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The smart home is still suffering from its Nest hangover

September 24, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

Vivint, which provides monitored security, says it plans to go public through a reverse merger with a Softbank-backed shell corporation. According to the company, most of the money raised through the deal will go to pay down debt. Though a little … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Canary, google, nest, Skybell, smart home, WeMo, Wink, Wyze

Podcast: It’s M&A season for the smart home

September 19, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This week alarm company Vivint went public through a reverse merger, with the aim of becoming a leader in the smart home and security space. We discuss the transaction and what it means for the small clutch of smart home companies that have one or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Afero, Amazon, Avnet, Canary, Eve, Facebook, google, nest, Philips Hue, SimpleCommands, The Transtec Group, vivint, Wink, Wyze, YSL

This startup does machine learning with privacy in mind

June 4, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

I've been a little frustrated with the state of the connected security market for a while now. After a spate of products such as Canary and Piper, which reconfigured the alarm system market with point products that use sensors integrated into a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Startups Tagged With: Airbnb, Canary, google, Minut, Piper

5 essential connected devices for your new smart home

June 3, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

Last week on the IoT Podcast, Doty called in and left us a voicemail question regarding her new home. She wants to know what five essential smart home devices she should include in her home design. That's a tricky question because not everyone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Amazon, Canary, Cree, Eero, google, Google Wi-Fi, Lutron, mesh network, nest, Philips Hue

What IoT devices to buy for people in their first apartment or condo

November 26, 2018 by Kevin C. Tofel 4 Comments

Our most recent podcast featured a voicemail question from Scott. He’s a dad with two daughters; one has an apartment and one has a condo. Being a great dad, Scott wants to get both girls started with smart homes with simple solutions and wonders … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: alexa, Canary, Chromecast, Fire TV, google, Kasa, TP-Link

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