After two-and-a-half years of primarily using HomeKit, now called Apple Home, I think it's time for a change in my smart home. Prior to settling on Apple's platform, I used Google Home for a while. And before that, I was a Samsung SmartThings user. … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for July 28, 2023
PTC's CEO is set to step down: Jim Heppelmann, the CEO of PTC, which over the last decade has transitioned from a CAD software company to an industrial IoT software provider, will step down in February 2024. Neil Barua, president of PTC's service … [Read more...]
Podcast: Tracking air quality with the IoT
This week we didn't see a ton of news, yet we managed to talk about several big trends in IoT. We started with an update on Amazon's planned acquisition of iRobot, and Amazon dropping the price by 15%. We explain why and then decided to explain in … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for July 21, 2023
Actility acquires startup to shrink data sent over LPWAN networks: Actility has acquired a startup called Acklio, which makes a technology used to compress the data used to send data on LoRa networks. Acklio's technology compresses the IP header that … [Read more...]
The White House details its IoT cybersecurity label plan
The White House unveiled its plan for a U.S. Cyber Trust Mark that will certify that the IoT device marked with the label has met a set of security criteria developed to protect consumers' networks and device data. The U.S. Cyber Trust Mark will be a … [Read more...]