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You’ve got mail! The Ring Mailbox sensor reviewed

January 7, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

In September, Amazon launched several new devices and provided more information about its low-power wide-area network called Sidewalk. Amid the crush of news was the announcement of a mailbox sensor made by Amazon's Ring security business. The sensor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Sidewalk, LoRaWAN, mailbox sensor, Ring, sensors, Sidewalk

Podcast: LoRaWAN tries to co-opt Amazon Sidewalk

December 17, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This week's show kicks off with us discussing a fascinating interview with the head of the LoRa Alliance about its efforts to bring Amazon's Sidewalk network into compliance with the LoRaWan standard. We then discuss Apple's app privacy labels, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Amazon, Aquanta, Calix, Flic, google, LoRaWAN, Plum, plume, Sidewalk, Tive, World Economic Forum, Wyze

When did Amazon become so problematic?

December 7, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham 2 Comments

Amazon this week kicked off a three-week conference dedicated to its suite of cloud computing offerings, collectively known as Amazon Web Services (AWS). Developers, analysts, and members of the media have signed up in order to understand what those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Eero, Halo, Ring, Sidewalk

Amazon shows off AI, Sidewalk network expansion and smarter home services

September 24, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

At the Amazon Devices event on Thursday, the company behind Alexa flexed its smart home muscles. Not just with new devices and features. Amazon is taking what it has learned over the past five years and pushing the envelope with its own AI chip, new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: alexa, Amazon, Echo, Echo Dot, Eero, Ring, Sidewalk, WiFi6, zigbee

Amazon’s services strategy is the key to Alexa’s success

September 27, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

Amazon and smart home businesses launched more than a dozen new devices at an event on Wednesday. The company also shared an eye-popping statistic: There are now 85,000 devices that incorporate Amazon's digital assistant Alexa. You can buy twerking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: alexa, Amazon, google, Sidewalk

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