Intel has canned its wearables business, reports CNBC, a week after laying off IoT staff and ditching a raft of IoT products. Intel bought smartwatch maker Basis in 2014 but laid off 80% of its staff last November. Nowvthe rest of the wearables unit has gone. Wearable came under Intel’s New Technologies Group which is ...

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Thanks to the legal row with Apple, which means it is not getting royalty payments from Apple sub-contractors, and to a fine imposed by the Korea FTC and to a financial settlement of a legal dispute with Blackberry Qualcomm’s calendar Q2 results were down on last year. Revenues of $5.4 billion were 11% down on ...

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Element14 And ST have launched ‘IoT on Wheels’ – a Design Challenge competition for the best way to make connected vehicles safer, smarter and more efficient. The Design Challenge is looking for inspirational prototypes that might change the way we travel, improve our commute or make us safer when we are on the road – ...

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Toshiba says that its line-up of Bluetooth®Low Energy products now offers support for the Bluetooth Mesh standard. This standard was ratified and launched this week by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). The combination of new Bluetooth Mesh standard 1.0 and Toshiba’s application software enables Toshiba Bluetooth Low Energy products to simultaneously increase communication range, ...

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  Willis Towers Watson has launched a cyber work diagnostic tool designed to help organizations assess their cyber readiness with emphases on talent management, emerging skills and roles and defining the requirements of cyber work. Roles in cybersecurity are some of the most in-demand across all industries, with premium jobs available for employees with the ...

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Socionext, the Matsushita – Fujitsu SoC jv, has 360-degree spherical camera designs using their Milbeaut image signal processors. The Socionext lineup includes two types of cameras to meet the growing and expanding needs for 360-degree camera applications. The prosumer model is based on the company’s SC2000 high-performance processor, which is capable of real-time image stitching ...

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