It's time for the end-of-year question and answer episode where Kevin and I tinker, search Google, and ask companies for help answering your questions about the smart home. We start with a broad category of questions related to your needs outside … [Read more...]
Sustainability is the elephant in the IoT room
I need to start this story with a confession. When push comes to shove, I routinely delete segments of my podcast interviews in which I ask participants about their sustainability efforts, or how they address the conflict of selling devices that … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Sept. 04, 2020
Amazon can't stop, won't stop: For the last two or three years, Amazon has invited press to its Seattle headquarters in mid-September for a barrage of announcements related to Alexa and connected devices. This year, the in-person onslaught can't … [Read more...]
CES Day 1: Locks, leaks and talking dogs
Sunday night kicked off the CES 2020 trade show in Vegas with an event called Unveiled. It's the first of three evening events that startups and large companies pay to attend to show off new stuff. It's a trade show format with hundreds of booths. … [Read more...]
Podcast: How Amazon treats your Alexa data
This week Kevin and I read and discuss the letter from Amazon responding to inquiries about how it keeps and handles data. We go in-depth because it's important to discuss the tradeoff between services and privacy. We also discuss a company leaking … [Read more...]