Lenovo’s Smart Display arrives: At the January 2018 Consumer Electronics Show, Stacey and I were both wowed by Lenovo’s Smart Display. If a Google Home and an 8- or 10-inch touchscreen tablet went on a Tinder date, this would be the likely outcome. … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for June 22, 2018
Rigado gets $15 million for edge services: If a company wants to create some kind of connected service, it has a long road ahead. It must figure out the connected devices it wants to use (or build), what cloud it wants to use (or build), and get a … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Feb. 16, 2018
Google is buying Xively for $50M: Google, which has apparently seen that it needs to step up its IoT cloud game, said it will purchase the Xively IoT platform from LogMeIn for $50 million. Xively is a fine IoT platform that always seemed like a … [Read more...]
IoT News of the week for Oct 20, 2017
Samsung takes steps toward making its IoT vision real: In 2015 I sat in a CES hall listening to the head of Samsung describe his vision of a connected world where all devices worked together. This was after Samsung had purchased SmartThings, which … [Read more...]
Internet of Things News of the Week, September 25 2017
Here's what caught our attention in IoT last week. Get this news summary in your inbox every Friday when you subscribe to our newsletter. Nest's new gear is a big deal: Yes, some people were underwhelmed by an expensive me-too security system, but … [Read more...]