Last year, I recommended the then-new Nanoleaf Lines, and I’m building on that recommendation in 2022. While I love the Lines as they are, Nanoleaf now has a way to make patterns over the standard 60- and 120-degree Lines connectors. For $99.99, you … [Read more...]
Podcast: Alexa’s drama and our holiday gift guide
The biggest news in the internet of things this week was the staggering story about Amazon's Alexa business being responsible for the majority of an estimated $10 billion loss in the year ahead. So Kevin and I discuss what Amazon pulling back on … [Read more...]
Why the future of hardware may come via subscription
I write a lot about how connected hardware ends up looking a lot more like software. For example, the companies making smart devices can turn them off with a software update. Or they can use those same over-the-air updates to add new features. And … [Read more...]
Podcast: As Alexa goes, so does the smart home?
We're back after a one-week break in the Internet of Things Podcast, and we didn't miss too much. The biggest stories of this show are the slow collapse of CES 2022 and a Bloomberg article that uses internal Amazon documents to show how Alexa growth … [Read more...]
The Fi collar is what you get the dog who has everything
I've spent the last few weeks testing a connected dog collar called Fi, and have found it more fun than necessary for my senior dog, but I could easily imagine paying for the collar and the $99 annual subscription fee back when she was young and … [Read more...]