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Phone offline? Peer-to-peer network developer Open Garden has an app for that
Open Garden Inc., developer of offline networking app FireChat, today announced the release of MeshKit, a peer-to-peer mesh networking platform that takes connectivity for offline phones to a new level. With MeshKit, a phone without a connection to a cellular network for data or voice can still connect to other nearby phones also running MeshKit ...
1oT announces worldwide cellular self-service platform for IoT devices
Internet of Things connectivity platform provider 1oT announced today it will launch its self-service cellular solution for the Internet of Things at Mobile World Congress 2017 next week. Built for small- and medium-sized startups, the 1oT Terminal platform is designed to allow scaling worldwide with connected devices and deploy using cellular networks with greater ease. Using ...
Qualcomm announces VR development kit, alliance with Leap Motion
Mobile chip maker Qualcomm Technologies Inc. today introduced a new virtual reality development kit for the company’s Snapdragon 385 mobile platform and a collaboration with hand-tracking technology company Leap Motion Inc. To prepare developers for the advanced VR capability built into mobile devices released in 2017, the kit will include a software development kit for developers ...
GlobalSign brings high-volume security certificates to Internet of Things
Internet security and trusted identity certificate provider GlobalSign announced today that the company has launched its Managed Public Key Infrastructure Platform as a commercial service. With the capability to output certificates in large volume, this new platform can support the security needs of Internet of Things networks at scale. As a certificate authority, GlobalSign manages ...
Report from Nuance shows how healthcare professionals benefit from AI
Voice and language processing solutions company Nuance Communications Inc. announced the results of a product study today that shows how much healthcare professionals can benefit from artificial intelligence. The company revealed the study during the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society 2017 conference as part of a presentation about the company’s use of AI. According ...
Informatica announces industry’s first intelligent healthcare data lake
Data management solutions and big data company Informatica LLC has announced the debut of the industry’s first intelligent data lake, a repository for raw data, that’s made specifically for healthcare. The healthcare industry sees a great deal of data from numerous sources, most of it unstructured and difficult to compile, curate and even store. Because of ...
IBM and Bosch link up to make industrial IoT easier
Computing industry giant IBM Corp. and the Bosch Group, a supplier of Internet of Things technologies, announced a collaboration today to make it easier for clients’ development and operations teams to manage IoT devices. As part of the partnership, Bosch will make its Bosch IoT Suite available on the IBM Bluemix cloud computing service and will ...
Two more major Japanese banks join funding for Japan’s largest bitcoin exchange
Tokyo-based bitFlyer Inc., Japan’s largest bitcoin exchange and blockchain financial technology company, today announced that three Japanese banking giants have joined in raising funds for the company. According to the press release, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Venture Capital, Mizuho Capital Company—investment arms of Japanese “mega-banks” Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Mizuho Financial Group Inc., respectively—and ...
Google’s Chrome browser is getting virtual reality support
Google Inc.’s widely used Chrome web browser has received an upgrade that enables it to view virtual reality content using the WebVR standard. Most VR content requires the use of a headset to receive the full immersive effect of “being there” but mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets can use sensors to make them ...
First government-hosted blockchain hackathon focuses on healthcare
The Chamber of Digital Commerce has announced the first U.S. government-hosted developer contest that will focus on the use of open-source distributed ledger technology, or blockchain technology, in the healthcare industry. The contest, called the “Blockchain in Healthcare Code-A-Thon,” is planned to take place March 14-15 and winners will be announced during the DC Blockchain ...
