A ‘different beast’ in the telco pack – often it’s not about 5G at all, says Orange

Orange’s supply of a non-cellular Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) indoor tracking system for aerospace manufacturer Safran Aircraft Engines in France, announced in November, is the jumping off point for a wide-ranging conversation about the finer points of selling digital change to the Industry 4.0 market. The gist of it is Orange claims a “unique position”…

The Future of City Mobility and Automotive

Cities are facing one big challenge: failing infrastructure, which is impacting all facets of city mobility including automotive. Even with hybrid working arrangements for many, there is still a strain on our cities’ infrastructure systems. Here is my question: what if we reimagined mobility? I recently had an opportunity to sit down with Sanjay Ravi,…

Instagram brings back the chronological feed, South Korea bans P2E games, Google looks for ecosystem integrations – TechCrunch

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined in 2021, according to the…