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How the IoT Takes Human Error Out of Security
Up until recently, home and building security had a problem with no ideal solution: No matter how sophisticated an alarm or lock system was, it...
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Urban Life in 2050: The Future of Smart Cities
Today’s urban cities are practically bursting at the seams. According to research from the United Nations, 54 percent of the world’s population lives in urban...
Why the IoT Needs 4G LTE to Reach Its Full Potential
If you could take a look through time to 10 or 20 years from now, what would you see? Imagine smart cities where every traffic...
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LTE: Like Water or Not?
When water wants to go somewhere, it normally finds a way to get there. Of course, it receives valuable help from gravity, but that's just...
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LTE-A has arrived
According to a new ABI Research report, LTE subscriptions will grow to 411 million (4G LTE) and 22 million (4.5G LTE-Advanced) by the end of...
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The Hype of IoT
We all know fads are short-lived, and while some become mainstream, others don't necessarily succeed. For example, Crocs, the foam clog company, burst onto the...
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History Is On Our Side
Ever since the days of Noah, and particularly in modern times through the Industrial Revolution, Field of Dreams and the Internet, the concept of "If...
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Will Samsung be first to launch a truly smartwatch?
Six months ago, I wrote a piece on smartwatches. In it, I argued that "Today’s devices are essentially sophisticated smartphone accessories...With the exception of some experimental...