Intel Enters the Commercial Drone Race
The Falcon 8+ Drone Inspects, Surveys and Maps This week at the 2016 Intergeo drone conference in Hamburg, Germany, Intel announced the Intel Falcon 8+ system for the North American market.
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Amazon Gets Physical as Walmart Gets Digital For Amazon, the multitrillion dollar grocery business beckons. The company is currently ranked by Fortune as the 44th largest company in the world based on...
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Kello Is a Sleep Trainer, Because Sleep Is Complex It's always uplifting to see new developments intended to help us with our down time.
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Insurance Companies Subsidise Wearables to Encourage Wellness We've noted the trend of consumer wearables becoming a practical tool for insurance companies to maintain a connection with their customers.
View ArticleLeEco Braves the Ultimate Test
Chinese Firm Enters the US Smartphone Market without Carrier Support Other smartphone makers have tried, but to date few have managed to drastically alter the market for phones in the US. Will LeEco...
View ArticleThe Heart of the Conscious Camera
Qualcomm's Reference Design Enables Deep-Learning Video Cameras This week at its 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong, Qualcomm and partner ThunderSoft introduced a reference design for IP video cameras based on...
View ArticleCurb Your Enthusiasm
Deal between AT&T and Time Warner Is a Long-Term Play The media and telecommunication industries are going through what seems like a never-ending transition phase.
View ArticleA Note of Caution over Samsung's Difficulties
Samsung Will Weather the Note7 Storm In the past few weeks we've witnessed the launch, recall, replacement, second recall and subsequent demise of Samsung's critically acclaimed Galaxy Note7 smartphone.
View ArticleThe Internet of Things Disrupts the Internet
DDoS Attack Was Waiting to Happen Despite the unending excitement about the Internet of things, talk of 50 billion nodes on the network, and the building of the smart home, CCS Insight has long warned...
View ArticleBionic Battles
Cyborg Olympics Showcase a Range of Robotics The development of bionics has led to the first Cybathlon competitions: an arena to demonstrate advancements in powered assistive devices.
View ArticleSmart Enough?
Qorvo Shares Its Connected Home Vision I recently caught up with Cees Links, general manager of smart home chipmaker Qorvo's Wireless Connectivity business unit.
View ArticleMoving Beyond the Bezel
Xiaomi Gives the World a Peek into the Smartphone Future Despite a global surge in smartphone volumes during the past decade, there's now less variety in smartphone designs than ever.
View ArticleFacebook Eyes E-Commerce
Marketplace Shows Facebook's Ambitions to Support Selling Since October 2016, Facebook has strengthened its focus on e-commerce by announcing several new initiatives that provide strong indications of...
View ArticleMicrosoft Unveils Project Olympus
Open-Source Tools for Data Centre Hardware Design Take control of your technology future. The Open Compute Project is reimagining hardware, making it more efficient, flexible and scalable.
View ArticleQualcomm's Different Approach to IoT
Breadth and Depth Let It Carve Out a Bigger Role Qualcomm's approach to Internet of things (IoT) markets is different from that taken by other players.
View ArticleThe New Border Wars
Looking for Opportunities in Cyber Security Cybercrime has become big business globally. Given the nature of this "industry", solid statistics are hard to come by, but by all accounts, the numbers are...
View ArticleSpark of Life for Rich Communication
Google Pumps Some Energy into RCS, But Wide Support Is Needed During the past decade, mobile subscribers have been replacing their operators' value-added services with popular third-party apps.
View ArticleThe Big Think
Samsung Aims High with AI This past weekend, Samsung announced that it would embed its digital assistant based on artificial intelligence (AI) into its upcoming flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8.
View ArticleFacebook Wants to Be a Job Portal Too
Facebook's Testing a Feature Similar to LinkedIn's This week, Facebook started testing a feature that will allow administrators of business pages to promote job openings and receive applications from...
View ArticleThe Digital Push India Has Been Waiting for
Government Withdraws 86 Percent of India's Paper Currency On Tuesday, the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the withdrawal of 500 rupee (about $7.50) and 1,000 rupee (about...
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