Here’s a summary of interesting Internet of Things news from the past week. Get this summary in your inbox every Friday when you subscribe to the newsletter. WeMo provides a bridge to HomeKit: Belkin, the maker of the WeMo-branded connected … [Read more...]
Google’s IoT Cloud takes on Amazon and Azure
This week we recorded before the big rush of news from Google I/O but we managed to cram in the details on Google’s new IoT Core beta that offers developers a cloud-based platform for connected devices. Kevin Tofel and I also discuss Android Things … [Read more...]
Amazon’s Echo Show threatens Nucleus … and everyone else
This week Amazon introduced the Echo Show, an Echo device that adds a screen and video-calling to Alexa. It also looks a lot like the Nucleus intercom system, which was launched less than a year ago, and counted the Alexa Voice Fund as an … [Read more...]
IKEA’s smart home plans and will you buy an Amazon Look?
This week we discuss Apple’s plans to introduce Siri in a can, Amazon’s Style maven ambitions and a few other items on the personal assistant front. We also discuss Orbit, a new security idea from Cloudflare, and a lawsuit filed by ADT against Ring … [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...]