Wireless tech news from around the Web.
> Apple's former Siri chief is now creating a connected device platform at Samsung. Article
> Cisco Systems bought the remainder of Insieme that it did not already own and unveiled the startup's first products, which offer an alternative to software-defined networking (SDN) in the data center. Article
> A Motorola patent indicates interest in an electronic neck "tattoo" that could be a microphone. Article
> The Los Angeles school district put on hold its ambitious but beleaguered iPad program after students hacked into the devices. Article
> ABI said the market for mobile broadband modems and routers will show 0 percent growth this year, due to declining USB volumes offset by increased numbers of mobile hotspot routers and embedded modem modules. Release
> Tele2 is getting ready to launch VoLTE in Sweden and the Netherlands. Article
> Juniper Research predicted the number of mobile augmented reality users will reach 200 million in 2018. Article
> The Wireless Research Center of North Carolina was certified as a CTIA Authorized Test Lab. Release
And finally… For Veterans Day, one can find lots of intriguing apps that honor wartime heroes, including the World War Two Memorial App on iTunes & Google Play. In Canada, Calgary's Field of Crosses now features QR codes on some individual monuments that let a smartphone pull up an online vignette about the soldier. Article