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	Samsung, Arm and Nest launch Thread Group to tie home IoT devices together Google's Nest subsidiary and heavy hitters including Samsung Electronics and Arm Holdings are launching the latest bid to make sensors, cameras, appliances and other devices in homes easily talk to each other.Machines are already communicating around consumers' homes, while others are chatting in factories and power grids. But what's out there today is more a collection of different networks than the Internet of Things that's supposed to transform our lives. The point of IoT is the data points it collects and the things it can control. The more of those that come into play, the more useful it will be.That's the purpose of the new specification, called Thread, which was announced on Tuesday and is expected to appear in certified products starting next year. 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(And it consistently modifies each generation of the Android OS with various Samsung customizations.)It's hard to know whether the two companies quietly hate each other while remaining diplomatic in public as they wrestle over a variety of mobile initiatives in the spirit of "competing while cooperating."MORE ON NETWORK WORLD: iPhoneys: Apple iPhone 6 concepts Some economists call that "co-opetition." However you define it, this is a relationship that needs to undergo big changes in the next two years as Samsung tries to find ways to stay profitable beyond producing multiple new versions of its smartphones and tablets.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   WHITE PAPER: Symantec Archiving Is More Than E-mail Some IT professionals assume that archiving is mostly related to e-mail and that it is done mainly to support regulatory compliance. Nothing could be further from the truth. As a data-management process, archiving yields a wide variety of operational benefits beyond regulatory adherence. Learn more! Samsung Gear Live review: Android shrinks for your wrist Samsung Gear Live review: Android shrinks for your wrist The Samsung Gear Live has a vibrant display and convenient phone-free text messaging and note taking, but Melissa Aparicio of IDG News Service thinks the smartwatch doesn't yet offer a compelling... From: Network World Views: 10 1 ratings Time: 02:08 More in Science & Technology Read More   There's almost a million fake apps targeting your phone Fake apps dressed up to look like official ones but actually designed to steal user data are increasingly targeting Android phone users, according to a study by Trend Micro.The company looked at the top 50 free apps in Google's Play Store and then searched Google's app store and others to see if fake versions existed. It found fake versions existed for 77 percent of the apps. The fake apps are often made to look like the real ones and have the same functions, but carry a dangerous extra payload."We've been tracking the activity of malicious or high-risk apps for nearly five years," said JD Sherry, vice president of technology and solutions at Trend Micro. "The potential for people to slip things past the gate and appear legitimate is much easier."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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