Pete Smout; winner of the Intel IoT Challenge, talks us through how the Intel Edison board and sensors could be used to help monitor the health and well-being of the elderly.
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2015
Intel Ignition Labs – Pot Hole Detector
Darren Soothill; winner of the Intel IoT Challenge, talks us through how the Intel Edison board could be used to detect pot holes and make the most used roads safer.
Intel Ignition Labs – Movement Tracker
Ian Mortom; winner of the Intel IoT Challenge, talks us through how the Intel Edison board could be used to automatically control cameras to track facial movements.
Intel Ignition Labs – Automatic Parking Meter
Roman Quijano Luna; winner of the Intel IoT Challenge, explains how he used the Intel Edison board to simplify using paid-for car parks.
Intel Ignition Labs – Matt Ward
Matt Ward; Intel's UK IoT Ignition Lab manager, talks to us about how the Ignition Labs are pushing innovation in IoT.
IBM Buys DBaaS Provider Compose
IBM acquires another database-as-a-service (DBaaS) provider, Compose, in its play to flesh out its cloud services
Vodafone Reaches 4.7m UK 4G Users
European recovery continues as total Vodafone revenue nears £10 billion
Microsoft’s First Windows 10 Phones Will Come ‘With Face-Scanning’
New Lumia devices will also come with stylus support and USB-C connectivity, according to reports
BlackBerry Could Stop Making Smartphones
John Chen says halting phone production could be a possibility as BlackBerry turns its focus to other areas
US Treasury Computer System Was Open To Hack
Shoddy government security? Vital intelligence system for US financial system was vulnerable to hackers
Intel And Rackspace Are Planning An OpenStack ‘Innovation Centre’
Firms double down on pushing OpenStack adoption with Texas centre that will focus on OpenStack code
2015 Could Be The Best Year Ever For Smartphone Sales
Samsung leads the way as global smartphone shipments hit second-highest total on record last quarter, IDC figures show
Amazon’s Q2 Results Prove Just How Powerful AWS Cloud Is
AWS becomes $6bn service as Amazon stocks soar on Q2 announcement
Ukrainian City Turns To E-Governance To Improve Lives Of Citizens
Amid conflict in Ukraine, Lviv teams up with Microsoft to help businesses, tourism and make a better place to live with e-governance portal and the cloud
Smartphones of 2015
Quiz Of The Week: The Smartphones Of 2015
What do you know about this year’s must-have mobiles?
Notion Capital Launches £97m European Cloud SaaS Fund
$150m funding round from London VCs will focus on emerging and fast-moving cloud startups
Microsoft Touts Cloud Credentials Of Exchange Server 2016 Preview
Businesses can now download the next version of Microsoft's Exchange email server platform
Open Container Project Gets New Name, Sees Member Growth
The Linux Foundation's Open Container Project is getting a new name and is moving forward on developing the runC baseline component for containers
Microsoft To Combat Revenge Porn With Web Form
Promises to remove 'revenge porn' images and video from Bing etc, but warns global action is needed
Sony Goes For Gold With B-Trainer Smart Music Player
Combining earphones, music player and fitness tracker, it’s got Colin Jackson’s seal of approval
Your Smartwatch Could Be A Major Security Risk
100 percent of smartwatches tested by HP Security showed major flaws
Microsoft Promises Advanced Threat Analytics Launch Next Month
On-premise cyber security platform will feature social media-style timeline and use machine learning to outwit the hackers
Shell And PayPal Team Up For Speedy Smartphone Petrol Payments
'Fill Up & Go' app allows Shell petrol station customers to quickly pay at the pumps using a QR code
Connected City Board Invites CIOs To Share Smart City Knowledge
Wireless Broadband Alliance-led Connected City Board wants CIOs to share best practices and create public-private models
Qualcomm Confirms Major Job Losses And Cost Cuts
‘Strategic Realignment Plan’ included within third quarter results
Oracle Asks Court To Update Android Lawsuit
Bad news Google? Oracle asks judge to take into account Android's smartphone domination
Cisco Sells Connected Devices Unit To Technicolor For £388m
Cisco and Technicolor will also work on multimedia technologies and share patents in new partnership
IBM Flirts With Developers On Open Source Tech Platform
developerWorks Open platform allows developers to collaborate with IBM on a newly released set of open source technologies
BlackBerry Acquires Crisis Comms Firm AtHoc
BlackBerry snaps up communications provider despite major recent layoffs