Here comes Tretur, Ikea's relatively inexpensive smart blinds: After rumors, hints, and leaks, Ikea's smart blinds are finally a real thing. Dubbed Tretur, these shades will cost between $113 and $181, depending on window size, when they arrive on … [Read more...]
Podcast: Meet the Digital Standard for IoT security and privacy
The battle for more secure IoT products will get its day in court now that a judge has rejected requests for summary judgment in a case pitting the FTC against D-Link. The agency called out D-Link for making insecure routers and cameras. Now, the … [Read more...]
The stocks I care about for the IoT
Every year or so I take a look at the publicly traded companies I track from an earnings perspective to see which firms belong in the pack and which don't. I figured that you guys might wonder which companies I monitor, as either indicators of IoT … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Nov. 2, 2018
Amazon releases its new Echo Show presentation language: One day we will look back on html and the original web and realize that we lived in a Garden of Eden where one markup language allowed you to write for pretty much every browser. Those days are … [Read more...]
Why smart home hardware is a difficult business
Trying to build a business selling connected consumer devices is fraught with uncertainty, according to the SEC filings from Sonos and Arlo detailing their attempts to sell an initial public offering. Digging through their respective S-1 filings … [Read more...]