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Podcast: Insurers come for the smart home

September 8, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

This week launched with a bang for those interested in the role insurers might play in the smart home as State Farm agreed to make a 1.2 billion equity investment in security firm ADT. This follows on the heels of Google's equity investment in ADT in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: adt, Apple, Flair, google, Hue, Infineon, Matter, Morse Micro, nest, OQ, Philips Hue, Ring, Silicon Labs, State Farm

Podcast: Is Kickstarter still relevant for smart devices?

September 1, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham 7 Comments

This week we start off talking about the Federal Trade Commission suing a data broker for sharing sensitive location data. It's a topic we're following closely, in part because location information can't be anonymized even when companies promise that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Adrich, adt, Eve, FTC, Home Connectivity Alliance, Hue, Infineon, Kickstarter, Silicon Labs, Tado, Telit, Uber, Woosh, Works With

Project CHIP gets a new name and so does the Zigbee Alliance

May 11, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham 13 Comments

As it prepares for the launch of a smart home interoperability standard, the Zigbee Alliance has changed its name to the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) and will broaden its scope. At the same time, the working group within the CSA previously … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, CHIP, Connectivity Standards Alliance, Hue, Matter, Signify, Tuya, ZigbeeAlliance

IoT news of the week for August 7, 2020

August 7, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

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Which costs count when it comes to connected hardware? Sonos CEO Patrick Spence has accused Amazon of predatory pricing for selling Alexa devices at a loss. Amazon has admitted to subsidizing the costs of its devices when they go on sale, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Amazon, google, Hue, June, Owlcam, raspberry pi, samsung, sonos

What are good outdoor connected bulbs for very cold climates?

July 31, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

On the most recent IoT Podcast, our voicemail hotline delivered a 2-for-1 special: We were asked a pair of separate but very related questions about connected outdoor bulbs. First, Dean asked what lights could be used outside given that he lives in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Aeotec, bluetooth, Hue, outdoor lighting, Philips Hue, samsung, smart bulbs, SmartThings, Sylvania, wireless switches, zigbee, ZWave

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