On this week's Internet of Things Podcast, Stacey interviews Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, discussing a future version of the internet that is cheaper, distributed and not beholden to Google, Amazon and Facebook. Stacey and Matthew also discuss … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Sept. 28, 2018
Amazon wants a voice in homebuilding: Typically, Amazon’s Alexa Fund invests in voice technology startups, but now Amazon has a foot in the door of home construction. The Alexa Fund joined Obvious Ventures in a $6.7 million funding round for Plant … [Read more...]
Cloudflare aims to create a “third place” for computing jobs
This week, Cloudflare introduced its Workers platform to the world as a new form of edge computing. The news is worth taking a closer look at given all the intense focus on edge computing today. For example, the telcos are all pushing forward with … [Read more...]
Podcast: New toys, Pi Day and insect-tracking LIDAR
We have reached the purported end of Broadcom’s bid for Qualcomm, so Kevin and I finally shared our thoughts on the topic. After that we discussed a murder that was solved using evidence from connected devices, Google Routines and Strava’s privacy … [Read more...]
Iotium: Making a business out of IoT security
Connecting a business process or even a building isn't as easy as adding a few connected sensors and pointing them to a cloud platform. In the early days of the internet of things, companies are still struggling with custom drivers to connect things, … [Read more...]