This story was originally published on June 23, 2023 in my weekly IoT newsletter. You can sign up here. Will factories embrace digital automation rapidly in the next five years, or will they continue to adopt technology in an incremental fashion? … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for June 16, 2023
Hey Disney, are you in my Alexa? Amazon and Disney announced a partnership for the former company’s Amazon Echo devices and this week, we see, or rather hear, about the deal. You can now say “Hey, Disney!” to a supported Alexa smart speaker thanks to … [Read more...]
ABB Systems purchased Eve in a bid for smart energy
ABB Group, and industrial giant, has purchased Eve Systems, a maker of connected switches, plugs and sensors that work with Thread, HomeKit, and Matter. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the deal has been in works for at least the last six or … [Read more...]
Sustainability is a new side effect of digital transformation
Digital transformation efforts are reaching a new phase, where the focus is shifting from productivity enhancements to sustainability. A new report from ABB, the sustainability efforts of Bosch that have been on display at CES over the past two … [Read more...]
Notes from Helsinki: 5G in action, car tech, and smart ferries
This week, I'm in Helsinki, speaking at an event. I'll be telling a bunch of advertising executives how IoT will change their industry and after I'm done with the talk, I'll likely include some version of it here. Helsinki and Espoo (which is roughly … [Read more...]