Press Releases

Vodafone adds first wearable products to ‘V By Vodafone’ range

Vodafone Group is launching the first wearable products in its “V by Vodafone” Consumer Internet of Things (IoT) range: “V-SOS Band by Vodafone”, an emergency alert wrist band designed by Vodafone; and the “V-Kids Watch by Vodafone” smartwatch. (more…)

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July 11, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Low awareness of ‘smart cities’ threatens innovation and adoption, research says

A research report published has revealed that, despite the many initiatives already in place, less than a quarter of UK consumers claim to be aware of the term ‘smart cities’.

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July 10, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

The workplace provides the perfect fit for wearables

Wearables are experiencing one of the longest gestational periods of any technology. For a long time, says Rufus Grig, CTO of Maintel, gadgets like Google Glass and the Apple Watch were perceived by many as being a bit “emperor’s new clothes”: intriguing conceptually, but disappointing functionally. (more…)

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July 3, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

BlueX licenses CEVA Bluetooth low energy IP for ultra-low power BX2400 wearable system on chip

CEVA, Inc., a licensor of signal processing platforms and artificial intelligence processors for smarter, connected devices, reports that BlueX Microelectronics, Hefei Co., Ltd. (BlueX) has licensed and deployed CEVA’s RivieraWaves Bluetooth low energy technology in its new BX2400 Bluetooth 5 compliant wireless integrated circuit (IC). (more…)

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June 29, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Nearly half of UK workforce would feel comfortable using wearable devices at work

With the international market for wearables having reached a new high in 2017 with 16.9% growth year on year, Instant Offices delves into what impact this trend will have on the workplace as we know it. (more…)

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June 21, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Nearly half of UK workforce would feel comfortable using wearable devices at work

With the international market for wearables having reached a new high in 2017 with 16.9% growth year on year, Instant Offices delves into what impact this trend will have on the workplace as we know it. (more…)

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June 19, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Toshiba forms strategic relationship with Ubimax to further expand acceptance of wearables with large enterprises

Toshiba’s Client Solutions Division (CSD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., announced a strategic relationship with Ubimax as well as the full integration of the Ubimax Frontline application suite on Toshiba’s dynaEdgeTM AR Smart Glasses. Toshiba plans to demonstrate the Ubimax Frontline applications on its AR smart glasses during AWE 2018 this week in Santa Clara, Calif. (more…)

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May 31, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

IoT captures hearts and minds of retailers, says new report

Detego, a UK retail software vendor which has digitally connected nearly two billion items of clothing and footwear, has released a report detailing the most popular IoT strategies that retailers are adopting to more accurately monitor the movement of goods and better understand consumer behaviour. (more…)

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May 23, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Skills gap in the IoT market

Introduction

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term broadly associated with the connection of sensors or other devices to the Internet and to other associated gadgets. The IoT is a massive system of things which gather and offer information about the way they are utilised and incorporate a remarkable number of objects of every kind – (more…)

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April 10, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Connected clothing to become $1 billion industry by 2020, according to Juniper Research

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the wearables market has begun to shift away from wrist-based devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, with other device categories forecast to grow much faster. (more…)

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March 27, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde