Google Smart City Stirs Up Controversy in Toronto
The tech giant’s Sidewalk Labs wants to put up a “smart city” on Toronto’s waterfront, but common civilians and tech experts alike are concerned about privacy and surveillance.
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Orange and Cisco SD-LAN Aim to Fix Stressed, Unsecure Networks
Orange Business Services and Cisco have teamed up to help take their customers’ digital transformations one step further. The two are working to build on their existing SD-WAN work to develop software defined LANs (SD-LAN) solutions in its Open Labs program. The Orange & Cisco SD-LAN solutions will be tailored to address individual customers’ business […]
Week in Review: Data Breaches, Communication Plans, InfoComm Products, Etc.
This week, June 17th-21st, 2019: the biggest data breaches of 2019, communications planning for digital signage, new products from InfoComm, and more.
Walmart Uses Computer Vision Technology to Track Thefts and Fraud at the Checkout Lanes
Walmart is using computer vision technology to track theft at checkout lanes, says a Business Insider article. This computer surveillance program is referred to by the retail chain as “Missed Scan Detection” and uses cameras to identify scanning errors or failures, the article says. “Cameras track and analyze activities at both self-checkout registers and those […]
Marketing Intelligence Platform PMG Alli Focuses Privacy and Engagement into a Singular View
PMG Alli, the new marketing intelligence platform from PMG, unifies advertisers’ data from disparate systems and provides “immediate business insights,” says the company. PMG cites data ownership, privacy, and a consumer demand for more relevant advertising content to be inspirations for their new marketing intelligence platform. “Today’s marketers are now tasked with externally delivering personalized messaging […]
Userful Cloud Negates Need for Connecting Hardware to Your Video Wall
As you know when it comes to video wall deployments — or any technology roll out — the more components you have to connect, the more potential that something could go wrong. That’s why Userful is getting accolades for its Userful Cloud digital signage software that eliminates the need for hardware on site for digital signage […]
Why Investors Put Over a Million into the Defendify Cybersecurity Platform
Over half of small businesses in the U.S. said they’ve experienced some kind of cyberattack within the past 12 months, says a Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report. Yet many lack a way to alert, diagnose, and solve these security concerns in a holistic way — and for a reasonable price. Recent funding gained by Defendify, a SaaS-delivered […]
The 5 Biggest Data Breaches in 2019 So Far (And How They Could Have Been Prevented)
IBM says in a study that the cost of lost business after a breach for US organizations is $4.2 million. It is evident, then, that the organizations involved in the 5 biggest data breaches in 2019 thus far will likely suffer a considerable economic blow. But if you read this data breaches list thinking, “these are mega-companies; the risk of a data […]
New York Landlord Seeks To Use Facial Recognition On Tenants
The controversial technology may be able to be regulated at the public level, but can we keep private entities from infringing on privacy rights?
IoT Adoption Survey from Metova Takes the Good (Adoption) with the Bad (Security Concerns)
Mobile, connected home and other IoT solutions company Metova announces the results of their second annual survey, which reveals consumer trends and feelings on IoT adoption. This year’s research shows less than 25% of over 1000 people surveyed feel like they have a “good understanding of what IoT is.” Yet, nearly 75% of consumers already […]
