2016 the year wearables take off

Wearables are set to come into their own this year, and will reach 228-million devices shipped by 2020. According to a new report from the M2M/IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, shipments of connected wearables reached 72,5-million in 2015, up from 25,3-million devices in...

Chinese company launches synthetic cloud

A Chinese company has launched a new concept in urban space technology – literally sending a communications “cloud” into the air. KuangChi Science completed the first commercial flight of the Cloud in South China. Measuring 48 meters long and nearly...

Eaton, Nissan work together on energy storage

Power management company Eaton and automotive manufacturer Nissan have signed an agreement to explore the feasibility of jointly developing, industrialising and commercialising energy storage and control systems, leveraging the expertise and industrial assets from...

Mimecast warns of heightened whaling threat

Mimecast is warning organizations of an increased prevalence of targeted whaling attacks. Whaling attacks (also known as Business Email Compromise – BEC) use email sent from spoofed or similar sounding domain names, and appearing to be sent from the CEO or CFO,...

Intelligent streaming for self-driving cars

At the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Volvo revealed that it is developing intelligent, high bandwidth, streaming capabilities with its technology partner, Ericsson, that will ensure drivers and passengers get the most out of their time travelling in an...

Orange on track to disrupt banking services

On 4 January 2016, Orange announced exclusive negotiations with French financial services provider Groupama. According to Orange, the negotiations “could result in the acquisition by Orange of a 65% stake in Groupama Banque”. John Delaney, associate...