We are offloading too much to tech: The productivity boost that technology drove in the late 1990s and early 2000s has convinced a certain section of the population that software, chips, and data can solve many of the hard problems facing the world. … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for May 29, 2020
Savant's GE Lighting buy is a big deal: We discussed this deal on the podcast, but The Wall Street Journal puts the price of GE's lighting business at around $250 million, which is much less than what GE had hoped for. The sale gets GE out of the … [Read more...]
Who can you turn to when creating a cohesive smart home from scratch?
On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Curtis called into our voicemail hotline with two interesting questions. He recently built a new house with all of the smart home bells and whistles from Amazon, Ring, and Lutron but wondered why there isn't a … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for September 13, 2019
McRock Capital raises C$80M of Industrial IoT fund: McRock Capital, a Canadian venture fund that invests in companies trying to serve industrial firms, has raised C$80 million of a planned C$100 million fund. The company has now launched the fund, … [Read more...]
This security startup switched gears to broaden its market
This week at the CEDIA Expo, many big-name companies in the home automation space will show off giant televisions, voice-integrated smart devices, and a huge variety of security systems. Also there will be Cognitive Systems, a company that last year … [Read more...]