When Amazon said it would pay $1.7 billion to acquire iRobot, the maker of the Roomba vacuum and other home robots, I was dismayed. Sure, I'm leery of bringing more Amazon products into my home, given the company's willingness to share private data … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week July 22, 2022
This week's news was compiled and written by Kevin C. Tofel Better night vision for smart homes? Although the latest connected cameras offer improved night vision output, there's still room for improvement. That's why I'm calling attention to this … [Read more...]
Podcast: Alexa and Qualcomm embrace ambient tech
This week's show kicks off with our discussion of several announcements from Amazon's Alexa Live developers' conference held Wednesday. Alexa is getting several features as part of the launch of the Matter smart home interoperability protocol that … [Read more...]
Alexa gets ready for Matter and a context-aware smart home
Amazon is beefing up several elements of its Alexa ecosystem to generate revenue for developers, boost Routines and ensure that developers can build Alexa devices that are also compliant with Matter. Amazon is also adding some APIs for ambient … [Read more...]
Did the IoT doom connected devices in the home?
This article is written by Alasdair Allan While the modern internet of things era is probably no more than a decade or so old, connecting things to the Internet isn’t a new idea. As early as 1982, there was a Coke machine connected to the … [Read more...]
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