In the tech world, it's not enough to just have a good idea or good technology. The timing has to be right as well. For undersea networking company WFS Technologies, the time for its technology to gain wider adoption might just be now. The UK-based … [Read more...]
We’re far off from everything being delivered as a service
One of the rationales behind a corporate investment in IoT is that it provides the data needed to understand products and equipment so well that they will never go down. Because once a company can predict the behavior of a product or machine, it can … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for July 5, 2019
File this under understanding our computer overlords: When I talk to people about AI or computer vision there's a huge gap in understanding based on our own biology and self-centeredness. We don't realize that computers don't "see" like we do, nor do … [Read more...]
Podcast: How Amazon treats your Alexa data
This week Kevin and I read and discuss the letter from Amazon responding to inquiries about how it keeps and handles data. We go in-depth because it's important to discuss the tradeoff between services and privacy. We also discuss a company leaking … [Read more...]
Olisto is an IFTTT replacement that isn’t quite ready to replace IFTTT
If you don’t have a smart home hub but want to automate some of your devices, a service such as IFTTT or Yonomi are good options. But they’re not the only ones, they just have been around the longest. Enter Olisto as a relatively new option for both … [Read more...]