Smart home hubs are dying, DIY will become increasingly niche and smart companies are prepping for this. For example, Honeywell's smart home spin out Resideo went public this week with an eye to removing complexity from smart homes. Meanwhile, … [Read more...]
Podcast: Are you ready for IoT to be a $520B business?
A lot of people are getting a smart speaker for the holidays. That’s one of the takeaways from a recent survey by Adobe that Kevin and I talk about this week. We follow that up with the new Sonos integration with IFTTT before covering a $6.7 billion … [Read more...]
Podcast: The Nest doorbell is a great video doorbell
Microsoft plans to spend $5 billion on the internet of things, and it’s more than the usual shell game that big firms play with these sorts of announcements. We discuss its plans on this week’s podcast. We also talk about Qualcomm’s new vision chips … [Read more...]
How to create ambient notifications with Python and a smart bulb
Ever since mentioning my latest little coding project on the IoT Podcast, I’ve heard from a number of folks asking me how I did it. In case you missed it, I have a small Python app that checks the percentage gain or loss of a cryptocoin every two … [Read more...]
August, Wink and more come to Google Home
Google Home announced 11 smart home partners for the Google Home personal assistant/speaker device. These new partners will enable Google to give the Amazon Echo a run for its money when it comes to controlling devices in the home. It's a section of … [Read more...]