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Computerworld Emerging Technologies Feb 24, 2016 Wearables in the enterprise? Yes, really! Think wearables are just a consumer fad? Think again. Here's how companies like DHL, Lee Company and Southern Co. are making a business case for wearables. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Visa shows in-car payments and with a wave of your hand • Pepper, a humanoid robot, will make first appearance in U.S. businesses this year • Smart city tech connects cars and bikes with big data at MWC (with video) • White House sees robots taking well-paying jobs • Artificial intelligence needs your data, all of it • Virtual reality just got serious, and you should be paying attention • The IoT network rivalry is heating up and going global • Facebook to begin testing its Internet drone this year • Beyond Centrino: Intel drives device changes for a 5G world White Paper: Iron.io Internet of Things: Patterns for Building Real Worlds Systems The rapid growth of connected devices is poised to revolutionize the Internet as we know it, covering everything from our bodies to the planet. Read More ▶ Visa shows in-car payments and with a wave of your hand As Internet of Things devices become ubiquitous, consumers will someday pay for gas, parking and tolls from their cars without using a credit card or even stepping out of the vehicle. Read More ▶ Pepper, a humanoid robot, will make first appearance in U.S. businesses this year More than 10,000 Pepper robots are in use in other countries, primarily Japan, for both business and consumer use. Read More ▶ Smart city tech connects cars and bikes with big data at MWC (with video) Smart city technologies are on display again at MWC, and this year they're more advanced than ever. Read More ▶ White House sees robots taking well-paying jobs Robotics use is growing. The critical question is whether new job creation can happen quickly enough to offset the losses. Read More ▶ Artificial intelligence needs your data, all of it Today's concerns about giving up privacy will seem quaint in the coming years. A.I. will need everything, and we'll happily give it. Read More ▶ Virtual reality just got serious, and you should be paying attention If you haven't been paying attention to virtual reality, now might be a good time to start. In a series of announcements at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, some of the biggest names in smartphones, consumer electronics and social media have given the technology a major boost. Read More ▶ The IoT network rivalry is heating up and going global San Diego-based Ingenu, one of several companies and industry groups vying to connect things over power-efficient IoT networks, is going global and has licensing deals in China, Australia and other countries. Read More ▶ Facebook to begin testing its Internet drone this year Facebook will begin test flights of its solar-powered Internet drone later this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said. Read More ▶ Beyond Centrino: Intel drives device changes for a 5G world Intel sparked a wireless revolution in 2003 with its Centrino program to connect laptops over Wi-Fi, and now the emerging 5G standard could bring another big change in the way devices communicate. Read More ▶ White Paper: Iron.io Microservices: Patterns for Building Modern Applications Microservices have transformed the way developers are building and deploying applications in the era of modern cloud infrastructure. Read More ▶ Transformation That's All About the Customer Check out our February Digital Magazine, with a cover story on how organizations are focusing their re-engineering efforts on customer demands. Also inside: How humanitarian groups are using big data to improve response efforts, and the pros and cons of an open-source career. The magazine also includes News Analysis, Opinions and Shark Tank -- all free for download with registration. View the magazine here ▶ Subscribe to Computerworld Daily News Sign up for our popular, twice-daily tech news newsletter. You'll get Computerworld's up-to-the-minute top stories of the day, both first thing in the morning and late in the afternoon (ET). We deliver breaking news on topics like the latest security threats and the newest mobile devices, in-depth features about enterprise technologies and IT careers, and authoritative analyses of moves made by tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM and HP. Sign up now ▶ Subscribe to CSO's Security Awareness Weekly Sign up for a weekly roundup of features, news, tips and analysis on security awareness delivered to your inbox on Mondays. Sign up now ▶ Computerworld Job Board Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted. Check them out now ▶

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