On this week's show, we talk about the Resideo purchase of smoke detector company First Alert for $593 million and why it makes sense. Then we focus on connectivity with an update on the Sigfox receivership and a look at the annual report from the … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for July 3, 2020
See Spot run! After 11 years in the making, Boston Dynamics has begun selling its Spot robot to anyone who has $75,000 lying around. I’ve seen dozens of company-produced videos of Spot, the four-legged robot, but this is the first time I’ve seen a … [Read more...]
Podcast: Ripple20 and Helium goes global
This week's show features a guest co-host, Chris Albrecht, editor at The Spoon. We kick off the show discussing the latest IoT security vulnerability Ripple20 and why you need a software Bill of Materials for your connected products. We then focus on … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for April 24, 2020
Spectrum for 6GHz Wi-Fi gets OK'd: The world of Wi-Fi is about to get a super fast lane for new devices thanks to the FCC voting on Thursday to approve 1,200 megahertz of spectrum in the 6GHz band. This will add to the existing 5GHz and 2.4 GHz bands … [Read more...]