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Mobile World Congress 2024: The Future of Connectivity

Industry leaders, emerging start-ups and tech giants gathered at Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona to explore the future of connectivity in a...

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Mobile World Congress 2024 daily recap: 5G versus 6G

Should we be looking forward to 6G or focus on advancing 5G opinions? wondered panellists on stage at MWC 2024.

Technology : Event : Robotics

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Mobile World Congress 2024 daily recap: app-less phones, transparent laptops and flying cars

Monday marked the beginning of Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona.

Technology : Mobile World Congress : Lenovo

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5G enables the world’s first multi-location music lesson

Jazz musician Jamie Cullum leads the low-latency lesson connecting musicians in London, Birmingham and Bristol.

Technology : Communication : Media

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Stat: Mobile devices to lead internet use in 2025

Almost 73% of global internet users will be mobile-only by 2025.

Digital : Technology : Mobile

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Desktop romance

Global – Dating app Tinder has launched its first desktop application in a bid to streamline the service for users.

Tinder : Dating : Neo-kinship

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Preview: Gateway Garments

US – Electronics brands are creating smart fabrics that turn garments into digital interfaces.

Textiles : Smart Fabrics : Smart Garments

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Switched on

Global – Facebook’s OpenCellular device will bring mobile connectivity to rural areas of the developing world.

Facebook : OpenCellular : Connectivity

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Gen Viz : An introduction

London – LS:N Global journalist Maks Fus-Mickiewicz introduces Gen Viz, the second of three macrotrends from our Spring/Summer 2016 Trend Briefing.

Gen Viz : Visual-first Culture : Communication

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CES 2016 Review: Part 1

At International CES 2016 the technology world responded to consumer sentiment and lifestyles affecting our lives in the coming years.

CES 2016 : Connectivity : Wearables

Macro Trends

New Bricolage Living

Identity used to be something that you were born with. Age, race, gender and nationality were firmly fixed and determined your place in the world....

Third-stage Globalisation : Life-lodging : Connectivity

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Lighting the way

Global – The humble LED lightbulb could hold the future to a ubiquitous and more secure internet, says li-fi technology pioneer pureLiFi.

PureLiFi : Light Fidelity : Connectivity

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Browse anywhere

UK – Smartphones have overtaken laptops as internet users’ number one device.

Ofcom : Mobile Browsing : 4G

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Connected world

South Korea – Some of Vimeo’s most creative film-makers have teamed up with Samsung for a new series that discusses the essence of connectivity.

Samsung : Vimeo : Connected Series

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Digital detox

Baden-Baden, Germany – Five-star spa resort Villa Stéphanie has come up with a novel way to help its guests relax.

Villa Stéphanie : Baden-Baden : Germany

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Preview: Future Food District

Milan Expo 2015 – In a preview of this week’s Innovate, we explore the digital supermarket for the information-hungry shopper.

SENSEable City Lab : Coop : Future Food District

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Guilty Generation M

Global – A new study from Harris Poll reveals the rise of Generation M (for mobile), a growing demographic of hyper-connected professionals mixing ...

Gen M : MobileIron : Bleisure

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Montblanc creates new line of luxury smartwatches

Luxury Swiss watchmaker Montblanc has released the TimeWalker Urban Speed e-Strap, its first entry into the burgeoning smartwatch market.

Withings : Montblanc : Timewalker

Viewpoints

Shawn DuBravac: Sensors change everything

According to Shawn DuBravac, the real second phase of the internet starts now.

Shawn DuBravac : Internet Of Things : Smart Objects

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Neil McFarland: The war over freemium

Freemium has changed the mobile gaming landscape and started a pseudo-war between gamers and developers.

Ustwo : Freemium : Gaming

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Start-up aims to connect emerging markets to internet

Outernet is a global broadcast data start-up that plans to address the fact that about two-thirds of the world’s population still lacks internet ...

Outernet : The Dawn Of The Mega-systems : Emerging Markets

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iPhone-enabled hearing aid for digital boomers

iPhone-enabled hearing aid for digital boomers.

Hearing Aid : Beltone : Hearing

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Web wonder: France televisions curate the smart city

Paris – At international start-up conference Le Web, held in Paris from 10 to 12 December 2013, French public broadcaster France Télévisions brough...

Connectivity : Dick Lantim : Sensorit

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Future Home: Google unveils life-enhancing apps

Future Home: Google unveils life-enhancing apps.

Google : London : Connectivity

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Apps signal new era of connectivity on the road

Apps : Connectivity : Juniper Research