With new devices making their way onto the wearables market, wearable technology will no longer be viewed as a consumer fad or a buzzword. In fact, this year has started with a bang for the wearable industry as a slew of ‘smart’ gadgets debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). And this year, we saw more than just fitness bands …
Will Internet of Things (IoT) Impact The Workplace?
The wearable device market is witnessing a steady growth in consumer applications and business use. A new report predicts wearable device shipments will reach 187 million units by 2020 with a compound annual growth rate of 34 percent, which means we will be seeing more and more wearables in both personal and professional aspects of our lives for years to …
The Internet of Things and The Race to Singularity
The term “Internet of Things” (IoT) has become the catch-all for every device on the planet that can interact, react, or contribute to the greater network. From fitness wearables to smart refrigerators, we are gradually integrating our entire lives onto the web and the massive grid of interconnected devices. Today’s apps are tracking our heart health, caloric intake, daily activities, …
Should Internet of Things Mean Anything To Your Business?
With the rapid growth of wearables, and with more devices entering the online space every day, the “Internet of Things” (IoT) is a hot topic consuming business and tech conventions like wildfire. Though wearable gadgets like Google Glass have largely been brushed aside as superfluous devices, according to Pew Research, nearly 83% of tech experts believe that the use of …
Does Privacy Exist On The Internet Of Things?
Over the last month there has been an unfathomable amount of content published about the massive privacy intrusion that isFacebook Messenger. With the ability to intrude into the lives of its users in ways that the NSA would never think to, it isn’t a surprise that the new download brought such strong opinions; many of which served as recommendations to not …
Internet of Things: Time For A Name Change?
While an exact number may be all but impossible to come by, the estimated 10 billion devicesconnected to the “Internet of Things” (IoT) in 2014 isn’t really all that many. I mean, we live in a world of more than 7 billion people, so if you look at it that way, there isn’t even 1.5 connected devices per person on earth. Now …