Month: July 2014

The Long Trail

India Aims to Bring Internet to Every Village Device makers and service providers looking for big-number opportunities are beginning to look to India, and things could get bigger and better….

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Grand Theft Auto. From Afar.

The Hacking of Things Risk Looms Opportunities are there for the taking across the spectrum as billions of everyday objects become connected. Another thing has been hacked. Last week, Russian…

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T-Mobile US Allows Customers to “Test Drive” Network

Latest Un-carrier Initiative Aims to Showcase Improvements in Performance and Reliability T-Mobile US recently announced the latest steps in its Un-carrier strategy. These were less radical than previous iterations, but…

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Premium China

Chinese Phones Go from Adequate to Adored Flipkart started the pre-sales launch of Xiaomi’s Mi 3 smartphone earlier this week, and the Indian online retailer presented eager buyers with a…

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Light Support

Can Li-Fi Solve the Spectrum Crunch? The term “complementary access” was used in many wireless industry discussions in the early years of this century, a slight euphemism to describe Wi-Fi’s…

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The Common Thread?

Thread Could Become the Home Wireless Standard Another week, another home specification-making organisation. This one could really matter. Yesterday, ARM, Nest Labs, Samsung and several other component and device makers…

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The Fifth Element

HTML5 and WebRTC are the Bigger Industry Shifts Forget platform convergence for a second. Not too far down the road, everything will converge. Kevin Turner, Microsoft’s chief operating officer, explained…

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Not a Bad Half Start for Intel

Intel’s Atom Gets a Boost to Start in 2H14 The second half of 2014 starts with some positive developments for Intel. Last week, Asus started sales of its Atom-based ZenFone…

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Just Think About It

Are Brain Interfaces the Next Stage of Wearables? Is this sensor fusion delusion or will mind control really make it mainstream? London-based innovation studio This Place has created a brain-computer…

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Children’s Wear

Thinking Small in Wearables Cute or creepy? Is it just too close to call? Yesterday, LG introduced KizON, a chunky, colourful, plastic-filled wearable gadget that keeps kids connected to their…

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