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Smart buttons benefit business, too

January 31, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham 3 Comments

For the last two years, Shortcut Labs, the Swedish company behind the Flic buttons, has seen its sales to enterprises spike. Dirk Lüders, the head of partnerships at Shortcut Labs, told me that about half of the company's revenue now comes from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Citroen, Flic, Shortcut Labs

Adding smarts to a garage door isn’t always ideal

September 17, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 4 Comments

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, we took a question from Sam on our Voicemail hotline. Sam has a Chamberlain MyQ connected garage door opener and he wants to make it easier for his children to open the garage. Currently, Sam can open the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: buttons, Chamberlain, Flic, garage doors, Genie, IFTTT, Meross, MyQ, smart home

My husband’s favorite smart home devices

May 24, 2022 by andrew 4 Comments

This article is by Andrew Allemann. Those who live and breathe the Internet of Things can get a little too close to it. We lose sight of what it's like for the typical person to live with connected technologies. So I asked my husband to think … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Eufy, Flic, June, Lutron, Nanoleaf, Philips Hue, roomba

Just give me buttons! Flic buttons are convenient, fun.

January 3, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham 9 Comments

Early in December, I took advantage of a holiday sale to pick up a Flic hub and three accompanying buttons, for a total of $149.99 plus tax, so I could cluster some of my smart home devices into a routine that could be triggered without using my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Flic, IFTTT, ikea, LIFX, Logitech, Nanoleaf, Philips Hue, Shorcut labs, smarthings, WeMo

How to add some smarts to your under cabinet lights

November 2, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

On our most recent IoT Podcast, Michael called in to our voicemail hotline with a question about his under cabinet light strips. He’s looking for a switch or other option to add some smarts to them, although he’s using a set of smart LIFX light … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Flic, ge, LIFX, light strips, Samsung SmartThings, smart lights, smart plugs, smart switches, SmartThings

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