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Hybrid estate agency YOPA is expanding into the Midlands after proving a hit with vendors in other parts of the country. (l-r) YOPA founders Andrew Barclay [father owns 50 % Telegraph Media Group ] , David Jacobs, Dan Attia ,Alistair Barclay[ brother is Co -founder and father also owns other 50 % Telegraph Media Group ]. London-based YOPA – which stands for Your Online Property Agent – is rolling out nationally and running a major advertising campaign across TV, radio, printed media and online. The expansion into the Midlands follows successful pre-Christmas pilots in the Granada and Meridian regions and their launch in Yorkshire. The move sees YOPA recruit Leanne Jordan as its central regional director to lead its push in the region. She will work across the region to help provide valuations and support to any homeowners wanting to sell their property via the website – meaning there are no physical branches. Joint managing director Daniel Attia said: “Vendors who have us...

Major industry leaders who are invested in the future of the Internet of Things, announced they will unify as the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF), an entity whose goal will be to help unify IoT standards so that companies and developers can create IoT solutions and devices that work seamlessly together. Via cross-industry collaboration, the OCF will work towards unlocking the massive opportunity of the future global IoT segment, accelerate industry innovation and help all developers and companies create solutions that map to a single, open IoT interoperability specification. Ultimately, with OCF specifications, protocols and open source projects, a wide-range of consumer, enterprise and embedded devices and sensors from a variety of manufacturers, can securely and seamlessly interact with one another. OIC Demo CES 2015 The OCF unifies the entirety of the former Open Interconnect Consortium with leading companies at all levels – silicon, software, platform, and fi...