Connected Devices Weekly Update/2016-08-25: Difference between revisions

* Google's Thread [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/01/thread_and_ocf_form_alliance_for_iot_sanity joined] Open Connectivty Foundation, an '''IoT standards''' body. The groups' technologies do not overlap – Thread is a networking protocol, and the OCF produces application-level software – so the alliance is not going to remove one of the multiple clashes in the IoT market.

* '''Intel''' made a series of announcements: [http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/intel-joule-system-on-module-internet-of-things-developer-platform-2982600/ Intel Joule] - a platform for developers - [http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6814107-intel-dives-into-virtual-reality/ Project Alloy] - a VR headset aimed at developers - a partnership with Microsoft to work on VR and an [http://venturebeat.com/2016/08/17/intel-ai-deep-learning/ acquisition] of Nervana, an Artificial Intelligence company specialized in deep learning.

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