This week I'm joined by Om Malik, a partner at True Ventures and my former boss. We kick off the show with a discussion of the New York Times' investigation into app location sharing and Google CEO Sundar Pichai's testimony before Congress. Both … [Read more...]
Here’s why smart home hubs seem to be dying a slow, painful death
I’m getting close to admitting defeat. And it hurts. I’ve long been a proponent of smart home hubs with multiple radios, particular those for Zigbee and Z-Wave, but it seems like the hub market is happy to ignore those in favor of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth … [Read more...]
Nice S.p.A acquires Fibaro and other IoT news of the week for July 13, 2018
Nice S.p.A acquires Fibaro for $73 million: Nice S.p.A, an Italian company that makes smart home management software purchased Fibaro, a Polish maker of a Z-wave-based home automation systems. The deal follows an investment by Nice in Fibaro as well … [Read more...]
What’s in store for Siri and HomeKit at WWDC 2018?
Next week, Apple will hold its annual developer conference, WWDC. Along with new computing hardware and software features, Apple last year introduced HomePod, the company’s smart speaker with Siri built in. But that device was delayed and … [Read more...]
Podcast: Smart walls and dumb homes
This week Kevin and I discuss Amazon’s big security install reveal and how it made us feel. Plus, a smart home executive leaves Amazon and Facebook’s rumored smart speaker makes another appearance. China is taking surveillance even further and Kevin … [Read more...]