FRAMINGHAM - Wearables took a huge step forward over the past year and shipment volumes will exceed 19 million units in 2014, more than tripling last year's sales, a new study reports. From there, the global market will swell to 111.9 million units in 2018. Complex accessories (e.g., Nike+ FuelBand, Jawbone UP, and Fitbit devices)
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FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - Worldwide Wi-Fi cloud-managed infrastructure and managed services revenue will reach $653 million in 2014 and $2.5 billion by 2018. In recent years, cloud-managed Wi-Fi growth has been fueled by increased adoption in the midmarket and distributed enterprise (e.g., retail, K-12 education). "Enterprises are seeing the big picture and definitely considering cloud-managed Wi-Fi
ANN ARBOR - A majority of Americans, Australians and Britons believe that connected-vehicle technology will make driving safer, but most are also concerned about security and privacy, according to a University of Michigan survey. The UM poll found that about 30 percent of nearly 1,600 online respondents in the United States, Australia and the United
DETROIT - GreenLancer.com has signed a master service agreement with the Toronto-based solar energy company Pure Energies to supply blueprints and permit drawings for all the residential systems being installed by Pure Energies in California. ?We partnered with Pure Energies because of their unique online marketplace that empowers homeowners to go solar, save on their
CANTON - A German 3D printing company has announced it will locate its first U.S. facility in Michigan after representatives met with Gov. Rick Snyder in Germany. The company?s Michigan service center is expected to begin operations in Canton later this year and create 15-20 high-tech manufacturing jobs. Friedberg-based Voxeljet uses large-format 3D printers to
SOUTHFIELD - In the latest release of the 2014 PayScale College ROI Report, Lawrence Technological University ranked highest in the metropolitan Detroit area and placed in the top 100 colleges and universities nationwide. This report measures the return on investment and increased earning power generated by a college bachelor?s degree. The Seattle-based research firm looked
ANN ARBOR - Wayfair has selected LLamasoft as the standard application for supply chain network design and transportation route optimization throughout the company?s global enterprise. Wayfair is a U.S.-based Internet retailer offering home furnishings and d�cor from more than 12,000 brands, with just under $1 billion in revenues in 2013. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Wayfair
SEATTLE - The Fire TV streaming box was announced at Amazon's press event in New York this morning, focusing on improving search, performance, and gaming over competitors. The new box is already available for purchase from Amazon for $99, as well as the new gaming controller accessory, the Fire Game Controller, for $39. The Fire
SAN FRANCISCO - Alex Stamos, Yahoo?s new chief information security officer, announced several new implementations of encryption in Yahoo products fixing a glaring hole in the Web giant?s user security: Yahoo Messenger. "Preventing surveillance of millions of people at a time is totally within our ability," Stamos told a small gathering of reporters at Yahoo's