Every innovation comes with a learning curve. In particular, every new technology has a period when people are just trying to figure out what they can do with it. I get that. But technology adoption is moving ever faster. Indeed, the chart showing … [Read more...]
The highlight of CES day 2 was new interfaces
Monday was another media day at CES and I woke up planning to hit Bosch's event and Qualcomm's. Kevin was heading to Samsung's. Only I didn't make mine. After breakfast, my eyes swelled shut so I spent my morning doped up on Benadryl. But this wasn't … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Jan. 4, 2018
Samsara raises $100M for fleet management: Samsara, which started out as a broad IoT platform and quickly narrowed its focus to fleet management, has raised $100 million in funding at a reported $3.6 billion valuation. That brings it into unicorn … [Read more...]
The internet of things is becoming a surveillance tool
Whenever I'm away from home, in the morning I like to check in on my family by looking at the doorbell camera where I can see them leave for work and school. In the evening, I can generally tell if my daughter is upstairs in her room based on the … [Read more...]
How Twilio, Amazon, and AT&T may save the internet of things
Six years into the frenzy that is the internet of things, a big business problem has emerged. Most connected devices require some kind of ongoing maintenance and fees associated with good security, software updates, and cloud costs. In cases where a … [Read more...]