Compal spruces up its PC and smart device business
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Aiming to double its share price

Compal will carry out further improvements and integration of its PC and smart device departments, and boost its non-PC revenues and overall profitability its newly appointed president CP Wong has claimed.

Qualcomm and Gizwits team up on IoT
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First commercial IoT development platform supporting upgrade to LTE IoT

Qualcomm has teamed up with IoT development platform maker Gizwits to create a breakthrough in IoT development solutions by working toward delivering the world’s first commercial 2G cellular modules with field upgrades to LTE IoT (eMTC/Cat-M1 and NB-IoT/Cat-NB1).

Fitbit has five staff members facing criminal charges
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Its woes get worse

Fitness watch maker Fitbit is having a few financial problems at the moment, but things appear to be getting worse after six of its staff are facing criminal charges for nicking technology.

Sharp's path to IoT littered with litter
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Intelligent loo for cats

Sharp's IoT plans have entered into a new category which should see some fur flying with competitors who might go a bit potty.

Smart devices will quintuple
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All thanks to 5G say swedish seers

The number of connected smart devices is set to quintuple over the next five years as new high speed 5G networks become available to handle their traffic, according to telecom equipment maker Ericsson.