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IoT news of the week for Nov. 18, 2022

November 18, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

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Twilio launches asset tracking service as part of IoT platform expansion: Twilio, which put a toehold into the IoT with its acquisition of Electric Imp back in July 2020, and the creation of a new IoT platform two months later, has finally launched … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Aquara, data privacy, encryption, FTC, ibm, ibm watson, IIoT, iot, LTE Cat M1, Mozilla, NB-IoT, OnLogic, raspberry pi, Renesas, surveillance, Twilio

LoRaWAN 101: The network for IoT devices

February 2, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 10 Comments

We often talk about LoRa, or Long Range communication radios, as they relate to IoT devices. More specifically these days, we focus on LoRaWAN. But do you really understand what LoRaWAN is, and more importantly, why it’s important for the IoT? This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, cellular, connected devices, Helium, Intellithings, iot, ISP, LoRa, LoRa Alliance, LoRaWAN, LTE Cat M1, Senet, sensors, Sigfox

Why is Verizon readying a smart display with LTE Cat M1?

June 30, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

After earlier attempts to crack the smart home market failed, it appears that Verizon is ready for another go with its own smart display. Protocol reported the news late last week based on FCC filings showing the radio internals and user manual of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: alexa, Amazon, Amazon Sidewalk, iot, LTE, LTE Cat M1, smart displays, smart home, Verizon

Launching soon: Samsung’s SmartThings Tracker, a consumer NB-IoT/Cat-M1 device for Verizon’s and AT&T

July 25, 2018 by Kevin C. Tofel 8 Comments

It hasn’t been officially announced yet, but Samsung is planning to release the SmartThings Tracker, a small device with Bluetooth LE, Wi-Fi, GPS and -- in a first for U.S. consumer products -- NB-IoT network support, although there's a small chance … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: bluetooth, GPS, LTE Cat M1, NB-IoT, samsung, SmartThings, Verizon, Wi-Fi

How voice calls could move beyond smart watches into a range of wearables

October 4, 2017 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

Next month will be the third anniversary of Samsung Gear smartwatch, one of the first mass-market wearables with phone capabilities. We’ve since seen two successor devices from Samsung as well as several Android Wear watches with voice capabilities, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Apple Watch, connected devices, eSIM, LTE Cat M1, VoLTE, wearables

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