It's almost hard to believe that then Google, now Alphabet, bought Nest in January, 2014 when looking at Nest's evolving product line since then. There's been very little notable Google influence. With several new hardware products announced today, … [Read more...]
Why is enterprise IoT trending down? Business understanding of IoT benefits
Over the weekend, I read an interesting CompTIA article based on a survey of 500 businesses regarding planning for modern IT architectures. Much of the content didn't surprise me: IT planning has been and will continue to be a challenge based on … [Read more...]
Internet of Things News of the Week, September 8 2017
Want to get this news summary in your inbox every Friday? Subscribe to the IoT newsletter. Hackers made a dog whistle for Alexa, Google and Siri: Looks like it wouldn't be too difficult to get the Amazon Echo or Siri to obey a stranger's command. … [Read more...]
DefCon’s Greatest Hacks and the Internet of Twizzlers
This week on the Internet of Things Podcast, Stacey Higginbotham and Kevin Tofel talk about news from Defcon, efforts to hack the Amazon Echo and give their take on the Senate’s new IoT security bill. (Hint: they're not that impressed.) They also … [Read more...]
Lighthouse & learn how 3-D sensors work before Apple puts them in the iPhone
In this week's Internet of Things Podcast: We chat with Alex Teichman about Lighthouse, his new startup that marries computer vision with a voice-based personal assistant to make your life easier. For the nerds out there, we also discuss the … [Read more...]