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IoT news of the week for July 15, 2022

July 15, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

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Almost all IoT security efforts fail: Or at least 93% of them have, according to a survey of 800 IT professionals conducted by security company Barracuda Networks. The survey focused on OT and IIoT failures. Notably, those who said their networks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Aqara, Barracuda, Case Western Resrve, Microsoft, Northrop Grumman, Qualcomm, Tesla, Wink

Podcast: Here’s what we think with Wink on the blink

July 14, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham 8 Comments

This week's show comes to y'all from Paris and the English seaside, with Kevin and I wondering exactly what happened to Wink. We also offer options for the few remaining holdouts on the platform. We then discuss Hive's decision to pull back on smart … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: AlertMe, Amazon, BMW, British Gas, DevicePilot, Hive, InfluxData, Intent, Pilgrim Beart, Ring, Silicon Labs, Wink

Wink hub got you down? Here are some smart home switching options.

July 13, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 11 Comments

Wink hubs lost connectivity and functionality since an outage began on July 1. As of today, July 13, it's still a problem according to the official Wink Status page. Indeed, until yesterday, there wasn't even a detailed status update from Wink. Now … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: amazon alexa, Apple HomeKit, Google Home, Home Assistant, HomeBridge, Hubitat, Samsung SmartThings, smart home, Wink

Why smart home hubs are great… until they’re not

September 6, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 3 Comments

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, David called in to our voicemail hotline with a question about smart home hubs. He has several in his home and has noticed that when he upgrades the hub, he often has to deal with some issues. These range from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Home Assistant, Hubitat, hubs, Philips Hue, Samsung SmartThings, smart home, SmartThings, Wink, z-wave

Can open-source smart home systems save your deprecated devices?

April 10, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast, Danny called in to our voicemail hotline with a very interesting question. He wants to know if platforms such as Home Assistant or OpenHAB could help support older smart devices that lose support from their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: APIs, Home Assistant, hubs, open source, openhab, smart home, SmartThings, Wink

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