The Federal Trade Commission is looking into Amazon's decision to purchase the maker of Roomba vacuum cleaners for $1.7 billion. The agency this week asked Amazon and iRobot for more information about the deal, so Kevin and I took a moment to explain … [Read more...]
So I made a LoRa-based prototype using a dev kit
After talking about IoT development kits for the past several years, I figured it was time to get my hands dirty. So the folks at Blues Wireless sent me their Sparrow Development Kit for review. And I got my hands dirty! Over the past week, I've been … [Read more...]
Podcast: Three IoT acquisitions and the infrastructure bill
This week's show focuses on three big deals happening in the IoT sector and a meaty enterprise IoT report. First up, we discuss ADT buying SunPro Solar for $825 million, which represents yet another deal bringing energy management to the smart home. … [Read more...]
Podcast: Energy harvesting sensors are finally real
This week's show kicks off with news from many of the big smart home players offering their plans for the Matter smart home protocol. First, we discuss Google's plans, before focusing on Samsung's latest announcements and then a surprise update from … [Read more...]
Podcast: Return of the connected bunny!
We kick off this week's podcast with a focus on chips and hardware starting with an explainer on Arm's new Total Solutions for IoT and why it will help developers and device makers speed up time-to-market for connected products. We then talk about … [Read more...]