Earlier this year Centrallite filed for bankruptcy, and now post-CEDIA we have a clear understanding of how that affects consumers. Most of the Centralite assets were purchased by EZLO, a company that is rolling up several smart home brands and has … [Read more...]
Podcast: How IoT will change your sales job
This week's show kicks off with the whimper after Apple failed to give us any exciting IoT news. We discuss the scraps Apple gave us, but move to Google's new Nest Hub Max and the future of local wake word recognition thanks to a new chip. We also … [Read more...]
Podcast: How to fix smart speaker privacy issues
This week on the show Kevin and I share our misgivings about smart speakers and some ideas to help address the privacy issues for those who want to continue to embrace the convenience, but don't want strangers hearing their fights, farts, and … [Read more...]
Centralite has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
Centralite, an Alabama-based connected products company, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy last month. The company had been a mainstay of early connected home systems such as Lowe's Iris, Zonoff's, and even early iterations of Comcast's smart home … [Read more...]
Podcast: Why your smart devices cost so much
This week Kevin and I start off the show with a discussion about Google's new Coral board that provides machine learning at the edge. We then jump to sensor company Centralite's bankruptcy filing in Alabama. We also discuss the death of Jibo and how … [Read more...]