FOUR WAYS REMOTE MONITORING ( IOT ) CAN TRANSFORM COFFEE SHOPS Sam Roberts , Sector Director at mpro5 ., discusses the potential of IoT in hospitality and catering environments – specifically , coffee shops .

BRIGHT DATA RESEARCH SHOWS DATA IS VITAL TO THE METAVERSE Over half of technology leaders believe that data will be vital for sustaining the Metaverse .

VODAFONE : NETWORK SLICING AND ITS ROLE IN 5G Following Vodafone and Ericsson ’ s creation of the UK ’ s first on-demand 5G network slice , we take a look at the concept in more detail .

Going to Work in the Metaverse – postings on popular job site , Adzuna , soar for ‘ metaverse ’ jobs as the phenomenon explodes .

‘ Metaverse ’ jobs ( February 2022 )

� MOTOROLA Once thought to have slipped out of the mobile phone race forever , Motorola is back — registering the third highest sales of any smartphone OEM in the US market last year , doubling its 2020 sales . Hello , Moto !

� NOTHING OnePlus founder Carl Pei ’ s new smartphone startup , Nothing , is generating a whole heap of buzz and recently announced plans to launch its first smartphone ( aimed squarely at Apple ’ s corner of the market , not at OnePlus ’) this summer .

� APPLE The third generation iPhone SE has had a mixed reception from reviewers – but it ’ s the crisis in Ukraine that ’ s reportedly caused enough instability to prompt Apple to cut production of the budget device this quarter by “ two-tothree million units ”.

� NIGERIA ’ S TELECOM NETWORK Thanks to a swapping state lockdown of telecom infrastructure , Nigerian telecom operators recently threatened major service blackouts as the latest stage of tense negotiations between their industry and the state .

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