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Sinch snaps up MessageMedia for $1.3B to compete with Twilio in business SMS services – TechCrunch

RoboticsBy Shiv Eswar June 9, 2021

Sinch — the Swedish company that provides a suite of services for companies to build communications and specifically “customer engagement” into their services by way of APIs — has made yet another acquisition in its global march to scale up its business and compete more squarely with Twilio. The company today announced that it has…

The IoT mother lode? Qualcomm bundles 5G, Wi-Fi 6 into seven new edge-AI units

IoT Building NewsBy Shiv Eswar June 9, 2021

Qualcomm has released a glut of IoT solutions, variously offering Wi-Fi and 5G connectivity for enterprise and industrial IoT applications. The firm, compelled by rising demand for higher-grade IoT units as a consequence in part of changing Covid-era work practices across, has released seven solutions in one go. It said the new releases, mostly available…

Terraformation gets $30M to fight climate change with rapid reforesting – TechCrunch

Cyber AttacksBy Jessica Venkat June 9, 2021

Every startup is trying to fix something but Terraformation is tackling the only problem that must matter to all of us: Climate change. This is why it’s in such a big huge hurry. Its mission — as a ‘forest tech’ startup — is to accelerate tree planting by applying a startup-y operational philosophy of scalability…

Feds Secretly Ran a Fake Encrypted Chat App and Busted Over 800 Criminals

Web Security NewsBy Jessica Venkat June 9, 2021

In an unprecedented sting operation, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Australian Federal Police (AFP) ran an encrypted chat service called ANoM for nearly three years to intercept 27 million messages exchanged between criminal gang members globally. Dubbed Operation Ironside (AFP), Operation Greenlight (Europol), and Operation Trojan Shield (FBI), the long-term covert probe…

CityFibre begins rollout of full-fibre connectivity in Bath with £25M investment

Telecom NewsBy Haslinda Bt Ghani June 9, 2021

CityFibre, the largest independent provider of full-fibre networks, has begun rolling out connectivity in the historical city of Bath. Homes and businesses in the old Roman city of Bath will soon have access to the modern wonder of full-fibre broadband thanks to a £25 million investment by CityFibre. Neil Madle, CityFibre’s City Manager for Bath,…

CityFibre begins rollout of full-fibre connectivity in Bath with £25M investment

Telecom innovationsBy Haslinda Bt Ghani June 9, 2021

CityFibre begins rollout of full-fibre connectivity in Bath with £25M investment

Industry NewsBy Haslinda Bt Ghani June 9, 2021

White Space and the Digital Divide

Internet of ThingsBy Shiv Eswar June 9, 2021

For roughly two decades we have been discussing the need for free access to commercially attractive spectrum in order to support new services and to expand the capacity and reach of existing wireless systems—particularly in rural and underserved areas. Today, this old topic is getting new life, with a greater spotlight on the digital divide,…

Samsung stretchable OLED display looks like the future of wearables

Smart TvsBy Shiv Eswar June 9, 2021

While all of us are muddling out way through 2021, Samsung is out here living in the year 2050 with its new stretchable display technology. Unlike folding or rollable screens, these free-form displays can be “stretched in all directions like rubber bands to change their shapes,” making for some seriously sci-fi applications. Samsung posted…

Best Blue Light Glasses for 2021

DronesBy Shiv Eswar June 9, 2021

Are you looking for blue light glasses, aka computer glasses? If you spend much time working with computers, your eyes can get as tired as your back. The fatigue and other side effects of the hours we spend staring at screens are real and can be serious productivity blockers and bad for our health, too.…

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