Microsoft and Mercedes-Benz built up a relationship in the cloud: Microsoft wants to be the IT side of any IT-OT convergences, and a new deal with Mercedes-Benz shows how it has built infrastructure to bring plant data into IT environments for … [Read more...]
Episode 312: Cricut’s switch up, Google’s new hub, and the end of the HomePod
This week on the show we return to the classic story of a company trying to use a software update to limit the functionality of a connected product after someone has purchased it. The latest example is Cricut, which makes a connected craft cutting … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Dec. 11, 2020
Samsung SmartThings finally works with Nest: I know product managers at Samsung SmartThings and Google's Nest divisions are working incredibly hard on the plans for Project Connected Home over IP, which is supposed to launch with a certification any … [Read more...]
Where are they now? Thington, Phyn and Deako
Instead of focusing on a single startup this week, I thought I'd offer an update on several I've covered in the past, starting with some sad news on Thington. This startup, which launched last October, was developing a user interface for the smart … [Read more...]
Swidget wants to build smarts into your walls
Smart homes generate a lot of clutter. I look around my home today and each room has its cluster of white or black devices with glowing LEDs. Most of my outlets sport an unsightly transformer blob that acts as a repeater, a doorbell chime or some … [Read more...]