Last week, I was pretty hard on the state of the smart home. And so this week, at the prompting of one of my Twitter followers, I decided to take a look at all of the connected devices that I have tried over the last five years and share what works … [Read more...]
Internet of Things: Sony’s Aibo is back and Chamberlain’s CEO explains its moves
On this week's Internet of Things Podcast, Stacey Higginbotham interviews Chamberlain Group CEO JoAnna Sohovich about the company's decision to start charging for integrations with its MyQ product. The discuss what the future of smart home … [Read more...]
YaDoggie builds a service around connected hardware
Did someone feed the dog? This question gets asked in my home at least a dozen times a week. It's enough of a pain point that we've tried a chart, the Amazon Alexa Dog Feeder Skill and jerry-rigging a motion sensor combined with texting capabilities … [Read more...]
Hitachi’s new IoT play and Nest becomes a security company
On this week's Internet of Things Podcast, hosts Stacey Higginbotham and Kevin Tofel discuss the big news from Nest. August also updated its line of locks and promised a better doorbell. Meanwhile, rumors of an Amazon Alexa security system or even … [Read more...]
Chamberlain plans to charge for IFTTT, Google Home integrations
Chamberlain, the maker of the MyQ garage door opener and enterprise access products, will this week start charging for select smart home integrations, including IFTTT. Chamberlain will charge customers $1 per month, or $10 per year, so they can link … [Read more...]