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Why it’s time for 2FA on all smart home devices

June 12, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast, Thomas called in to the voicemail hotline with a question. Technically, it was more of a plea, but it's an important one. So we decided to help amplify Thomas's concern with the lack of 2FA, or two-factor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: 2FA, account security, Flo, moen, smart home

Podcast: Ring wins big with Lennar

February 4, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

This week's show kicks off with news from Lennar about its new smart home offering with Ring, and a discussion on what it means that Ring now has more than 2,000 police and fire departments as partners. After that, we discuss what we learned from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Abode, Apple, Flo, google, lennar, Level Lock, Resideo, Ring, Techmeme, Teracode, Tesla, Wink

Lennar teams up with Ring for the smart home 2.0

February 2, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

Lennar, Inc, one of the largest homebuilders in the U.S., is making it easier for homebuyers to purchase a complete smart home. Today the company announced Lennar Communities Connected by Ring, a full smart system with connectivity, a thermostat, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Eero, Flo, Honeywell Home, lennar, Level, LiftMaster, mesh networking, moen, MyQ, Ring, smart home, Wifi 6

Who’s in charge of the smart house? Yes, the actual house.

February 1, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

After eight years of torturing my family with smart bulbs, sensors, connected kitchen appliances, and an assortment of software and devices that tended to mostly work, but would fail only at 2 a.m. in a show of sparks or lights or noise, I have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Aquanta, Flo, Phyn, Resideo, SepticSitter, Span

How to plan your smart home when building a new house

May 20, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 8 Comments

On our most recent IoT Podcast, we actually had two very similar questions left on our IoT voicemail hotline from Tyler and Dan. Both are building new homes and are wondering how to best plan for their smart home needs. They also have some existing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: amazon alexa, Arlo, Delta, Ecobee, Eufy, Flo, google assistant, Google Home, homekit, moen, nest, Phyn, smart home, smart locks, smart thermostat, video doorbell, water sensor, webcams, Wyze

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