Earlier this week, news broke that Google reportedly made an offer to acquire Fitbit, the company that makes popular activity trackers for mainstream consumers. I read dozens of reactions from Fitbit owners on social media and almost all of them can … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for July 12, 2019
More on the Raspberry Pi 4: We talked about this board last week: The Pi Foundation has shoved what is a full-functioning computer onto a $50 board designed for IoT or other intensive computing tasks. This article features a discussion with Pi … [Read more...]
Podcast: Mozilla’s IoT Gateway and LoRa Roaming
There was a lot of smart home related news this week as Mozilla launched IoT gateway software, Apple’s HomePod reviews came out and Nest was folded into Google. Kevin and I discuss all of that, plus Netgear spinning out its Arlo home camera business, … [Read more...]
Podcast: Okay Google, manage my home
At CES, I made the decision to traumatize my family and swap out the Amazon Echo for the Google Home despite its known Wi-Fi challenges. We talk about that decision on the show, and from there, we hit the partnership between Maersk and IBM to create … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Nov. 17, 2017
Come say hi! I'll be at the Target Open House on Nov. 30 to talk about building an IoT business model with Rob Martens of Schlage, Adam Sager of Canary and Rob Vella of Hive. The event is free and we're going to explore controversial topics such as … [Read more...]