Intel said it would sell its nine-year-old IoT acquisition Wind River to private equity firm TPG this week. We explain why, and offer some context on the deal. Driven by Spotify’s public listing, I suggest how it can improve its service for … [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...]
Petasense bets on hardware over algorithms for industrial IoT
Since this week's theme so far is data, let's keep it going with a profile on Petasense, a startup that offers predictive analytics to industrial clients. Petasense was formed in 2014 with a plan to stop downtime at factories by improving plant … [Read more...]
ARM’s CEO on Spectre and Meltdown, plus hot CES 2018 takes
This week. the Internet of Things Podcast crew went to CES to discover that the consumer electronics industry was ALL OVER the internet of things. Yes, Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant starred in everything, and we explain what that means. Plus, … [Read more...]
FogHorn is taking industrial IoT processing to the edge
Edge computing is all the rage now. The idea that the petabytes of data generated by industrial processes or even things like autonomous cars will travel to the cloud and back has always been in doubt. Issues associated with latency, bandwidth costs … [Read more...]