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Why messaging and texting over LoRa networks isn’t likely to happen

On our latest IoT Podcast episode, we take a question that Adam left on our IoT Voicemail hotline. Adam was thinking that the wireless spectrum used by Amazon Sidewalk and other decentralized LoRaWAN networks might be useful for communications. … [Read More...]

Smart speakers must pivot to services

by Blake Kozak After less than a decade of existence, the smart speaker market is already mature. But unless smart speakers are released with services or features that bridge industries, they risk becoming the next digital photo frame. Since … [Read More...]

Podcast: Smart screws and massive IoT

This week's show was recorded a few hours before the annual Google I/O event so we didn't discuss the new Pixel Watch, but we do discuss Google's thoughts on the Matter smart home standard from an article in The Verge, which Kevin also tied to a … [Read More...]

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Maybe we should be talking to our connected devices instead of our smart homes

Last week, I read reports of Sonos creating its own voice assistant for the company's audio speaker products. My first reaction? "That's just stupid," I thought. What's the benefit of doing that when … [Read More...]

Move over, remote monitoring; supply chains are the new black

After several years of using COVID-19 to sell their digital transformation efforts, hardware and software companies focused on the industrial IoT are now pitching supply chain intelligence (with a … [Read More...]

We need laws and regulations on data use and privacy

If nothing else, the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would end the right to privacy allowing women to get abortions should serve as a scary wake-up call to companies that have vast stores of … [Read More...]

Can you set up custom sound notifications with Alexa or other digital assistants?

On our latest IoT Podcast episode, we take a question that Keith left on our IoT Voicemail hotline. He wants to set up custom sound notifications in his smart home because he sometimes has a difficult … [Read More...]

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IoT news of the week for May 6, 2022

That's a lot of LoRaWANs! The LoRa Alliance says that LoRaWAN networks rose by 66% in the last three years. The Alliance didn't report base numbers, but did provide an analyst quote saying that by … [Read More...]

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