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Why IoT Needs an Open Ecosystem to Succeed

Jason Shepherd / Connected Devices, IoT, Web

Imagine if the internet had been built as a closed ecosystem controlled by a small set of organizations. It would look very different from the internet we know and rely on today. Perhaps this alternate version would run on a pay-per-use model, or lack tools and services that have been developed over the years by […]

How eero uses Akka to make the truly connected home a reality

Matt Asay / Connected Devices, Fintech, Health, Industrial, Smart Cities, Transportation

Nest revolutionized the humble thermostat and in many ways made the concept of Internet of Things (IoT) part of the mainstream consumer tech conversation. Smart homes would have intelligent devices communicating among themselves and with the owner via a mobile app over the cloud. That’s the theory, anyway. In practice, even things like the fussy […]

Is the GPL the right way to force IoT standardization?

Matt Asay / Connected Devices, Fintech, Health, Industrial, Smart Cities, Transportation

The Internet of Things has tremendous potential, but remains a mishmash of conflicting “standards” that don’t talk to each other. As various vendors erect data silos in the sky, what is actually needed is increased developer communication between disparate IoT projects. I’ve argued before that this is one reason IoT needs to be open sourced, providing […]

Open wireless standards could chop city costs by nearly a third

Open wireless standards could chop city costs by nearly a third

David Curry / Connected Devices, Fintech, Health, Industrial, Smart Cities, Transportation

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 trillion on deploying smart tech, […]

IoT disrupts the Tour de France

Cate Lawrence / Connected Devices, Health

In 2015, Dimension Data became the official technology partner for the Tour de France, the world’s largest and most prestigious cycling race. In support of their goal to revolutionize the viewing experience of billions of cycling fans across the globe, Dimension Data needed to analyze thousands of data points per second, from nearly 200 riders, across […]

How Node.js created a model open source community

Cate Lawrence / Connected Devices, Fintech, Health, Industrial, Smart Cities, Transportation

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 an API designed to reduce […]

A Look at Samsung’s Tizen Device Open-Source Releases

/ Developer, Hacker Boards, News

  The Samsung Open Source Release Center web portal is the go-to site for downloading the source code for open source packages used in all Samsung products.   That spans everything from TVs and cameras and mobile devices and printers and much more. The web portal is hosted at http://opensource.samsung.com/. To make effective use of the web site, […]