Google will buy Fitbit for $2.1 billion: Whelp, it finally happened. After a week of speculation, Google said it would pay $2.1 billion to acquire Fitbit. The company will become part of Google, and Rick Osterloh, the SVP of devices and services for … [Read more...]
Podcast: Lutron has saved the smart bulb!
This week, Lutron introduced the Aurora dimmer switch, which attaches to a traditional light switch to control your smart bulbs without any need of an electrician or tools. We love it! We also discuss the launch of Wyze's light bulbs and newly added … [Read more...]
Particle has a success with Jacuzzi
Jacuzzi, the iconic maker of hot tubs, is using Particle's IoT platform to connect a thousand hot tubs today with plans to expand to all of its hot tubs in the future. A few weeks back during a discussion with Mark Allen, vice president of IT … [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...]
Internet of Things News of the Week, July 21, 2017
Particle gets $20 million: IoT development platform Particle, which used to be known as Spark, has received $20 million in venture capital to expand its platform. Particle is a public IoT success story from an era when everyone had a hardware-based … [Read more...]