After 20 years of business reporting, I feel like I've seen...not everything, but an awful lot. Then on Wednesday afternoon, Wink, the smart home hub owned by Will.i.am's investment firm, posted a blog and sent a notification to app users that next … [Read more...]
IoT News of the week for Nov. 10, 2017
Will.i.am is really into IoT: First the entertainer's investment firm bought the Wink smart home hub and now his company i.am+ raised $117 million to build Omega, an enterprise voice platform. The startup's first customer is Deutsche Telekom, which … [Read more...]
DefCon’s Greatest Hacks and the Internet of Twizzlers
This week on the Internet of Things Podcast, Stacey Higginbotham and Kevin Tofel talk about news from Defcon, efforts to hack the Amazon Echo and give their take on the Senate’s new IoT security bill. (Hint: they're not that impressed.) They also … [Read more...]