Alexa gets 2M ad-supported songs: The most commonly used smart speaker feature is listening to music, so it only makes sense that Amazon bring its Music service to Echo devices for free. And by free, I mean you won’t pay any fees but you will be … [Read More...]
Podcast: How to find connected devices in your home or enterprise
This week's show is all about visibility. Kevin and I get started discussing the new IoT Inspector program that tracks what devices are on your network and how they behave. In other surveillance, we talk about how easy it is to identify total … [Read More...]
Can you run an OpenHAB or Home Assistant smart home in the cloud?
Typically, people who use either the OpenHAB or Home Assistant open source smart home platforms tend to run the software on their own computer or a low-cost Raspberry Pi. Can you actually run these on cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud or … [Read More...]
More IoT News
It’s time for yet another chip for AI at the edge
This week, at the International Security Conference, vendors showed off new sensors and solutions for the security market. A notable trend at the show was a large influx of tech that will enable … [Read More...]
What we mean when we talk about digital twins
There's a lot of hype around digital twins these days. Most companies use the phrase to mean a collection of digital assets associated with a real-world device. They use them to understand how outside … [Read More...]
How to stop guests from voice controlling your smart home
An interesting and slightly amusing voicemail came in to the IoT Podcast Hotline this week: The caller's guests are changing his thermostat settings by voice when they come over. The issue isn't … [Read More...]
IoT news of the week for April 12, 2019
More layoffs at GE Digital: The software and digital transformation arm of GE is laying off a chunk of workers in California, further reducing the staff of the beleaguered business unit. The company … [Read More...]
Google’s Anthos and the death of Stringify
This week Kevin and I spend a chunk of the podcast discussing the end of Stringify and the other options available to users. We also talk about the need for an easy way to transfer automations from … [Read More...]