Wyze has a lot of new gear coming: Wyze, the maker of several high-quality and inexpensive connected devices, isn't done shaking up the world of gadgets. It recently shared with users that it is working on a doorbell, a lock, a scale, an outdoor … [Read more...]
Ericsson tries to make sense of the IoT’s needs
Amid all of the hype around 5G networks, we're losing sight of some very important realities, namely that pointing a 5G network at many IoT use cases is like using a fire hose to fill a pipette. So while there are some use cases that need a fire … [Read more...]
IoT news for the week of July 20, 2018
Don’t count Low-Power Wide-Area Networks out just yet: ABI Research suggests that EU telecoms will face increased competition pressures from unlicensed spectrum providers for machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity. That’s good news for LoRA Alliance … [Read more...]
Podcast: The smart home goes public
This week’s show takes up last week’s news of Netgear’s Arlo divisionand Sonos filing for initial public offerings. Kevin and I share what we see in the filings and what it means for the smart home. We also discuss Amazon’s Prime Day deals and … [Read more...]
China is the land of NB-IoT, state support, and IoT platforms
China represents both a threat and an opportunity for U.S. technology companies. This week, we saw Google invest $550 million in China's e-commerce provider JD.com while Qualcomm introduced new modems and reference designs for kids' … [Read more...]