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Internet of Everything

Today there are more things connected to the Internet than there are people in the world. In the very near future, pretty much everything you can imagine will wake up. This blog explores the next step.

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Two newly-discovered flaws light fire under IoT security

One of the reported flaws exposed children's personal profiles -- including name, birthdate, gender, and language.

February 2, 2016 by Zack Whittaker in Security / Brought to you by Cisco

Google Nest's battery-drain: Chilly users turn up heat over thermostat software glitch

A software update may be the source of Google-owned Nest's smart thermostats becoming unresponsive or incapable of operating efficiently.

January 14, 2016 by Liam Tung in Internet of Everything / Brought to you by Cisco

Withings Go bets on E-Ink, 8-month battery, simplicity for $69 health tracker

Simplicity sells, particularly when it comes to wearable devices. That's the premise behind the new Withings Go, which captures and shows health tracking basics on low-power display.

January 6, 2016 by Kevin Tofel in Hardware / Brought to you by Cisco

UA HealthBox: Connected fitness in a box from Under Armour and HTC

Why piece together different connected health products and apps when you can get a whole suite of them -- a scale, heart rate monitor and wearable band -- in a single box that work together?

January 5, 2016 by Kevin Tofel in Hardware / Brought to you by Cisco

IoT spending to top $1.3 trillion by 2019, says IDC

In its latest spending guide study, IDC revealed its prediction that global IoT spending would climb more than 17 percent over the next four years.

December 10, 2015 by Natalie Gagliordi in Internet of Things / Brought to you by Cisco

Verizon doubles down on IoT with ThingSpace launch

The ThingSpace portal allows developers to manage their IoT environments and related data, end-to-end, from device to network to application.

October 28, 2015 by Natalie Gagliordi in Internet of Things / Brought to you by Cisco

How to turn Amazon Echo into the brains of your smarthome

Follow these simple steps to introduce Alexa to your smarthome devices or hubs and your wish will be her command. No need for apps when you can just tell Alexa what to do.

October 15, 2015 by Kevin Tofel in Amazon / Brought to you by Cisco

Google-owned Nest adds Weave support for IOT connectivity

Nest developed its own IoT protocol years ago to get devices working together. Now, it's opening that up with Weave, which is related to, but slightly different than, Google Weave.

October 1, 2015 by Kevin Tofel in Google / Brought to you by Cisco

Google's new logo is fit for the Internet of Things

Google needed a logo that would work on phones, watches, and, who knows, even your refrigerator.

September 1, 2015 by Steven Vaughan-Nichols in CXO / Brought to you by Cisco

Amazon Echo now plays music, books from multiple accounts; gains BART schedules

Don't want to hear the kid's hip-hop on your Echo? Just add another Amazon account and tell Alexa to use it for music and audiobooks.

August 28, 2015 by Kevin Tofel in Amazon / Brought to you by Cisco

Hortonworks introduces DataFlow, acquires Apache NiFi-backer Onyara

Hortonworks is betting big on Apache NiFi, acquiring Onyara, the commercial entity behind it, and releasing DataFlow, a separate subscription alongside the Hadoop-based Hortonworks Data Platform.

August 25, 2015 by Andrew Brust in Big Data / Brought to you by Cisco

Amazon Echo gets SmartThings support

Add another line of smarthome products that Alexa can boss around: Samsung's SmartThings IoT hub and products are now supported.

August 21, 2015 by Kevin Tofel in Amazon / Brought to you by Cisco

São Paulo to use telemetry to avoid driving test corruption

In-car video feeds will also be adopted as a means to tackle bribery of officials

August 19, 2015 by Angelica Mari in Mobility / Brought to you by Cisco

Amazon Echo gets StubHub Skills and more smarthome integration

Third party Echo apps appear under Alexa's "Skills", showing the future possibilities for a broad ecosystem. Alexa now works with Levitron, Lightify and Cree smarthome products, too.

August 14, 2015 by Kevin Tofel in Amazon / Brought to you by Cisco

Spark enters smart home wars with 'Morepork' home security

Home security applications are a new frontier for telcos such as Spark - but they are also being targeted by Apple and Google.

August 11, 2015 by Rob O'Neill in Mobile Carriers / Brought to you by Cisco