Last week Amazon released a ridiculous amount of news that we’ve covered in detail, but Kevin and I talk it out and draw attention to some of the things we thought were relevant. We stay in the Seattle area to cover the Microsoft news out this week … [Read more...]
IoT News of the week for August 17, 2018
This is bad news: Security researchers from IBM have taken a deep dive into several products aimed at the smart city and found that it's possible to exploit them to issue false emergency alerts. For example, hackers could use available sensors to say … [Read more...]
What Rockwell Automation’s $1 billion deal with PTC means
Big names in the industrial IoT, especially industries such as oil refining and pharmaceutical sales, got an emboldened competitor with the announcement of a strategic partnership between Rockwell Automation and PTC. The deal sees Rockwell giving $1 … [Read more...]
How GE’s Current curtailed dreams to meet reality
This week Kevin and I spend a bit of time on industrial IoT news with Rockwell Automation’s $1 billion investment in PTC and also ARM’s buy of a Stream Technologies. On the consumer side, we debate Wi-Fi subscription plans and Nest’s price … [Read more...]
Seebo wants to make product design easier
Building hardware is hard. That's the common refrain parroted after the latest smart gadget failure. And it's true. Building hardware is hard. and building connected hardware is even tougher. Seebo, a company founded in 2012, wants to help … [Read more...]