Particle gets $20 million: IoT development platform Particle, which used to be known as Spark, has received $20 million in venture capital to expand its platform. Particle is a public IoT success story from an era when everyone had a hardware-based … [Read more...]
Everything you need to know about Bluetooth Mesh
If you want to learn about Bluetooth Mesh (and everyone in the Internet of Things should), then this week's Internet of Things Podcast is for you. Stacey Higginbotham and Kevin Tofel give their initial thoughts on Bluetooth Mesh, and then the … [Read more...]
Amazon Echo Look is a bet on cameras for data delivery
For five minutes after I saw the Amazon Look press release in my inbox, I kept saying to myself, "This is an April Fool's joke, right?" I was not alone. But the introduction of a $200 video camera that has all the features of an Amazon Echo, plus … [Read more...]
Internet of Things news of the week, April 21, 2017
This week's top Internet of Things news includes Google Home, Germany and security, Microsoft beefing up its IoT offerings and more. Get this news summary in your inbox every Friday when you sign up for the newsletter. Google's Home gets … [Read more...]
Our CES hangover with Alexa, Comcast and Carnival (Podcast episode 94)
Whelp, I'm back from CES with the obligatory cold, thinking over many of the conversations I had and the gadgets I saw. Some of that bubbles up in this show, with talk of Amazon Alexa Voice Services taking a star turn at the event, my thesis that … [Read more...]