Om Malik takes Kevin's place this week as my co-host and also doubles as my guest. Malik is my former boss at GigaOm, is currently a partner at True Ventures, and writes thoughtfully about technology on his own blog. We start the show focused on … [Read more...]
Podcast: Ring wins big with Lennar
This week's show kicks off with news from Lennar about its new smart home offering with Ring, and a discussion on what it means that Ring now has more than 2,000 police and fire departments as partners. After that, we discuss what we learned from the … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week February 14, 2020
Apple files a patent for a self-organizing smart home: Let's kick this off with my usual patent notation. Just because a company files a patent, doesn't mean we'll ever see it in the real world. That said, this patent filed by Apple this week is … [Read more...]
A new approach to chips could help future-proof the IoT
It all comes down to the silicon. At the heart of every connected device are chips that serve as a brain by taking in information and relaying information back out, along with dozens of components that provide an internal clock, power management, and … [Read more...]
The internet of things is becoming a surveillance tool
Whenever I'm away from home, in the morning I like to check in on my family by looking at the doorbell camera where I can see them leave for work and school. In the evening, I can generally tell if my daughter is upstairs in her room based on the … [Read more...]