Chris Middleton reports on the latest twists and turns in the saga of Elon Musk and Tesla, as Saudi Arabia could help him take the company into private hands. Internet of Business says The expression ‘a bull in a china shop’ has often been used to describe a reckless individual sending his own achievements crashing…
U.S. government agencies will be forbidden from using certain components or services from several Chinese tech firms, including Huawei and ZTE. The ban was signed into law today by President Trump as part of the Defense Authorization Act and will go into effect over the next two years. The bill covers anything that is a…
NEWSBYTE China Mobile Hong Kong has completed a series of 5G network tests, achieving speeds of up to 14 Gbps. The announcement means that the company is the first network provider in Hong Kong to complete full 5G network (client terminal to application) testing successfully. Using customer premises equipment (CPE), China Mobile built an end-to-end…
Fourteen days. That’s what stands between you and the opportunity to showcase your early-stage startup at Disrupt San Francisco 2018, which takes place September 5-7. With more than 10,000 attendees expected to descend on Moscone Center West, can you afford to miss out on that kind of exposure? We think not. There are only two…
By Haider Iqbal, director of IoT, Public Services & Transport, at Gemalto. NEW CONNECTIONS An occasional series of vendor perspectives on the world of connected business – because it’s all about making new connections and starting new conversations. Sustainability is a powerful force for positive change in our world; one that is driving transformation, innovation,…
It’s almost unheard of to see three unicorns join forces to fund a startup, but that’s exactly what has happened in Indonesia. Ride-hailing company Go-Jek, e-commerce firm Tokopedia and travel booking startup Traveloka — each of which is valued in the billions of U.S. dollars — have come together to provide a Series A funding…
The world’s most widely-used open-source electronic health records solution OpenEMR has been found to contain 18 cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The software, employed by medical practices across the world, currently holds almost 100 million patient records, including 10 million in the USA. The flaws were uncovered by cybersecurity research organisation Project Insecurity. The investigation team released a report…
In August 2017, Icelandic online retailer Aha partnered with Israeli startup Flytrex to ferry packages from one side of Reykjavik to the other as part of a drone delivery trial. One year on, Aha and Flytrex have announced their intention to expand the service from a single flight route to 13, offering regular deliveries to…
In August 2017, Icelandic online retailer Aha partnered with Israeli startup Flytrex to ferry packages from one side of Reykjavik to the other as part of a drone delivery trial. One year on, Aha and Flytrex have announced their intention to expand the service from a single flight route to 13, offering regular deliveries to…
Anil Gandharve, VP and head of Retail, CPG and Manufacturing at Mindtree, discusses why the future of retail lies in customer-centric artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR) and IoT. NEW CONNECTIONS An occasional series of vendor perspectives on the world of connected business – because it’s all about making new connections and starting new conversations. The…
