Wireless power, after years of waiting, has infiltrated the phone world. Most new phones now come with the option of wireless charging — where the consumer can place their phone on a charging mat or even a table that has such capabilities integrated … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for August 31, 2018
Huawei bucks the wireless IoT trend with PLC: Whenever we talk about IoT device connectivity, it’s generally a conversation about wireless technologies such as 5G or NB-IoT. Admittedly, we tend to overlook wired options. Huawei isn’t doing that, … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for June 1, 2018
Ecobee raised more money: Ecobee, the thermostat maker you may recall from the opening story, has raised an additional $47 million Canadian dollars ($36 million) to close its C round of funding at CA$127 million. Ecobee has raised a ton of money, and … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for May 18, 2018
Google plays hardball with hardware partners: This story actually focuses on Sonos playing hardball with Google over patents, with Sonos making an implicit threat to sue Google over patent infringement, but it also notes that Google has tried to … [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...]