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How Big is IoT? This new wave of connectivity is going beyond laptops and smartphones, it’s going towards connected cars, smart homes, connected wearable, smart cities and connected healthcare. Basically a connected life. According to Garner report, by 2020 connected devices across all technologies will reach to 20.6 billion. Woah! that’s a huge number. 10 Real World Applications of IoT : 1. Smart Home 2. Wearables 3. Connected Cars 4. Industrial Internet 5. Smart Cities 6. IOT in agriculture 7. Smart Retail 8. Energy Engagement 9. IOT in Healthcare 10. IOT in Poultry and Farming ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- End Notes : The future of IoT is more fascinating than this where billions of things will be talking to each other and human intervention will become least. IoT will bring macro shift in the way we live and work. I hop...

Privacy advice for smart homes, manufacturers putting malware on Android phones and why is Google still tracking you? So-called smart homes with Internet-connected voice assistants like Amazon Alexa or Google Home and linked to a variety of home appliances are hip. But they also can be security and privacy risks. I had a chat this week about the problem with Tony Anscombe, global security evangelist for the security firm ESET about the problems. He was in Toronto on the weekend for the Rogers Cup tennis tournament, where ESET is co-sponsor, and offered a number of tips listeners can take to reduce risks. First, before you buy a connected product search on the Internet to see if it has reported security problems. These would include whether it’s been hacked, the inability to update software or firmware, and whether it comes with a password that can’t be changed. Second, you don’t have to connect all devices to your assistant. That’s because it may store interactions with you t...

Driving licence and car registrations stored digitally in  DigiLocker  and  mParivahan  must be accepted by traffic police, eliminating the need to carry physical versions of the documents while driving. This DigiLocker-centric directive came from the Road Transport and Highways Ministry as an advisory for states to ensure documents in electronic form can be presented using government platforms. Documents stored in DigiLocker and mParivahan must be treated at par with their physical copies issued by the transport departments. The advisory clarified the two platforms have the facility to pull a citizen's documents in an electronic form. It added that the data related to insurance of new vehicles and renewal of insurance is also being uploaded by the Insurance Information Board on the database on a daily basis and the same is reflected on the mParivahan and eChallan app of the Ministry. "This is in response to a number of grievances/RTI applications re...

Washington:  Microsoft's Indian-origin CEO Satya Nadella has netted over $35 million after selling almost one-third of his common shares in the software giant. Nadella sold 328,000 shares in multiple trades at prices ranging from $109.08 to $109.68 as the stock trades near a record price. The stock sale, disclosed in a regulatory filing yesterday, netted Nadella more than $35 million. Microsoft shares have soared 53 per cent in the past year, closing the week at $109. The record closing price was $110.83 on July 25.

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