Making Factories Smarter: A Crash Course in Digital Transformation

Sometimes the hardest step toward digital transformation is getting started. What’s driving smarter factories? It’s a long list that includes drivers for specific business and “for the greater good” benefits, like better managing/addressing energy and materials consumption, carbon intensity, environmental sustainability, climate change, and public safety. But, in most cases, the economic benefit is the…

AnkerWork B600 Video Bar simplifies your workspace

Outside of a laptop, monitor, or workstation with a built-in camera and conferencing hardware such as a microphone, most webcams handle video only. Generally, it means after installing and setting up your webcam, you use a hodge-podge of devices like USB microphones, headsets or headphones, to support your webcam experience. That also complicates the software…

As 2G and 3G are gradually faded out, what’s the future for IoT over cellular?

Since their introduction in the late 1970’s, cellular networks and technology have evolved tremendously, with successive generations (2G through 4G) representing significant milestones in the development of mobile connectivity. 5G, the latest incarnation, represents a step-change in performance over 4G, with throughputs of up to 10 Gbps (100 times faster than 4G networks) that aim…