How to Unlock a Phone on Every Carrier

Further reading Phone contracts really are a pain — and they’re expensive too. So it feels amazing when you’re finally able to shrug off your hefty monthly payments. Now the contract is up, you fully own your phone, and that means you can take it to a lower-cost contract. But do you really want to…

21 European capitals to collaborate on high-impact smart-city services

Twenty one of Europe’s capital cities are to participate in a new initiative to accelerate development and delivery of “high impact” digital services.  The two-year scheme, by Bloomberg Philanthropies, will see cities receive technical help, access to city leaders, and training from “innovation experts” about how to use digital technologies to help with improvement of…

Software can actually increase the value of IoT hardware over time (Reader Forum)

Data is vitally important for businesses today, supporting decisions ranging from optimizing production in real time to predicting (and avoiding) equipment failure. Many companies gather and analyze this data through IoT deployments that consist of sensors and gateway devices—the sensors take in data and send it to the onsite gateway device, which then processes and…

The Best Smart Light Switches for 2020

With smart lighting, you can control your lights with your mobile device, voice-control your lighting, program lights to turn on as you arrive home, automatically shut off the lights when it’s time to get ready for bed, or even set mood lighting for date night with your sweetheart. You can even save money on electricity…