Smart home consolidation continues: French smart home startup Netatmo has been acquired by Legrand for an undisclosed amount. The two companies have already been working together for some time, and the deal will bring Netatmo's CEO into Legrand as … [Read more...]
The stocks I care about for the IoT
Every year or so I take a look at the publicly traded companies I track from an earnings perspective to see which firms belong in the pack and which don't. I figured that you guys might wonder which companies I monitor, as either indicators of IoT … [Read more...]
Podcast: Amazon’s news bonanza explained
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...]