In previous blog posts, I have spoken about what I perceived to be the difference between the terms IoT and M2M....namely that IoT was a term that had a better mass-market appeal and is better served to be used to promote our industry to consumers. I had an interesting conversation with someone from the Oil and […]
Larry Bellehumeur
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"My Momma said these shoes will take me anywhere"
For those of you who do not recognize the quote, it is from one of the greatest movies of all time...Forrest Gump. In the movie, Forrest was able to stumble his way into some of the greatest trends/events in the past century and it appears that he was inadvertently talking about another popular trend....smart shoes. […] -
Can M2M save baseball?
\n\t If you are a baseball fan, there is a good chance that you have become familiar with the terms "UCL tear", "Tommy John surgery" and "lost for the season". In record numbers, pitchers in all levels are experiencing arm injuries at an incredible rate. What was once a rare occurrence, dozens of pitchers (including […] -
Lub-Dub, Lub-Dub…That is my new password
\n\t I think I now have about 15 different passwords that I use on a regular basis. One site wants 8 characters (one being a capital and one being a non-alphabetic character)....another wants no capitals and no numbers and another wants the combination of my first pet with the street that I grew up on. […] -
M2M is making cities smarter, but is that always better?
"Smile, you are on camera!" is a pretty common sign in some areas like taxi cabs and retail stores. The idea is to alert customers that their activities are being monitored. These signs are not always required, as it is often quite apparent that there is a big camera aimed right at you. For most of […] -
Wanted: People to follow me around Target when I buy new socks
\n\t Actually, as a disclosure, I don’t know where I get my socks from. My wife really likes to shop, so I haven’t bought anything (other than gifts for her) since we got married. I am only assuming that the socks come from Target. =) In all seriousness…Big Data is really starting to explode. Companies […] -
Is M2M just fuelling our addiction to machines a bit further?
"Car keys...check. Wallet...check. Sunglasses....check. Smartphone....wait, we need to drive back home, I can't live without it for a day". I actually always imagined that this accurately described me, and most people. Well, according to a survey in the Huffington Post, it does: -84 percent of respondents said that they could not go a single day […] -
Robots could replace half of US jobs with Big Data advances
Earlier this year I wrote a highly shared blog post regarding how a vast majority of entry level jobs could be replaced via some sort of M2M solution. Further to that thinking comes this Financial Post article which estimates that almost half (47%) of all current jobs could be phased out using some sort of automation (ranging from […] -
M2M Growth with Carriers: "It's like deja vu all over again"
\n\t \nFor those of you who aren't aware, the quote that I refer to is a famous one from Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra. It humorously refers to when you have seen something before, twice actually. I have the privilege of speaking at a lot of events and a number of them are focused […] -
"Moneyball" and M2M: The answers are in the data
M2M Applications As a long-time baseball fan, I really enjoyed the movie “Moneyball” when my wife and I saw it. I think she really liked it, but something tells me that had more to do with the fact that Brad Pitt was in it. Nevertheless, it did a great job highlighting how Billy Beane was […]