The Internet of Things is neither hype nor hope, but moving to a world of billions of interconnected, secure, easy-to-use devices with a profitable business model is anything but simple.

That was the consensus of a panel here (March 14) at Bluetooth…

A journalist recently said to me:

“The trouble with IoT is that it isn't making a visible difference yet.”

I had to disagree, at least in part. IoT IS making a difference but a key part of that difference isn't visible: The connected microcontroller…

It has been year since ARM got into the Bluetooth Smart business with the acquisition of Wicentric, a software company, which was followed up by the purchase of Sunrise Micro Devices, a radio IP company.  Both companies became the nucleus of ARM’s new…