This week on the show, Kevin and I started with a discussion of reports of how smart speakers can receive remote commands from a hacker with a laser. We then shifted gears to talk about company research showing how much data your smart homes are … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Nov. 1, 2019
Google will buy Fitbit for $2.1 billion: Whelp, it finally happened. After a week of speculation, Google said it would pay $2.1 billion to acquire Fitbit. The company will become part of Google, and Rick Osterloh, the SVP of devices and services for … [Read more...]
How Google buying Fitbit could be a win-win, even for Fitbit device owners
Earlier this week, news broke that Google reportedly made an offer to acquire Fitbit, the company that makes popular activity trackers for mainstream consumers. I read dozens of reactions from Fitbit owners on social media and almost all of them can … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for September 20, 2019
Plutoshift has raised $8M: Plutoshift, a company that provides prescriptive intelligence for industrial processes, has raised $8 million from a surprisingly diverse group of investors. They include Fall Line Capital and Unshackled Ventures, both … [Read more...]
Podcast: What to do with Wi-Fi 6 and voice in the enterprise
What is Wi-Fi 6? Should you care? We tackle these questions first up in this week's podcast. From there, Kevin and I discuss the Bluetooth KNOB vulnerability and our fears of how smart home data could affect a Chinese-style social credit score. To … [Read more...]