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IoT news of the week for Jan. 20, 2023

January 20, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

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Is Apple making my “HomePad”? For at least two years, I’ve been suggesting (or at least hoping) that Apple should make a smart display to compete with Amazon and Google. I’ve referred to the product idea as a HomePad. We don’t know the name of this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Amberflo, Apple, Carhartt, Element 4, Nix, Parks Associates, RISC-V

Podcast: Amazon’s turning Alexa into the brains of the home

September 29, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This week's show focuses on Amazon's new devices and services launched Wednesday. Kevin and I talk about Amazon's direction with Alexa as the manager of your life. We also gawp at the price iRobot is charging for its latest iteration of the Roomba … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: alexa, Amazon, CEDIA, Firewalla, Helium, irobot, Itron, Nordic Semiconductor, Parks Associates, Silicon Labs, SmartThings, Yale

Podcast: Here’s why Amazon really bought iRobot

August 11, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham 7 Comments

This week's show kicks off with our discussion of Amazon’s planned acquisition of iRobot, the maker of Roomba robotic vacuums for $1.7 billion. We then talk about a survey from Parks Associates that indicates almost a third of people using … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Apple, Energous, ESP32, Feit, Impinj, irobot, LFX, Matter, Parks Associates, Qualcomm, samsung, Silicon Labs, SmartThings, TagsAmazon

Podcast: Senator calls out video doorbells … again

June 16, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This week's show kicks off with another look at Ring's potential to become a surveillance tool, this time prompted by a letter from Senator Ed Markey who wants Amazon to answer some questions. We then talk about a new capability for InfluxData's time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: 5G, Ecobee, InfluxData, Insteon, Nordic Semiconductor, Orro, Parks Associates, Ring, Siemens, Tesla, TP-Link, Wirepas

The smart home is stuck in stasis (and I’m stuck in Dallas)

May 23, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham 3 Comments

This week I traveled to Dallas for the Parks Associates Connections conference. The event focuses on the movers and shakers in the smart home, with a big focus on Parks' ISP and security provider client base. For me, the big news of the event is that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Matter, Parks Associates

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