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Could the next Twitter be at SXSW 2015?
SXSW veterans will recall Twitter’s resounding success in 2007, making the annual festival a prime place to launch mobile-ready startups into global fame. Kicking off March 13, 2015 at the Austin Convention Center in Texas, SXSW remains one of the biggest events for film, music and the technology industry. Now that we’re less than 30 days ...
Following the Big Data money trail: #BigDataSV tracks spending and innovation
Where is the Big Data market heading? In its early stages, the Big Data market was all about data storage and processing technologies, but the focus of Big Data now has shifted to real-time and accessibility applications in the enterprise. As more businesses invest in Big Data analytics and visualization platforms, SiliconANGLE follows the money ...
Newest iPhone rumors: 3D display, iOS 9 features
What will the next iPhone look like, and when will it be released? Will Apple release two iPhones this year? What new features will the new iPhone come with? And will it be something revolutionary, or will Apple just be enhancing its existing features? Those are just some of the questions surrounding the next iPhone. ...
What you missed in the Smart World: Speedy HIV tests, smart bed covers
This week’s Smart World Series features a smart bed cover, a smartphone dongle that tests for the HIV virus, biometric trends for the smart home and a smart home security market plagued with flaws, to name just a few of the top stories. For those who missed last week’s Smart World Series, here’s a chance ...
Biometric trends for the smart home
The combination of mobile devices and connected smart home appliances allow users to remotely monitor and control their homes from anywhere, even if they’re halfway around the globe … as long as they are connected to the Internet. But smart homes are becoming even more useful and more secured when biometric scanning is added to ...
How to create Shazam playlists in Spotify
In a world where Shazam’s audible tagging app works seamlessly with our favorite on-demand music app Spotify, you won’t have to close one app to manually search for a song in another app. And even though there once was a time when you could click “Listen on Spotify” for just about any song identified by ...
Microsoft expands IoT developer program with Windows 10 for Raspberry Pi 2
This week’s Smart DevOps roundup features connected device market growth, SmartThings’ hiring of Google exec Dora Hsu to further its Internet of Things (IoT) developer platform and how a familiar software giant is gearing up for IoT opportunities. Mobile developers shifts focus to IoT According to a report from Evans Data Corp., connected ...
Smartphone accessories that could save your life
Smartphones are now an extension of our lives. Even while walking down the street, we hold onto our smartphone like it is a lifeline … and for some it is. Smartphone accessories have evolved from providing protection from bumps and drops, even adding some stylish bling, into a possible first line of self-defense. What smartphone ...
Your office building gets its own data plan with Metrum LTE
This week’s Smart City roundup features a fresh initiative to connect infrastructures to the Internet, new opportunities for the energy sector and smart parking for truck drivers expands to Tennessee. Aclara’s Metrum LTE Aclara Technologies LLC recently unveiled Metrum LTE, the company’s latest addition to a line of products designed to bring cellular connectivity to infrastructures ...
New rumors to know: Apple Watch fights cancer, release date moved
The Apple Watch is slated for an early 2015 release, sometime in the first or second quarter. And though Apple already unveiled the device last September, many of its features are not yet set in stone. Some of them may be canned, improved or replaced, and additional features may be added. Rumors are abundant as to what ...
