When it comes to today’s connected world, last week was full of notable developments. Want to find out what KNX has in mind for the U.S.? What about Qualcomm’s acquistion of Capsule Tech? How about an eyeliner that connects to the Internet?

Every week we round up the latest developments in the Smart World, from new developer platforms to smart city initiatives around the world. Here’s what you missed in the Smart World.

Cloud-native support for IoT: This week in Smart DevOps

KNX USA aims to make KNX a standard Internet of Things protocol in the U.S. but its entrance may be too late as ZigBee, Z-Wave and IP are more popular options when connecting things to the Internet.

Also featured in the roundup is InvenSense, Inc.’s new reference design for motion and voice control, Arrow Electronics, Inc.’s partnership with NetComm Wireless Ltd. to provide the first Intelligent Gateway to lover development cost and time to market of connected products, and Open Interconnect Consortium, Inc.’s cloud-native architecture for IoT.

Read more about these developments in our Smart DevOps roundup.

Qualcomm buys Capsule Technologies

Qualcomm, Inc. has acquired Capsule Tech, Inc. in an effort to strengthen its efforts to provide connected health solutions to the masses. Capsule Tech will be absorbed into Qualcomm Life, Inc. and this acquisition aims to create an environment of continuous care monitoring from hospitals to homes as well as reduce latency and transcription errors to deliver a more timely and informed care.

Read more about this acquisition here.

Salesforce IoT Cloud democratizes data

At Dreamforce 2015, Salesforce.com introduced its brand new cloud platform that caters to the huge amount of data that comes with the connected world. Called the  Salesforce IoT Cloud, the platform features Thunder, a data crunching engine that integrates the historical analysis component of Apache Spark with the Apache Storm framework for ingesting fast-moving data.

Read more about Saleforce’s IoT Cloud platform here.

3 things to take smart homes mainstream: Vivint CTO’s vision

Despite the growing number of connected home appliances, not everyone is jumping on the smart home bandwagon yet. Vivint, Inc. CTO Jeremy Warren has some tips for IoT manufacturers to get their products out to more consumers.

Read more about Warren’s tips here.

Samsung’s smart home hub vs. Wink and others 

If you’re in the market for a home automation hub, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has a new smart home hub under its SmartThings brand. How does this new hub compare to other smart home hubs?

Read more about this new home automation hub here.

TUMI bags track themselves, and other Smart World news

TUMI Holdings, Inc. has collaborated with AT&T and LugTrack to launch a new wireless tracking device to help traveller keep tabs on their luggages.

Also featured in this roundup is iHome’s new Kineta speakers with removable K-CELL batteries that serve as mobile chargers, TomTom’s new RoadDNA and Tampa Bay awarded $2.4 million as part of smart road project.

Read more about these in our Smart Living roundup.

When eyeliner connects to the Internet: L’Oreal hints at IoT plans

At Dreamforce 2015, L’Oreal Paris’ head of digital and media for Australia and New Zealand, Christophe Emery, announced that the company is looking to connect their products to the Internet so they can better advertise to consumers based on how their products are being used.

Read more about this effort here.

Volkswagen’s alliance to secure the connected world

Volkswagen Group has partnered with Allianz SE, Bayer AG and BASF SE and formed the “DCSO” (German Cybersecurity Organization) which aims to be the security standard in Germany while also aiding other companies to secure their operations, services and devices.

Read more about the alliance here.

Tune in next week for more interesting stories, discoveries and innovations in the world of smart and connected things.

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