus beyond its traditional PC market into new areas, like the Internet of Things and cloud services. Today … more.
Technology leap: ‘5G to usher in higher speed, reliability’
It appears that 5G has more of a B2B (business to business) angle with internet-of-things (IoT) and machine-to-machine communications being key … more.
JPMorgan Chase & Co leaves blockchain consortium R3
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co has left the mammoth bank blockchain consortium led by New York-based startup R3 CEV, as financial … more.
A Dark Side to the Internet of Things
For some time now, technology innovators have been developing products that harness the web. The Internet of Things, as it’s now called, refers to … more.
Cloudflare’s incredible solution for IoT security: Use our services
Traffic bouncer Cloudflare has outlined what it claims is the solution to the perennial internet-of-things security problem: pay it. The company points out … more.
NetGain Conference explores the urban and commercial elements of the
Eva Pereira Last week over 150 people gathered at New York Public Library to participate in the NetGain conference, an initiative supported by five … more.
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