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The European Commission has signed off draft legislation which requires all new cars from 2015 to be fitted with an eCall device. It will actually call '112' but that wouldn’t have allowed me such a cheesy, obvious headline.

In almost every field that involves technology the standard expectations of what’s included changes with time, whether by popular demand, to keep up with competitors or by legal requirement.

Schneider Electric recently updated its Smart Cities technology portfolio, with a particular emphasis on three specific areas: real estate energy management, smart water networks, and its city management platform.

CEO Richard Halton has announced the service has hit 400,000 users and that expansion to internet channels along with a new Android app is on the way.

Everyone is clamouring to have a piece of the LTE pie, but in a bid to share slices equally, are we just confusing processes and, more importantly, consumers?

In the near future, TV white space devices will take to the air, creating a potential source of interference to your ability to receive the signals you rebroadcast. As the FCC proceeds with tests of databases to control those white space devices, it has simplified the steps necessary to ensure the protection to which you are entitled from those devices.

I find it interesting at Google’s annual I/O developer conference, the Mountain View-based company chose to showcase Samsung’s Galaxy S4 running the untouched, stock Android experience. But it begs the question – could Google be moving away from the Nexus line?

The year 2013 is seen by many as the year of the Internet of Everything, but it will still be many years until it reaches its full potential.