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You are viewing ARCHIVED CONTENT released online between 1 April 2010 and 24 August 2018 or content that has been selectively archived and is no longer active. Content in this archive is NOT UPDATED, and links may not function.By Jared Newman
Unless you think of technology as a geeky hobby unto itself, giving an Internet connection to everyday objects might seem like a waste of energy. Who needs really needs an online toaster, anyway? But just as the Internet was easy to underestimate in its infancy, this new push to connect everyday devices—a concept known as the “Internet of Things”—is barely representative today of what it might become tomorrow. And the parallels go beyond just potential. Today’s Internet of Things faces a lot of challenges and setbacks reminiscent of the Internet of the ’90s. If tech firms can get over […]
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