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An update on everything Centralite

September 17, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Centralite, Ezlo, Fortrezz, MiOs, zigbee

Podcast: How IoT will change your sales job

September 12, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Afero, alexa, Amazon, Apple, best buy, Centralite, ECBM, google, HomePod, Sasmsara, SimpleCommands, Syntiant, Trend Micro

Podcast: How to fix smart speaker privacy issues

July 18, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Afero, Amazon, ARM, Centralite, Dell Technologies, Eve, Ezlo, google, intel, Seagate, UbiquitiLink, Wyze

Centralite has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy

March 8, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham 9 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Centralite

Podcast: Why your smart devices cost so much

March 7, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Afero, Alexa Auto, Amazon, Apple, August, Centralite, Chrissy Meyer, google, Jibo, lighthouse, Root Venture, Schlage, SmartThings, Western Digital, Wink

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