Amazon said it would pay $42 per share, or $13.7 billion, to purchase Austin-based high-end grocery chain Whole Foods. This is the kind of deal where you see it, experience a moment of surprise and then move straight to nodding your head thinking, of … [Read more...]
How to think about AWS Greengrass and the internet of things
Connectivity isn't a constant and it's not cheap. While consumers might be willing to trade the reliability of analog systems such as a land line for the slightly less reliable cell phone, enterprises and industrial conglomerates are not. That's … [Read more...]
In a connected world your customer may be a competitor
Is Amazon a tech company or a distribution company? That apparently mattered to shipping giant Maersk when it was choosing a provider for its "digital transformation." Maersk, worried about Amazon's distribution plans, went with Microsoft Azure over … [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, March 31, 2017
Here’s this week’s curated list of IoT news. Get this in your inbox every Friday when you sign up for Stacey’s newsletter. Samsung packed a smart hub into a Wi-Fi router: This week Samsung announced the Connect Home Smart Wi-Fi System which is … [Read more...]