Samsung Electronics announced the availability of Matter functionality, allowing for device control via the SmartThings app. SmartThings hubs will receive an over-the-air update, and the SmartThings Android app will be updated to provide capability to control all Matter-compatible devices. Through this update, SmartThings users can control their Matter devices from a single application, instead of using multiple apps from different device manufacturers. (more…)
October 31, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
SaskTel and Whitecap Dakota First Nation (WDFN) announced that they have partnered on a pilot project to enhance the community’s management of critical water resources with smart technologies. (more…)
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Herzliya, Israel and San Francisco, United States – Otonomo Technologies Ltd., the platform for the mobility economy, announced the integration of its Otonomo Smart Mobility Data platform with SAP digital vehicle hub. The integration will help enable businesses to derive new insights for fleet management and maintenance based on connected vehicle data, drive future mobility business models, and generate new value and revenue streams. (more…)
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Peachtree Corners, United States – Peachtree Corners – one of the United States’ 5G smart cities powered by real-world connected infrastructure – announced a partnership with the North Texas Innovation Alliance (NTXIA), a 501(c)3 regional consortium of nearly 30 municipalities, agencies, corporations and academic institutions across North Texas. The alliance was created to develop a supportive and collaborative network to integrate smart city efforts across the region. This cross-regional partnership extends both Peachtree Corners’ and NTXIA’s efforts in supporting the expansion of smart cities across the country through public-private partnerships. (more…)
October 29, 2022
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San Jose, United States – Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP), the nonprofit organisation, announced an expanded collaboration with the Linux Foundation (LF), leveraging hardware-software co-design strategy by establishing a framework for creation of joint-effort shared communities and coordinated deliverables. Adding to the collaboration announced in April 2022 for data centre switching efforts on switch abstraction interface (SAI) at OCP and SONiC at LF, the OCP and LF have established a new effort supported by Microsoft and Google called Caliptra, standardising implementation of silicon embedded hardware root of trust security.
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Alarm.com has announced it completed a majority-stake acquisition of Noonlight, a connected safety and event management platform that enables new applications and provides enhanced emergency response capabilities. (more…)
October 28, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Amsterdam, Netherlands – Liberty Latin America (LLA) and Plume, the personalised communications services, announced a partnership to bring digital subscriber services to Puerto Rico, with the launch of the new ‘WOWfi powered by Plume HomePass‘ service to consumers throughout the island. The launch includes the deployment of Plume’s comprehensive SaaS experience platform – including Plume’s HomePass smart home services suite and Haystack support and operations suite – which leverages the OpenSync open-source silicon-to-cloud framework. (more…)
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Residents of and visitors to Tower Hamlets can enjoy enhanced 4G mobile signal thanks to bus shelters with built-in small cell connectivity. Connectivity infrastructure-as-a-service provider Freshwave and Clear Channel UK collaborated to devise a solution that would allow the technology to be integrated into bus shelters in the London borough. (more…)
October 25, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Helsinki, Finland. 17 October 2022 – The need to secure connected homes has never been greater, yet consumers have few convenient options to quickly secure all their families’ essential devices. The new F-Secure SENSE Partner Programme helps makers of Wi-Fi routers and gateways increase value by offering protection for the entire connected home in the simplest possible way. (more…)
Posted by: Shriya Raban
The European Union’s (EU) Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) regulation is in effect, and global automakers have chosen the ISA Map from HERE Technologies to comply with the mandate. (more…)
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