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In-Text Citation: (Yatin, Hussain, Fitri, Aman, & Jamil, 2018)
To Cite this Article: Yatin, S. F. M., Hussain, H. M., Fitri, K. N. K., Aman, K., & Jamil, N. S. (2018). The Internet of Things (IoT) in Information Agencies. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(9), 464–475.
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