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George Carlin said it best: “A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.” If he were around today, Carlin would say that the Internet is just a way to connect all our stuff while we go out looking for more stuff to connect. The earliest references to an “Internet of Things” goes back to prehistoric times—1999.... More Info

Smart cities, smart sprinklers, and smart cars: July brought news of fascinating developments in and applications for IoT technology. And that’s even before the new Nokia Open Innovation Challenge global competition truly gets underway.... More Info

As Pipeline enters its 15th volume, it causes me take pause. Over the last 15 years, we've seen—and covered—a lot of topics.... More Info

There’s a scene in Noah Baumbach’s film While We’re Young in which a group of friends, in conversation, is trying to recall the name of the almond-based “candy that they sometimes make into pigs or little fruits.” After a few seconds of thinking and a few failed attempts at recalling the word (“I want to say baklava, but that’s a Greek dessert…”), one character, played by Ben Stiller, reaches for his phone to look it up. But that move is thwarted by his conversation mates, a couple of idealistic young hipsters who suggest they try to remember it on their own, insisting that looking it up is too easy…... More Info

During the early days of our telecommunications infrastructure, copper wires were the only pathway necessary to connect consumer communications needs. Voices speaking on either end of a telephone line, coupled to a complex network of switches transmitting an analog signal, were at one time the greatest accomplishment of the 20th century.... More Info