Alexa gets 2M ad-supported songs: The most commonly used smart speaker feature is listening to music, so it only makes sense that Amazon bring its Music service to Echo devices for free. And by free, I mean you won’t pay any fees but you will be … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for April 12, 2019
More layoffs at GE Digital: The software and digital transformation arm of GE is laying off a chunk of workers in California, further reducing the staff of the beleaguered business unit. The company claims this layoff isn't related to the company's … [Read more...]
We need a standards-based solution for smart home device and automation backups
News this week of Comcast shutting down Stringify has surely upset the service's user base. Granted it's a small group of affected users - Stringify had 100,000+ downloads in the Google Play Store compared to more than 5 million IFTTT installs, for … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for April 5, 2019
Predix puts manufacturing data in the cloud: GE has announced a new product that allows companies with multiple factories to consolidate data from those factories in one location in the cloud. This gives operators a view of their operations as a … [Read more...]
Is Mistral a next-gen mesh network Google Home Hub with ZigBee, or maybe even Thread?
Google appears to be developing a next-generation Home hub that will include mesh Wi-Fi, a ZigBee or thread-based radio and better audio quality according to the evidence I've found in Google's code base. The code I've unearthed refers to "Mistral", … [Read more...]
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