Today marks Mashable’s 6th annual Social Media Day, a day that recognizes and celebrates the impact of social media on our communications. New channels have already had a profound impact on the way we produce and consume information – from making us into more pithy...
The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the world in many ways, and one of the industries most primed for connectivity and enhanced technology is healthcare. From wellness apps on the patient side to electronic health records (EHRs) and connected heart...
Whether or not Internet of Things (IoT) is overhyped is a highly debated topic. IoT enablers claim that their connected solutions provide real ROI to users. However, detractors criticize the expectations around the IoT movement as overly inflated. Is IoT purely hype...
When Kevin Ashton coined the term “Internet of Things” in 1999, he meant something very specific about the term. In an article on RFIDJournal.com 10 years later, Ashton wrote that computers and the Internet are ultimately dependent on us, people, for data. The role of...
This year’s RSA Conference, the premiere event for the cyber security industry, had an agenda dominated by IoT. IoT security is a hot topic, and for good reasons. IoT requires a massive amount of data traveling over numerous networks. This presents a tremendous...
Even though the Internet of Things (IoT) is essentially wide open across every industry, there are hot spots that are attracting widespread media attention, major investment, and customers. Growth across the board is going to be immense, but the fastest growing...