Stacey on IoT | Internet of Things news and analysis

Internet of Things

  • Home
  • Analysis
  • Startups
  • How-To
  • News
  • Podcast
  • Events
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Speaking
    • Facebook
    • RSS
    • Twitter
    • YouTube

Olisto is an IFTTT replacement that isn’t quite ready to replace IFTTT

July 3, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

If you don’t have a smart home hub but want to automate some of your devices, a service such as IFTTT or Yonomi are good options. But they’re not the only ones, they just have been around the longest. Enter Olisto as a relatively new option for both … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: amazon alexa, Android, automations, Google Home, IFTTT, iOS, Olisto, smart home, stringify

Google’s Anthos and the death of Stringify

April 11, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This week Kevin and I spend a chunk of the podcast discussing the end of Stringify and the other options available to users. We also talk about the need for an easy way to transfer automations from one system to another. After that, we tackle … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Afero, Amazon, comcast, Elektra Labs, Eve, fda, google, ikea, IoT World, JD Powers, Mistral, Qualcomm, Software AG, sonos, stringify, Uptake, Wink

The Wild West era of the smart home is at an end

April 8, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham 10 Comments

The buyers of smart home gear woke up on Monday to some pretty bad news. The first was an article detailing why How to Geek could no longer recommend the Wink hub and the second was an email from software-based smart home platform Stringify, that it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: comcast, HomeBridge, openhab, SmartThings, stringify, Wink, Yonomi

How to automate a laundry room bulb using sensors but not a hub

November 6, 2018 by Kevin C. Tofel 3 Comments

On our most recent podcast episode, Michael called our IoT Podcast Hotline with a specific question. He has LIFX bulbs but no smart home hub, and he wants to automate the light in his laundry room with a Wi-Fi motion sensor. He currently uses … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: bluetooth, d-link, door sensors, How to, IFTTT, LIFX, Motion Sensors, smart bulbs, stringify, Wi-Fi

Podcast: Okay Google, manage my home

January 18, 2018 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

At CES, I made the decision to traumatize my family and swap out the Amazon Echo for the Google Home despite its known Wi-Fi challenges. We talk about that decision on the show, and from there, we hit the partnership between Maersk and IBM to create … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: 5G, Apple Watch, BlckBerry, BMW, CBT Nuggets, Chetan Sharma, clockchain, comcast, Filament, google, LoRa, NB-IoT, ParkMobile, PointCentral, Sean Miller, Sierra Wireless, stringify, Yonomi

  • 1
  • 2
  • Next Page »

IoT Podcast

Listen to the latest episode of the Internet of Things Podcast. Just press play!

Sponsors

Become a sponsor







Get Stacey’s free weekly Internet of Things newsletter

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Recent Comments

  • Brian Brown on Can’t hear that phone ring? Smart home to the rescue!
  • NateS on Need a smart switch without a neutral wire? Here are some options.
  • Chris Wood on Need a smart switch without a neutral wire? Here are some options.
  • Jack on Podcast: Making meaning from Matter product delays

Stacey on Twitter

Tweets by gigastacey
Copyright © 2023 SKT Labs, LLC · Privacy Policy