Every year or so I take a look at the publicly traded companies I track from an earnings perspective to see which firms belong in the pack and which don't. I figured that you guys might wonder which companies I monitor, as either indicators of IoT … [Read more...]
Podcast: IFA news and bringing extreme wattage to your kitchen
This week in Germany, the IFA trade show is the place to be. Unfortunately Kevin and I aren’t there, but we share a lot of the news that came out from the first half of the show. This includes smart speakers at the high end and lower … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for June 1, 2018
Ecobee raised more money: Ecobee, the thermostat maker you may recall from the opening story, has raised an additional $47 million Canadian dollars ($36 million) to close its C round of funding at CA$127 million. Ecobee has raised a ton of money, and … [Read more...]
Podcast: New Wi-Fi standards and robots
The Wi-Fi Alliance has created a new standard for mesh networks, and Kevin and I are on top of it, discussing what it means, who’s participating, and whether or not it matters. We then tackle Sigfox’s new sensorand network in a box offering before … [Read more...]
Smarter weed detection at an industrial scale
At Bosch Connected World, I spoke with Toby Meene of Bayer about weed-killing technology the agriculture giant was developing with Bosch. The technology would compete with the Blue River tech that John Deere acquired last year. However, the … [Read more...]