Viva Las CES: 2018 Show preview
Around this time last year I wrote a blog looking back at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. This year, to take my mind off the first week back at work in cold, stor
Mobile World Congress: A call to action
A collective “Is it that time of year already!?” resonated around the Babel office earlier this week, as the GSMA’s MWC registration email landed in our inboxes. Yet preparat
What makes a smart city?
What makes a smart city? What makes a successful smart home device? The answer from last week’s Smartsummit conference is clear – unless humans catch up, collaborate & shar
Smart farming: harnessing agritech
We’re going through a transitional period in British farming, which is largely going unnoticed by those outside the industry. Trends in diet and lifestyle – the rise of veganis
London gets Smart to the IoT
How can businesses harness the internet of things to generate revenue? That’s the question this week’s Smart IoT London show promised to explore. You may not have been able to
MWC: The guided tour
We’re at the midpoint of Mobile World Congress, and as there’s so much to see and such little time left, I decided to turn technology tourist and take part in an ‘Emerging Te
Opening the IoT bottleneck: stuck at standards
What do chargers in the EU, cigarette packets in the UK, cucumbers in Asia, and bidets in Japan all have in common? Hint: it’s the one thing causing a major bottleneck in IoT. Ye
Tackling the bottleneck in IoT
The future is here. In theory. The digitalisation of almost every aspect of our lives means that an IoT future, where all people, devices and services are connected, is inevitable.
Whatever your resolutions and predictions, security must still be paramount
Ok, it’s a pretty obvious statement, but now is the time of year when every publication (and PR agency blog for that matter) is filled with pieces looking at predictions and reso
5G – an open opportunity that can still be defined
In early 2013, when I had just started working in telecoms PR, LTE was the hottest topic in the sector. With speeds twice as fast 3G, it transformed the way people used their phone