SaskPower ordered to remove all smart meters

As BlackBerry searches for its escape velocity, we need to keep and eye on one key question: Will BlackBerry be smart in the way the company applies its capital to acquisitions and how? BlackBerry is making its second major investment under its ...

(Updates with Snapchat user numbers in 10th paragraph.) July 30 (Bloomberg) -- Take that, Facebook Inc. A year after rebuffing a $3 billion takeover proposal from Mark Zuckerberg, Snapchat Inc. is in talks to raise money from Alibaba Group Holding ...

Cloud Connect will host in-depth workshops and a two-day summit at Interop New York to help IT leverage cloud to drive the business forward. Cloud Connect is partnering with Interop New York to bring its cloud-as-as-business-enabler programming to ...

Chinese mobile device maker Xiaomi has launched the Mi Band, a CNY79 (US$13) wristband that features sensors for health and fitness tracking and can be used to unlock the wearer's Xiaomi smartphone via BLE. Future plans for the Mi Band include ...

A new report from IHS Technology shows that the number of smart cities worldwide will quadruple within a 12-year period as governments partner with the private sector to address urban challenges. There will be at least 88 smart cities all over ...

BPC Banking Technologies , the leading provider of Open System payment solutions for the financial industry, announces the successful completion of the OMCARD Namibia project. Powered by the SmartVista installation at Payment Express (PEX), ...

SmartThings CEO Alex Hawkinson at home (CREDIT: Steve Voss) Alex Hawkinson just wanted to give his house a voice. In February 2011 Hawkinson, an executive at technology startup ReachLocal, headed up with his family to their remote cabin in the ...

N (Cision Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The creators of PhoneBuddy, a device that provides phone service and Internet access to mobile phones, seek crowdfunding. [image BEIJING, CHINA— Between a land line and a mobile phone package, staying ...

The Vocca is made to add voice control to old light bulbs. ActiVocal Even the slickest smartphone-linked light bulbs are impractical compared with simple, old school switches. According to gadget maker ActiVocal , the most intelligent interface ...