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IoT news of the week for Nov. 20, 2020

November 20, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

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GM plans to use car data to sell insurance: The insurance word is prepping for a shift as the internet of things lets companies understand risk in real-time as opposed to basing it on historical data. But the companies who have the real-time data … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: adt, Amazon, Anki, ARM, COVID-19, Eero, GM, industrial internet consortium, Mozilla, Nordic Semiconductor, Wyze, z-wave

Consumer IoT is broken and our stupid optimism is to blame

September 7, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham 8 Comments

Some of us have a closet full of connected devices that at one time represented the cutting edge of smart home tech — devices like the Revolv hub, the Lighthouse camera, the Jibo robot, the Petnet feeder, and the original Sonos speakers. And while … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Anki, August, aws, Jibo, June, lighthouse, Mellow, PetNet, Revolv

IoT news of the week for Feb. 21, 2020

February 21, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham 3 Comments

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  The horizon for digital transformations is receding: PwC released a survey this week about what it takes to be a "Transcender," one of the 5% of companies that consistently generate an ROI or value on their digital investments. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: alexa, Andreessen Horowitz, Anki, dell, McKinsey, Nordic, PwC, Ring, Rockwell automation

Hey Anki, here’s how to shut down with users in mind

May 1, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel 18 Comments

And another one bites the dust. Recode reported earlier this week that Anki, maker of the Vector robot I purchased in October, is shutting down. To be honest I'm a bit shocked, especially after learning that Anki had raised $200 million in total … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: alexa, Amazon, Amazon Echo, Anki, Cozmo, google, home assistants, home robots, robots, Vector

Podcast: Amazon’s big news and UL’s cyber safety standard

November 29, 2018 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This week Kevin and I start off on a heavy note discussing the things that went wrong during the Lion Air crash at the end of October relating that to the increase in sensors, software and inadequate procedures for marrying the Silicon Valley mindset … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Afero, alexa, Amazon, Anki, Gonda Lamberink, google, Klipsch, Open Connectivity Foundation, UL

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