In the early days of the internet of things, startups popped up by the dozens with everything from connected locks to wearables for babies. I could fill a shoebox just with connected trackers. The money for these startups came from two places: … [Read more...]
How the internet of things could fail us
Last week I wrote about how every company is now a technology company thanks to hardware costs declining, ubiquitous connectivity and cheap analytics enabled by the cloud. Most people call this the internet of things. But focusing on what IoT is … [Read more...]
Technology Profile: Time Sensitive Networking aims to bring Ethernet to Industrial IoT
I visited the opening of an industrial internet of things lab at National Instruments this week to see what is happening in the industrial side of the connected world. First off, I make a distinction between smart home, enterprise IoT and industrial … [Read more...]
If you’re in business, you’re in tech
It's impossible to sum up the conversations, companies and themes that have emerged at CES in one story. It would be like cramming 100 people in a single monorail car on the way to the convention center. Instead, I'm going to focus on what felt like … [Read more...]
Here is what’s going to happen in 2017
As I finished my CES planning this week, I realized I didn't have to write a traditional, what-to-expect-from-CES post that I've written for what feels like a decade since I'm not at a major publication anymore. The exhilaration I felt was fleeting … [Read more...]