IDC Forecast: wearable shipments to double by 2021, smartwatches gaining traction
Wearables are catching on and overall shipments will double by 2021, according to IDC. Smartwatches and new products are gaining traction.
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BlackBerry’s turnaround is complete
BlackBerry stock surged 10 percent Wednesday after the Canadian tech company reported solid demand for its software.
Read MoreSmart homes, devices to help drive Internet of Things spending up 15% in 2018
The Internet of Things is well on its way to becoming ubiquitous with more smart homes and smart devices as worldwide IoT-related spending is forecast to soar 15 percent in 2018, according to research firm IDC.
Read MoreInside IBM Cloud: Built for the enterprise, available to all
IBM highlighted the company’s strategy of marketing unified and straightforward messaging around the cognitive and cloud markets.
Read MoreNo Beer Goes to Waste With This North Carolina Startup’s Device
NC IDEA announces six North Carolina startups as spring grant winners and recipients of a collective $300,000. This story is part of a series of profiles on the winners. The constant flow of new brands and brews into the craft beer industry has built a cult following of beer lovers....
Read MoreThese 5 world-changing IoT startups pitched for RIoT’s 2nd annual championship belt
Capping off a day of clean tech and IoT conversation at NC State University, five North Carolina startups pitch IoT ideas
Read MoreThrough Sensors Embedded in Shoes, NC Tech Madness Champion Aims to Pioneer Locomotion for VR Gamers
When a two-time startup founder purchased his first virtual reality headset in 2015, he observed something about the device that both intrigued and annoyed him. Though the headset provided the overall immersive VR gaming experience he’d expected, Jeff Guard was disappointed at how difficult it was to move his...
Read MoreExecutive Exchange: AT&T at the forefront of IoT
The Internet of Things (IoT) is “A wide ranging technology quickly expanding to more aspects of our lives and our economy, Venessa Harrison, AT&T president for North Carolina told the WRAL Executive Exchange IoT event Tuesday morning. “AT&T is at the forefront,” of the IoT revolution, she said. “In fact, we were the first telecom company to establish an Emerging Device organization back in November 2008. Today, we’ve certified more than 2,200 types of connected devices. As of the first quarter this year, excluding smartphones and tablets, AT&T has more than 23 million connected devices. “ She added, “The...
Read MoreThe Internet of Things opens up vast opportunities
The Internet of Things, already a $665.8 billion dollar business, is slated to hit $1.7 trillion dollars by 2020. “That’s a lot of new stuff to take advantage of,” Jim Davis of SAS told a full house at WRAL’s Internet of Things event Tuesday morning. “There really is a tremendous opportunity out there,” he added. Davis noted that while we’ve all heard of the connected home with lights, toasters and refrigerators connected to the web, the Internet of Things encompasses much more. For instance, he said, “Look at the modern oil well out there in the North Sea. If...
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