Which costs count when it comes to connected hardware? Sonos CEO Patrick Spence has accused Amazon of predatory pricing for selling Alexa devices at a loss. Amazon has admitted to subsidizing…
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This week’s show kicks off with us talking about Johnson Controls buying the remaining stake it didn’t hold in security company Qolsys and parallels with Google’s big partnership and investment…
The internet of things is expanding the attack surface for hackers and malware, while also placing more business operations online. It’s no longer your computer network at risk of an…
Image courtesy Gosund On our most recent IoT Podcast, Keith called in asking about Gosund products for his smart home. He’s already bought a few of their devices but isn’t…
I write a lot about the importance of building connected products with an eye toward also building out an ecosystem, because a connected device is really only as valuable as…
Google has taken an investment stake in alarm company ADT as well as signed a deal to tie ADT’s installer network to the Google ecosystem of smart home products. The…
The consumer IoT is having a real “A Tale of Two Cities” moment right now. It’s the best of times, as sales of connected devices are growing and standards efforts…
Cloudflare is building the next-gen architecture for the IoT (and edge computing in general): I last spoke with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince in October 2018, when the company launched its edge computing…
This week Kevin and I start the show with our thoughts on CES going digital, and then turn to subscriptions for smart products, specifically tied to the news that the…
On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Bob called into the voicemail hotline with a question about automating lights based on the state of his smart lock. He has a…
In the IoT, businesses have to worry about three main security vectors. I talk often about the threats to OT (operational technology) networks and the companies that protect them, such…
After introducing new devices and selling $ 95 million worth of smart home gear in 2019, Wyze this year broadened its product portfolio with the Wyze Cam Outdoor Cam. More…
You can’t build the internet of things without the internet, which is why connectivity is so essential to the IoT. However, figuring out the type of network to use and…
InfluxData gets adopted by PTC: InfluxData is a popular time series database that PTC has now embedded into its ThingWorx platform, bringing the database to many more potential IoT customers.…