Heading into the holiday weekend, Kevin and I share what we're thankful for (mostly y'all, our sponsors, each other, and Thread), while also talking about the sad sale of Tile to Life360. We also discuss Clevr, Qeexo, and efforts to make AI … [Read more...]
Podcast: Explaining the IoT’s latest $11B deal
The industrial automation world got a jolt of news with Emerson combining some of its industrial IoT software businesses with AspenTech in an $11 billion transaction. We explain why the deal matters and what it means, before hopping over to discuss … [Read more...]
Can you make your own devices that work with Amazon Sidewalk?
On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Chris called in asking about Amazon's Sidewalk network. He wants to know if he can make his own devices that work with Sidewalk now. Since this low-range, wide-area network only went live last month, it's a … [Read more...]
With Tile deal Amazon’s Sidewalk network just became more interesting
Tile, the company that pioneered Bluetooth tracking tags, said its devices will work with Amazon's Sidewalk Network starting in July. The news is notable for two reasons. The first is that it expands Amazon's Sidewalk network considerably and the … [Read more...]
Podcast: CES and GE Lighting is betting on Cync
This week Kevin and I discuss Allegion's acquisition of Yonomi, and what that means for those of you using the cloud service or consumers using the app. We then turn to a mention of the rebranding of GE Lighting after its acquisition by Savant last … [Read more...]