I spent a lot of time this week talking about personal assistants thanks to Google finally announcing its operating system for the internet of things (dubbed Android Things) and taking its Weave communications protocol out of developer preview. The … [Read more...]
Google has good AI, but it’s not smart enough
Google has released a new API for developers that will allow them to create chatbots for the Google Home. It's called Actions on Google, and it will let developers build conversations between users and Google's artificial intelligence, known … [Read more...]
Forget pipes, there’s way more to IoT infrastructure
A couple of months ago I gave a talk at a ThinkMonk event in London. It was a hot and sweaty time (no air conditioning during a heatwave!) but a great event. RedMonk finally published a video of my talk, and I thought I'd share it via this link to … [Read more...]
What does Trump mean for the internet of things?
Months before Donald Trump became the president-elect of the U.S. someone asked me to do a deep dive into what he would mean for the tech industry. At the time I said I couldn't do it because Trump didn't seem to have any deeply held beliefs about … [Read more...]