This week, I was sitting in a coffeeshop/bakery right after it opened, observing the staff set out the pastries and stack merchandise around the store. I also watched the manager, as part of the morning make-ready, wave a thermometer around the … [Read more...]
Podcast: Trump’s tariffs are bad for IoT
We're as excited as you guys to hear about Amazon's upcoming devices, but we don't devote too much time to them this week. Instead, we focus on the Alexa Gadgets Toolkit that Amazon unveiled and the alleged new Google Home hub. I also share my … [Read more...]
How to sell small businesses on the internet of things
It's no secret that the industrial IoT is where folks are hoping to make the big bucks. Investments in platforms, security, middleware, and even esoteric analytics software will continue to make headlines in 2018. However, there's a secondary … [Read more...]
IoT could remake the way we think about broadband
Amid the gadgets at CES I had a profound moment where my thinking abruptly changed. In a conversation with John Deere about 5G one of the participants mentioned that for the last year the company had been trying to work with regulatory agencies to … [Read more...]
IoT News of the week for Jan. 12, 2018
Instead of the traditional news format, I'm going to offer you a list of small items I learned at CES. Comcast goes big on the smart home: Comcast has made smart home services available to all of its homes that have its most advanced router that … [Read more...]