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• Bank of Queensland squares away payment deal

  Bank of Queensland (BOQ) has struck a deal with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s Square to market contactless and chip card payments to small businesses.

• Servo chain keeps its cool with IoT solution

  Peregrine Corporation is piloting an Internet of Things solution and it’s already having an impact. If successful it could be rolled out to 260 sites across the state.

• Faster, longer-range Bluetooth 5 to reach devices soon

  A new version of the ubiquitous Bluetooth, version 5 -- which will be faster and pair devices wirelessly over longer distances -- is close to being finalized.

• Microsoft, Raspberry Pi want you to launch Pi 3-based IoT, smart-home businesses

  Microsoft and Raspberry Pi want people to build businesses and start Kickstarter campaigns around cool devices making use of the new Raspberry Pi 3 computer.

• ​NAB to debut core banking platform this month

  National Australia Bank will begin rolling out its ‘personal banking origination platform’ this month, following a successful pilot last year in contact centres and branches in the North Territory and South Australia.

• For future wearables, the network could be you

  UC San Diego researchers have developed a magnetic-field network to link wearable devices through the user's body.

• ARM wants to make Bluetooth kinder on batteries, more IoT-friendly

  With the Internet of Things in mind, ARM wants to improve the battery life of sensors that use Bluetooth, making it efficient enough to be powered using energy harvesting.

• Why I don’t have to buy an Apple Watch

  The time is coming for each of us to decide – do we buy this new Apple Watch or not?

• Bluetooth starts weaving its mesh for IoT

  Backers of Bluetooth plan to give the technology a way to form mesh networks, dramatically extending its range and potentially its role in the Internet of Things.

• Did you mean 'give me a Twix bar?': Google slides into vending machines

  A new Google project aims to create nothing less than an open standard for the entire "Internet of Things," which the company's Chrome team is calling the Physical Web.

• Cloud-savvy Bluetooth 4.1 to reach devices by year end

  Bluetooth 4.1, due out by the end of the year, will directly connect devices to cloud services.

• In Pictures: 12 Bluetooth gadgets for geeks

  Bluetooth, the short range wireless data communications technology, is in a huge range of products these days, and not just computers and phones.

• In Pictures: 10 cool Bluetooth devices for your iPhone or Android

  The smartphone is the new computer, and wireless peripherals are popping up everywhere

• 5 Things You Need to Know About Bluetooth Low Energy

  BLE -- which Apple calls iBeacon -- could be used for smart homes, retail geofencing and mobile payments, if privacy and security issues are addressed.

• Archos turns to Bluetooth Low Energy to monitor activities in the home

  French tablet maker Archos is using a tweaked version of Bluetooth Low Energy to monitor and control smart devices around the home.