Will you let Walmart in your home to stock the pantry? If you thought fleet management software was an exciting prospect, you will love this radical new delivery solution. In a new partnership with smart lock maker August, Walmart is testing a new … [Read more...]
Can’t find your phone at home? Let your Amazon Echo or Google Home help
Surely this has happened to you or to someone you know: You put your phone down at home, walk away and a few minutes later, you’re wondering where you left it. There are a number of services, apps, third-party skills and Bluetooth trackers to help in … [Read more...]
How to sync Fitbit data to Apple Health (or Health to Fitbit)
Around this time last year, I moved my fitness tracking from a Fitbit Surge to an Apple Watch Series 2. I loved the Fitbit, but I prefer to listen to music during my daily run. I kept my Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi scale, however, and still use it daily. … [Read more...]
Nest debuts Nest Secure home system and has a Thread router called Nest Connect
It's almost hard to believe that then Google, now Alphabet, bought Nest in January, 2014 when looking at Nest's evolving product line since then. There's been very little notable Google influence. With several new hardware products announced today, … [Read more...]
Why is enterprise IoT trending down? Business understanding of IoT benefits
Over the weekend, I read an interesting CompTIA article based on a survey of 500 businesses regarding planning for modern IT architectures. Much of the content didn't surprise me: IT planning has been and will continue to be a challenge based on … [Read more...]