Tag: Internet of things

Slow as EDSA Traffic

Visualization from Akamai’s State of the Internet report on connectivity for Q3 2016. / www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet by Mark Christofer Manalo   The Internet of Things (or IoT) has been called the next Industrial Revolution. Although this sounds like typical tech hype, various papers and studies have been published that say, yes, the Internet of Things can change the way we work and live.   The McKinsey Global Institute predicted back in 2015 that “the IoT has a […]

Lenovo looks beyond computers with slick new phones

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Chinese computer titan Lenovo showed off a keenly-awaited Tango smartphone on Thursday as it focused on a future at the heart of the Internet of Things. A market-ready PHAB2 Pro smartphone imbued with Google-created Tango augmented reality technology was given star treatment at a Lenovo Tech World gathering in San Francisco. PHAB2 can sense and map its surroundings, enabling holograms to be overlaid on real world settings for anything […]

ASEAN: Internet of things for smart farming

Malaysia is exploring the use of internet of things (IOT) technologies for agriculture in the ASEAN region, driven by collaboration between government and the private sector. Serene Chan, Industry Manager, ICT at Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific, said Malaysia is leading the way in the use of IOT for agriculture in the region. For example, remote sensing technology can reveal irregularities in crops before they can affect a large volume of produce, said Enrico Paringit, […]