The chaotic Internet of Things (IoT) space just got a bit less fragmented as an Australian consortium chose to back the Hypercat technology standard. The Hypercat Australia group recently launched its efforts as a counterpart to the UK-based alliance pushing the Hypercat standard. This comes against the backdrop of competing standards vying for dominance in the relatively new field of IoT

Snapchat was on the ropes after Instagram pretty much ripped it off in a major update rolling out its Stories feature over the summer. The Venice, CA-based social giant is answering this challenge by unveiling a new wearable camera that enables its users to send 10-second videos (called snaps) to their feed without having to raise their phones. Spectacles is Snapchat’s first hardware product, and it is essentially a pair of stylish sunglasses fitted with dual cameras positioned at the hinges on either side of the glasses’ lenses

If the founder of computer giant Acer has his way, Taiwan will be jumping into the smart city fray backed by public-private partnerships. An article by iTech Post reports on recent comments by Stan Shih that urged Taiwan toward further smart city development through collaboration with the private sector. Shih was speaking at a seminar on the advancement of smart cities hosted by the Industrial Technology Research Institute

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