This week's show starts off with Kevin and me explaining exactly what's happening with the death of the first-gen Philips Hue hubs (which we mentioned way back in November) and the death of the cloud servers powering OSRAM's Lightify products. We … [Read more...]
Podcast: Coronavirus help from the IoT
This week we continue our discussion of the coronavirus, because a week later, things are still getting canceled. Plus, Kevin shares some tips for having your smart home help you avoid infection. We then continue our case against Telnet with a report … [Read more...]
A second look at Samsung SmartThings was worth it
After reviewing the $279.99 Samsung SmartThings WiFi gear last month, I noted that I planned to also use the integrated SmartThings Hub functionality. I’ve done that, having removed all of my smart devices from my old Wink Hub 2, mainly because I’ve … [Read more...]
Podcast: Apple’s next big market and Silicon Labs’ CEO
This week Kevin and start the show with an educated guess about what comes next for Apple after the iPhone and then discuss the leadership transition at IFTTT. In the wake of Google saying that it didn't disclose the microphone inside the Nest Guard … [Read more...]
Bulbs are broken. Services will win in lighting.
One of the big promises of what people like to call digital transformation that's occurring with connected everything is a change in business models. Companies can go from selling things and having a one-time relationship with a client to selling a … [Read more...]