Last month, I wrote about IFTTT, a startup focused purely on IoT software.
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Ninja Blocks, SmartThings and Twine are great projects in the fast growing IoT industry.
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If there's a race to lead the Internet of Things (IoT), China aims to set the pace.
The biggest driver of datacenter expansion are the pervasiveness of smartphones and a new class of devices, nicknamed IoT, or Internet of Things.
Enterprises are also beginning to embrace IoT for tracking physical assets, managing customer relationships, and creating efficiencies in business operations and supply chains.
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At Sigfox we started with a blank piece of paper and designed what we believe to be the optimal network operator for IoT applications.
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After leading losing fights to use Chinese standards in 3G technology and wireless mobile standards, China is trying to get out front early on IoT.
Other corporate behemoths have previously spun the tale of the IoT.
Enterprises are still in the early stages of implementing IoT solutions.
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The larger goal of China's focus in IoT, analysts say, is to win a fight Beijing has long been losing -- setting international standards for new technology.
Formerly known as machine-to-machine communication, IoT until recently has been the province of large companies such as Microsoft and Cisco seeking to stake their claims to the technology.
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Relying on embedded computing and sensors, and driven by smartphone and tablet adoption, IoT in 2013 will witness an explosion of new uses by consumers and enterprises alike.
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However, 53 percent of companies surveyed said they planned to implement an IoT solution in the next 24 months, indicating that there is interest in a much more-connected future.
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The IoT will also help us optimize our planet.
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From a consumer stand point, an IoT will drive market fragmentation as organizations paint an ever more accurate picture of our world, customizing their products and services to every hyper-specific market segments.
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When it comes to consumer-level IoT, the classic example is Botanicalls, a dinky little product which sends plaintive tweets when the soil it is planted in becomes dry, to ensure plants stay watered.
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Though gaps in technology remain, for example, a trillion tiny sensors will need a power sources, IoT startups are making a leap of faith that current advances in sensing, computing and energy will be sufficient to unlock a new world of possibility.
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