The IoT could create a black market in stolen sensors and SIMs: This story about a Polish environmental charity that had to pay a $2,700 phone bill after a tracker containing a SIM was stolen in the Sudan struck a nerve. The EcoLogic Group had placed … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for June 29, 2018
GE's restructuring plan is complete: I've been following the meltdown of GE with interest, as everything from its financing arm to its pursuit of digital transformation has been blamed for the company's stumbles. And when it came to digital, GE did … [Read more...]
How stealth startup Edgeworx helped me rethink the IoT edge
Are you sick of hearing the word edge yet? I am. The tech world is struggling right now to come up with the right way to express a complex shift in how it thinks about computing infrastructure. The result is overuse of the word edge, whereby it means … [Read more...]
How IBM’s Watson could bring more smart home intelligence to Siri and Homekit
Earlier this week, IBM announced a new partnership with Apple, explaining how it would be adding IBM Watson Services to Core ML. Since Watson has already proved its prowess on Jeopardy, most folks know what Watson is. Core ML is probably less … [Read more...]
Podcast: Lennar’s smart home and why it dumped Apple HomeKit
Like the rest of the tech media, Kevin and I kick off the show with a discussion about data collection and privacy in light of the allegations against Cambridge Analytica. We also talk about smart home lock in, Alexa's new "brief" mode, shopping on … [Read more...]