The world's largest Internet of Things (IoT) event has started today at the Santa Clara Convention Center, with over 12,000 attendees and 200 exhibitions expected to attend the two day event. And because the new connected world is so interwoven, this event will feature discussions on the industrial IoT, smart...
Smart cities may look towards open wireless standards to save billions in Internet of Things (IoT) deployment costs. Choosing open standards could cut costs by 30 percent and promote more cities to utilize IoT, according to Machina Research. The market intelligence firm predicts that by 2025 smart cities may spend $1.12...
Sigfox, the French startup that uses a cellular network to connect all thousands of devices together, has announced major expansion plans for the United States. The company plans to work with “strategic site owners” to ensure the Internet of Things (IoT) deployment goes smooth. The partnership gives Sigfox access to...
Apple's iPhone sales declined for the first time since 2003. That's the bad news, and judging from the pundits, the sky has started to fall on Apple's halcyon days. One analyst goes so far as to say that "the only thing that is plainly clear concerning Apple is that it has...
The creation of programming languages and platforms is rarely without challenges. A case in point is in the experiences of the community around the Node.js platform. Node.js allows the creation of backend services using JavaScript and a collection of "modules" that handle various core functionality and other core functions. Node.js' modules use...
Gear Manager for iOS / iPhone leaks Gear Manager, the app used to connect Samsung Gear smartwatches to smartphones, has so far been released for Android and also a BETA for Tizen. It was confirmed in January that there is an iOS version for iPhone in the works and...
Contactless payments from smartphones and wearables is still a small segment of the payments market, but might see a surge in usage over the next two years, according to Juniper Research. The research firm predicts the value of the smartphone and wearable contactless payments to rise from $35 billion to...
Wearables are available in all shapes and sizes, from the inconspicuous Fitbit Zip to the immediately noticeable Apple Watch. One factor that connects most of them, apart from the ability to tell the time, is fitness and health tracking. The health features are basic at the moment, but might not...
In case you haven’t heard, there is a lot of hype right now about virtual and augmented reality. Three months into 2016, investors have already spent $1.1 billion to get a piece of the action. All this money, but no revenue and, in large part, no clear market. There are...
It has been know for a while now that Samsung is working on an iPhone iOS version of their Gear Manager app, which is used to connect with the Smartwatch for configuration and notifications etc. The company also confirmed this themselves at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016 that...
No matter the time, it's always time for a good discount -- and today's discount is one for diehard Samsung fans (that'd be you, Tizen Experts readership!) The Gear S has popped up at eBay on sale for $169.99, 57% off the original retail price for the smartwatch. The Gear...
Last month the WhatsApp Call Beta went live with end users being able to join the program and provide valuable feedback on app performance and bugs. Now, the Beta app has been updated to version 2.12.14 Beta (version 2.12.13.3). The following issues have been fixed with this...
With the RSA Security Conference in full swing, we sat down with Vormetric's Vice President of Marketing, Tina Stewart, and their Director of Product Marketing, Andy Kicklighter. Vormetric recently released their 2016 Data Threat Report. Now in its fourth year, this report not surprisingly digs deep into IoT and what it...
Recently, Samsung had announced that the Gear S2 Classic 3G would be making its way into the United States. The news surrounding it was that the smartwatch would feature an eSIM which would enable instant carrier switching, but that didn't turn out to be true and that the eSIM's would...
Mobile World Congress (MWC) is a mobile phone tradeshow held annually in Barcelona. It involves over 2,000 companies and 100,000 attendees. While it may have started out with its emphasis firmly planted on mobile devices, its reach now extends to wearables, VR, and all manner of IoT. The event will...
Consumers are frustrated with smart homes. Notably, they're not annoyed with the devices that wire up their living environments. It's the apps through which they schedule and manage each device, according to a new report from Argus Insights. Argus, notably, uses actual data drawn from devices and public sources like app-store reviews....
Samsung's popular smartwatch, the Gear S2 comes in two design Variants and are named the Gear S2 Sports and the Gear S2 Classic. While Samsung provides customization for both the watches with different straps, Samsung seems to have messed up a bit in how they're connected to the watches....
The Gear S2 was launched just ahead of IFA 2015 and since then there are many apps that have been or are currently being developed for this Smartwatch. Now, one particular app i've been waiting for, the SmartThings app, is said to be coming soon. The app was launched...
I look at my Gear S2 in the mornings at about a quarter past 10am and pull down the notification window to see the word “standalone.” I breathe a sigh of relief. It’s nice to make phone calls and send texts from my wrist, but my desire for a...
Last week, Dr. Hong, the President of Samsung SDS and the Head of its solution business, delivered a keynote at CES 2016 that focused on the Internet of Things (IoT) and how this can impact on our lives today and in the future. Samsung has an ever expanding range...
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