The biggest news in the internet of things this week was the staggering story about Amazon's Alexa business being responsible for the majority of an estimated $10 billion loss in the year ahead. So Kevin and I discuss what Amazon pulling back on … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for October 7, 2022
This week's IoT news was compiled and written by Kevin C. Tofel The Pixel Tablet morphs into a Nest Hub: Along with the Pixel 7, Pixel Watch, and new Nest products, Google this week showed off the Pixel Tablet. You can’t buy this Android tablet … [Read more...]
Podcast: The FTC eyes Amazon’s iRobot buy
The Federal Trade Commission is looking into Amazon's decision to purchase the maker of Roomba vacuum cleaners for $1.7 billion. The agency this week asked Amazon and iRobot for more information about the deal, so Kevin and I took a moment to explain … [Read more...]
Podcast: A deep dive into NIST’s new privacy framework
This week's show features Chris Albrecht, editor in chief of The Spoon, as a guest host, which means there will be a review of a connected kitchen gadget — in this case, a connected smoker from Traeger. We kick off the show discussing the FTC's … [Read more...]
IoT news for the week of July 20, 2018
Don’t count Low-Power Wide-Area Networks out just yet: ABI Research suggests that EU telecoms will face increased competition pressures from unlicensed spectrum providers for machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity. That’s good news for LoRA Alliance … [Read more...]