Amazon has started laying off workers, including some working on Alexa and in Amazon's devices business. We discuss this as well as IBM following in Google's footsteps and shutting down its IoT cloud business. We move from bad news to innovation with … [Read more...]
Podcast: Meet a robot that weeds your garden
This week's podcast starts with an update on the state of Bluetooth adoption courtesy of the Bluetooth SIG. We discuss adoption of Bluetooth in the smart home, adoption of Bluetooth mesh and why Kevin prefers NFC to Bluetooth for secure keys. From … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for April 23, 2021
SmartRent goes public via a SPAC: Property tech is hot hot hot in the public markets as SmartRent, a company that provides software and hardware to building owners to make their apartments smart, goes public via a special purpose acquisition company, … [Read more...]
Podcast: Philips Hue has high hopes for Project CHIP
This week's show kicks off with the Bluetooth SIG's effort to bring Bluetooth-based contact tracing to individuals who might not have phones, and then segues into what's behind the Z-Wave Alliance's organizational shakeup. After that, we pause to … [Read more...]
Podcast: Bluetooth gets better and more smart lights
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has released new standards that improve location tracking, so we talk about Kevin’s hopes for that and save the bigger details for our guest segment. We’ve got two new smart lighting products. The first is from … [Read more...]