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Sonos will brick your speakers

August 24, 2017 by andrew 3 Comments

Sonos will brick your speakers if you don’t accept their new TOS.

In this week’s Internet of Things Podcast, Stacey Higginbotham and Kevin Tofel discuss Sonos updating its Terms of Service to prepare for the Amazon Echo integration. As part of this update, the connected speaker maker confirmed that customers who did not accede to the new terms of service would see their devices stop working in the future. This didn’t go over well, but this is a complicated issue. Stacey and Kevin break many of these issues down. We also talk about Google’s Assistant plans, hacked robots, what has happened to the Nvidia Spot, the potential sale of AT&T’s Digital Life service, and answer a reader question.

Also this week, Stacey talks with Nick Dawson, executive director of the Johns Hopkins Sibley innovation hub. Hear about applying some DIY tech to healthcare…Dawson describes how his team built a separate network to experiment with Amazon Dash buttons, Amazon Echoes, Sonoses, Philips Hue lights and even using Slack. It’s really cool.

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  1. Tim Malone says

    August 26, 2017 at 7:50 am

    Great show today, keep up the great work! I work for a major medical organization and loved the guest segment with Nick. It is systems like these that make a big difference in patient experience. Sometimes it is hard to see large organizations move in these directions because change is so slow.

    In the real world we can have smart homes with lights that are automated, cameras everywhere, IoT devices that stream music, turn up the heat or air conditioning, and more, but when we move into a care environment, we loose most of that and end up in an environment where a person is isolated because of a lack of these services or devices.

    I believe that we will only see more of these kinds of systems emerge in the future. As a techie, I am hopeful that people will have the opportunity to use these types of programs to help them through the roughest times they face, allowing them to forget about their situation for just a little bit.

    Stacey, usually I don’t care much for your enterprise interviews, I only listen long enough to see if it is anything that would be of interest to me, but this time, it was great to listen all the way to the end. Thanks to you and Kevin for all your hard work and early morning hours.

    Keep up the great work!

    Reply
    • Stacey Higginbotham says

      August 28, 2017 at 10:36 am

      Thanks, I’m glad you liked Nick’s interview. I know he’s looking for feedback, so feel free to reach out if you have ideas/thoughts.

      Reply
  2. Nick Dawson says

    September 4, 2017 at 6:03 pm

    Thanks Tim – would love to chat any time.

    Reply

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