Avnet acquires Dragon Innovation: Avnet, the giant systems integrator that handles big budget IT implementations, has been moving steadily into the IoT for the last few years. Its emphasis has been on the maker and prototyping side of the business, … [Read more...]
Internet of Things news of the week August 11, 2017
Did Big Ass Fans make a big ass mistake? Stop reading this and go read this story from the founder of Big Ass Fans (they make giant fans and smaller fans) on his connected device journey so far. He concludes that his company made a connected product … [Read more...]
Internet of Things news of the week August 4, 2017
Here's a summary of news you can use this week about the Internet of Things. Get this summary in your inbox every Friday morning when you subscribe to Stacey's newsletter. Don't forget the physics in cyber physical security: A presentation from a … [Read more...]
Internet of Things News of the Week, July 7, 2017
Intel lays off 140 working in IoT: This isn't unexpected after the decision to stop producing several maker boards a few weeks back, but Intel has laid of 140 people in Ireland and in the U.S. who worked on its Joule, Edison and Galileo boards. … [Read more...]
Our CES hangover with Alexa, Comcast and Carnival (Podcast episode 94)
Whelp, I'm back from CES with the obligatory cold, thinking over many of the conversations I had and the gadgets I saw. Some of that bubbles up in this show, with talk of Amazon Alexa Voice Services taking a star turn at the event, my thesis that … [Read more...]