After watching the Google I/O keynote last week, I noticed that Google Assistant, which has been a staple of Google's developer event for around eight years, was barely mentioned. Instead of Google Assistant being front and center, this year's … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for May 19, 2023
Latch's deal for Jamie Siminoff’s startup is a $20M acqui-hire: This week, Latch acquired Honest Day's Work, a stealthy startup founded by Jamie Siminoff. Siminoff, who founded Ring and then sold it to Amazon in 2018, will become the CEO of Latch … [Read more...]
Matter 1.1 is here, but it’s not a big deal
The first update to the Matter smart home interoperability standard is here. When the Matter standard launched in October of last year, the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) promised that it would release updates every six months or so. … [Read more...]
Podcast: Why we think Wemo is a no-go for us
We start this week's show with a conversation about Latch, the company that is acquiring Jamie Siminoff's stealth startup. Siminoff, who also founded Ring, left Amazon (which had acquired Ring in 2018) this week ahead of the planned deal. He will … [Read more...]
The Latch deal for Jamie Siminoff’s startup is basically a $20M acqui-hire
The recently announced deal by publicly traded Latch to acquire Jamie Siminoff's startup Honest Day's Work essentially gives Latch investors a well-regarded executive to manage the flagging public company, and Siminoff a public company to run where … [Read more...]