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Stacey Higginbotham (formerly Sr. Editor at Fortune) and co-host Kevin Tofel discuss the latest news and analysis of the Internet of Things. Covers Consumer IoT, Industrial IoT and Enterprise IoT. Guests include Vint Cerf, Om Malik, and people from Amazon.com, AT
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Episode 437: Goodbye and good luck from 2023-08-24T09:00:34
This is the final episode of The Internet of Things Podcast, and to send us off after eight years, we don’t discuss the big news of the day such as Arm’s planned IPO, a new display option from B...
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Episode 436: Can Alexa (and the smart home) stand on its own? from 2023-08-17T09:00:14
Amazon’s head of devices, David Limp, plans to retire as part of a wave of executives that have been leaving Amazon in the last year. Also, next year Alexa and the Amazon Echo will be 10 years o...
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Episode 435: How Honeywell is approaching TinyML from 2023-08-10T09:00:03
This week we make a big announcement about the podcast and newsletter. Get ready! Then we talk about the issues with Matter and who’s to blame. We lay out the challenges that both we and The Ver...
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Episode 434: So many new hubs, and a primer on LPWANs from 2023-08-03T12:00:41
This week’s show kicks off with a surprising revelation from Kevin, who has decided to swap out his smart home platform. He explains his choice, which also may represent a theme of sorts, as we ...
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Episode 433: Tracking air quality with the IoT from 2023-07-27T09:00:36
This week we didn’t see a ton of news, yet we managed to talk about several big trends in IoT. We started with an update on Amazon’s planned acquisition of iRobot, and Amazon dropping the price ...
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Episode 432: How to make IoT more consumer-friendly from 2023-07-20T09:00:35
This week we dig in on two topics that will make the internet of things friendlier for consumers. The first is the newly announced cybersecurity label plan from the White House that will create ...
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Episode 431: Why Josh.ai added ChatGPT to the home from 2023-07-13T09:00:23
This week on the show, Kevin and I start off talking about some of the Roku gear I’ve been playing with for the last week. We discuss the gear and the subscription plans and how they compare wit...
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Episode 430: The theme of this show is wearables from 2023-07-06T09:00:42
This week’s podcast focuses on wearables, from hearing aids to mixed reality headsets. We start the show talking about the potential future of Apple AirPods as a hearing aid or an additional hea...
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Episode 429: Why Roku wants a smart home OS from 2023-06-29T10:00:58
This week we learned a bit more about streaming provider Roku’s plans to build a smart home operating system. This is in addition to all of the new smart home devices the company has developed u...
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Episode 428: How to add ChatGPT to the smart home from 2023-06-22T09:00:08
This week’s podcast tackles Kevin’s real-world experience with the Google Pixel tablet and speaker dock. He liked the tablet, but as a smart home accessory it’s lacking, which is what we had ori...
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Episode 427: What it takes to put LTE on the moon from 2023-06-15T09:00:55
We start this week’s show with a review of DeviceScript, a limited subset of the TypeScript programming language, built by Microsoft to bring a more modern programming option to connected device...
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Episode 426: Our take on Apple’s Vision Pro and fixes for bad air from 2023-06-08T09:00
It may not surprise anyone, but Kevin and I have thoughts on Apple’s Vision Pro mixed reality headset that we’re sharing with y’all. We also lay out some details about changes to Apple’s various...
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Episode 425: Smarter grocery stores are coming from 2023-06-01T09:00:29
Krogers and Walmart are both expanding various IoT devices to more of their stores as part of a larger shift in how connectivity and intelligence will change how we shop. Walmart is deploying el...
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Episode 424: Trust, AI, and the economy drive IoT conversations from 2023-05-25T09:00:34
This week’s show is live from Dallas as I attend the Parks Associates Connections smart home event, so I start out discussing some of the themes I’ve seen so far, including the growing importanc...
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Episode 423: Why Wemo is a no go for us from 2023-05-18T09:00:38
We start this week’s show with a conversation about Latch, the company that is acquiring Jamie Siminoff’s stealth startup. Siminoff, who also founded Ring, left Amazon (which had acquired Ring i...
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Episode 422: The Pixel tablet is a smart home let down from 2023-05-11T09:00:11
Google launched a new tablet and dock at the Google I/O event Wednesday, and Kevin and I share our thoughts on how it might fit in with a smart home. Will it replace your Nest Smart Displays? We...
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Episode 421: Amazon adds Thread and beefs up Alexa from 2023-05-04T09:00:30
Amazon has turned on the Thread-capabilities inside its Echo devices so they can support the Matter smart home interoperability standard in its totality, so Kevin and I talk about what that will...
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Episode 420: First impressions of the new Aqara mmWave sensor from 2023-04-27T09:00:38
This week we start the show with my first impressions of the Aqara FP2 mmWave sensor. This $83 sensor can detect multiple people in a room, light settings, and falls. It’s also one of the first ...
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Episode 419: Little sensors save big amounts of water from 2023-04-20T09:00:20
This week’s show has lots of updates and small updates. We start off with a story about a golf course near San Diego that has saved millions of gallons of water using connected soil sensors. And...
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Episode 418: Why is the smart home still so terrible? from 2023-04-13T09:00:21
This week’s show is full of both good news and bad news, starting with Google apparently dropping software update support for third-party smart displays. We question Google’s commitment to the s...
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Episode 417: We need a standard for aging in place from 2023-04-06T09:00:16
This week’s podcast is focused on IoT infrastructure, with our first conversation explaining the upcoming 6G cellular connectivity standard. After that, we discuss sales of IoT connectivity chip...
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Episode 416: What the heck is an IoT hyperscaler? from 2023-03-30T09:00:35
With this week’s show I feel like we’re singing the same old tune. Philips Hue maker Signify is delaying its implementation of Matter while it waits for others to implement features it needs. Me...
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Episode 415: Making meaning from Matter product delays from 2023-03-23T09:00:57
This week’s show starts off with our take on Belkin deciding to hold off on releasing Matter products, and an update on Matter plans from other vendors including Wyze and Yale. We also talk abou...
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Episode 414: How generative AI could help the IoT from 2023-03-16T09:00:19
We kick off this week’s show with a focus on generative AI and what new models such as GPT-4 and even things like Stable Diffusion could mean for the internet of things. Along the way we disagre...
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Episode 413: Cranes, trains, and cybersecurity from 2023-03-09T10:00:21
This week’s podcast kicks off with a story about the Pentagon’s fears over a Chinese-connected crane maker and its prevalence in U.S. ports. The Pentagon and others focused on national security ...
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Episode 412: Playing with ChatGPT on Home Assistant from 2023-03-02T10:00:47
Details about how the U.S. government plans to disperse $39 billion in funding for chips was announced this week, so we discuss the details and what the funds mean for the IoT. Mobile World Cong...
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Episode 411: IoT is ready to tackle data privacy from 2023-02-23T10:00:46
The Connectivity Standards Alliance is back in the news this week with the launch of a new working group focused on data privacy, which we’re super pumped about. Also in privacy news, Tile has r...
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Episode 410: Inside the CSA’s plan for health device interoperability from 2023-02-16T10:00
This week’s show starts off with news from the Connectivity Standards Alliance as Kevin and I talk about the new Health and Wellness Working Group. Then we discuss some of the challenges that pe...
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Episode 409: ChatGPT takes on the smart home from 2023-02-09T10:00:35
This week’s show kicks off with our hopes for privacy in the wake of President Biden calling out tech firms during his State of The Union address. Biden was focused more on targeted ads and prot...
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Episode 408: Hacking sensors and securing medical devices from 2023-02-02T10:00:22
This week’s show starts with an overview of the reviews for the new second generation HomePod and a deep dive into the security mess that Anker has made with its Eufy smart home cameras. We then...
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Episode 407: Does the IoT mean the end of privacy? from 2023-01-26T10:00:02
This week’s show kicks off with a discussion about Carnegie Mellon’s research into detecting people’s movements through walls using Wi-Fi. As part of the discussion we also talk about the use of...
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Episode 406: Return of the HomePod from 2023-01-19T10:00:31
This week’s show kicks off with a discussion of Apple’s new HomePod, which has some cool machine learning capabilities and new sensors built into it, plus a higher price tag than most smart spea...
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Episode 405: More CES trends including wireless power from 2023-01-12T10:00:36
Want to bring an IoT company back from the dead? Or understand the technical and business challenges associated with building an IoT product? Then this story by Kevin Chung is for you. Kevin and...
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Episode 404: CES has more Matter and many voices from 2023-01-05T14:00:10
Kevin and I are at CES 2023 this week and eager for the show floor to open to see all of the new and crazy gear. But before we see the show floor, we had to slog through the planned news and med...
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Episode 403: Matter upgrades aren’t ready for prime time from 2022-12-22T10:00:57
We tried Matter for the first time late last week, and have a lot to share with our listeners about what we and other journalists learned through the process. The early verdict is that most peop...
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Episode 402: Google begins its Matter roll out from 2022-12-15T13:00:25
This week’s show is a celebration of Matter actually hitting devices, with Google announcing its Matter roll out and Eve allowing users to update its devices to Matter as well. We’re super excit...
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Episode 401: Two big smart home deals explained from 2022-12-08T10:00:18
The end of the year is a busy time for M&A as companies rush to get deals done before the start of a new tax year, and this week the smart home sector saw Assa Abloy sell its Yale and August sma...
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Episode 400: How to pronounce IKEA’s Dirigera hub from 2022-12-01T10:00:30
This week’s show starts off with a review of news from AWS Re:Invent which is happening now in LAs Vegas. We cover the general availability of support for the latest version of the MQTT messagin...
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Episode 399: Alexa’s drama and our holiday gift guide from 2022-11-24T10:00:40
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....
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Episode 398: Bluetooth bets on 6 GHz and TP-Link hops on Wi-Fi 7 from 2022-11-17T10:00:08
Amazon has started laying off workers, including some working on Alexa and in Amazon’s devices business. We discuss this as well as IBM following in Google’s footsteps and shutting down its IoT ...
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Episode 397: Arduino Opta adds a little IT to the OT from 2022-11-10T10:00:26
This week’s show kicks off with a discussion of the lawsuit between Arm and Qualcomm amid accusations that Arm is changing its licensing model. We cover what has been said, and what it might mea...
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Episode 396: Here’s when you’ll get Matter on your devices from 2022-11-03T14:15:06
This week’s episode kicks off what I hope is a flurry of news from vendors about their Matter plans. We hear when and how vendors such as Amazon, Eve, Nanoleaf, and Schneider Electric plan to ro...
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Episode 395: I’m running Matter. Now what? from 2022-10-27T09:00:06
We kick off the podcast with more conversation about the planned White House-led cybersecurity label for consumer IoT devices. Contrary to what I wrote last week, it seems that privacy won’t be ...
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Episode 394: This company thinks TinyML will be big from 2022-10-20T09:00:33
TinyML is about to get really big, or at least that’s what a startup thinks, as we explain on this week’s podcast. Useful Sensors is the company that’s making inexpensive, low-powered edge senso...
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Episode 393: Why Roku needs the smart home from 2022-10-13T09:00:27
The biggest news this week is probably the launch of a line of inexpensive smart home products from Roku, the smart TV and set-top box maker. We talk about the products, its deal with Wyze and w...
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Episode 392: Matter is here. Now what? from 2022-10-06T09:00:22
Matter is now official after almost three years of waiting, and Kevin and I are super excited. Well, I am. Kevin is more measured, but we talk about what to expect and when to expect Matter to s...
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Episode 391: Amazon’s turning Alexa into the brains of the home from 2022-09-29T09:00:44
This week’s show focuses on Amazon’s new devices and services launched Wednesday. Kevin and I talk about Amazon’s direction with Alexa as the manager of your life. We also gawp at the price iRob...
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Episode 390: The FTC eyes Amazon’s iRobot buy from 2022-09-22T09:00:40
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...
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Episode 389: Is Matter ready for its close up? from 2022-09-15T09:00:30
I’m in Austin this week, for Silicon Labs’ Works With event, and while there I hosted a panel that provided a good sense of what is going to happen with the Matter smart home interoperability pr...
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Episode 388: Insurers come for the smart home from 2022-09-08T09:00:11
This week launched with a bang for those interested in the role insurers might play in the smart home as State Farm agreed to make a 1.2 billion equity investment in security firm ADT. This foll...
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Episode 387: Is Kickstarter still relevant for smart devices? from 2022-09-01T09:00:16
This week we start off talking about the Federal Trade Commission suing a data broker for sharing sensitive location data. It’s a topic we’re following closely, in part because location informat...
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Episode 386: We question Nova Labs’5G deal from 2022-08-25T09:00:32
Nova Labs, the company behind the decentralized Helium IoT network, has acquired FreedomFi, a company trying to build a decentralized 5G network. Kevin and I share our doubts about the value of ...
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Episode 385: Google Cloud kills IoT Core and hearing aids get smart from 2022-08-18T09:00:22
This week’s show kicks off with a whispered bang that Kevin will soon hear, thanks to the FDA approving over-the-counter hearing aids. We talk about what happened and what it means for innovatio...
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Episode 384: Here’s why Amazon really bought iRobot from 2022-08-11T09:00:36
This week’s show kicks off with our discussion of Amazon’s planned acquisition of iRobot, the maker of Roomba robotic vacuums for $1.7 billion. We then talk about a survey from Parks Associates ...
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Episode 383: Meet Insteon’s new CEO from 2022-08-04T09:00:39
Last week, we kicked off the podcast with a discussion on the Helium peer-to-peer IoT network, and this week we did the same thing. This time we dug into the disclosures that Helium didn’t actua...
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Episode 382: Is Helium full of hot air? from 2022-07-28T09:00:25
We start this week’s show with a deep dive into a popular post from this week about the Helium network. The report pointed out that Helium only made $6,500 in the month of June from data rates. ...
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Episode 381: Alexa and Qualcomm embrace ambient tech from 2022-07-21T09:00:13
This week’s show kicks off with our discussion of several announcements from Amazon’s Alexa Live developers’ conference held Wednesday. Alexa is getting several features as part of the launch of...
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Episode 380: Here’s what we think with Wink on the blink from 2022-07-14T09:00:28
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...
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Episode 379: Lock down your smart home’s data from 2022-07-07T09:00:26
This week we continue discussing privacy and data protection with a focus on the smart home. I’d like to see a feature that lets us turn on privacy as needed on our devices, but Kevin doesn’t th...
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Podcast 378: Welcome to the industrial metaverse from 2022-06-30T09:00:20
It’s been a minute since we’ve discussed the metaverse, but this week we cover Siemens’ deal with Nvidia to create the metaverse for the industrial IoT. It’s part of several announcements this w...
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Episode 377: Why there were 56 OT vulnerabilities this week from 2022-06-23T09:00:51
This week we cover the Ericsson mobility report that offers some stats on cellular IoT connections, including the surprising nugget that we won’t see 4G/5G connections surpass 2G/3G connections ...
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Episode 376: Senator calls out video doorbells…again from 2022-06-16T09:00:50
This week’s show kicks off with another look at Ring’s potential to become a surveillance tool, this time prompted by a letter from Senator Ed Markey who wants Amazon to answer some questions. W...
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Episode 375: Arduino gets $32 million for enterprise IoT from 2022-06-09T09:00:01
This week’s show is an exercise in controlled chaos, as I am once again quarantined in a hotel room (this time with my teen). Kevin and I discuss Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference and Appl...
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Episode 374: Peekaboo offers privacy for the smart home from 2022-06-02T09:00:31
This week’s show kicks off with our favorite topic: bringing context into the smart home. This time it’s iRobot and its new operating system that aims to bring the smart home together. From ther...
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Episode 373: Matter’s security details explained from 2022-05-26T09:00:32
Our focus is on the Matter smart home interoperability protocol this week, specifically some of the security requirements that will be associated with the standard. I moderated a panel on Tuesda...
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Episode 372: Ecobee embraces radar sensors! from 2022-05-19T09:00:59
Did y’all know that almost a quarter of people who buy a smart home device, hire a professional to install it? That’s just one of the facts I learned at the Parks Associates event happening this...
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Episode 371: Smart screws and massive IoT from 2022-05-12T09:00:21
This week’s show was recorded a few hours before the annual Google I/O event so we didn’t discuss the new Pixel Watch, but we do discuss Google’s thoughts on the Matter smart home standard from ...
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Episode 370: How to build the infrastructure for public tech from 2022-05-05T09:00:14
This week’s show kicks off with research suggesting Amazon uses data from Alexa devices to advertise its own products, and that Amazon is selling some of the insights derived from Alexa requests...
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Episode 369: Amazon’s $1B industrial IoT fund from 2022-04-28T09:00:16
We kick off the show this week with Insteon’s comments about its abrupt closure and asset sale before trying to salvage some good news from Arm’s latest chip news. We’re getting a new M-class pr...
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Episode 368: So long Insteon from 2022-04-21T09:00:44
This week we start the show with the end of Insteon, which is probably the biggest smart home story this week. We talked about what we know (which isn’t much) and why saving cloud-based smart ho...
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Episode 367: What do you want in a home robot? from 2022-04-14T09:00:37
In this week’s show we question whether or not we want Amazon’s Astro home robot after seeing a few reviews. We then note that Google has introduced gaze as signal to wake up Google Assistant, w...
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Episode 366: Meet a robot that weeds your garden from 2022-04-07T12:00:40
This week’s podcast starts with an update on the state of Bluetooth adoption courtesy of the Bluetooth SIG. We discuss adoption of Bluetooth in the smart home, adoption of Bluetooth mesh and why...
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Episode 365: Helium gets a new name and $200 million from 2022-03-31T09:00:24
This week’s show was recorded on the road, but we still cover all of the big news starting with LoRaWAN network Helium changing its name to Nova Labs and raising $200 million. We then discuss re...
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Episode 364: Speed queens and Matter dreams from 2022-03-24T09:00:36
A week after the CSA said that the Matter smart home interoperability standard would be delayed we get a chance to talk about why the standard is delayed until fall, and what it means for consum...
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Episode 363: How will DST affect the IoT? from 2022-03-17T09:00:45
This week, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would make it possible for states to use Daylight Saving Time all year round, so we discuss what it means for IoT devices and whether or not it will...
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Episode 362: IoT security after Russia invaded Ukraine from 2022-03-10T10:00:56
This week’s show spends a lot of time on security in everything from an Amazon Echo to an infusion pump. But before we get to security stats, we offer a quick overview of Apple’s latest announce...
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Episode 361: IoT builds a better mousetrap from 2022-03-03T10:00:33
This week’s show kicks off with a discussion about smarter robots and new funding for a Canadian general purpose robotics platform. Then we talk about Amazon’s further healthcare ambitions in a ...
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Episode 360: Europe’s planned IoT data law from 2022-02-24T10:00:59
The European Union is proposing new data regulations aimed at making it hard for companies to collect and use data as a barrier to competition. We talk about what it might mean for the IoT and K...
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Episode 359: Meet the man who“invented”the IoT back in 1985 from 2022-02-17T10:00:31
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has finally released its plans for securing the IoT, so we discuss what the plans are for a consumer-oriented cybersecurity label. We then give...
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Episode 358: Why Resideo’s First Alert buy makes sense from 2022-02-10T10:00:56
On this week’s show, we talk about the Resideo purchase of smoke detector company First Alert for $593 million and why it makes sense. Then we focus on connectivity with an update on the Sigfox ...
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Episode 357: Too many companies are paying ransomware from 2022-02-03T10:00:07
This week we kick off the show with an explainer on Sigfox’s receivership before delving into grim news from Claroty, a cybersecurity firm. Claroty surveyed 1,100 IT and OT (operational technol...
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Episode 356: Smart home improvement is now a thing from 2022-01-27T10:00:50
This week’s show starts with a healthy portion of chips, with the main course being Nvidia’s reported acceptance that its deal to acquire ARM isn’t likely to happen. We then turn to the U.S. Com...
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Episode 355: Get ready for an active FTC and energy storing appliances from 2022-01-20T10:00:29
The big story this week in IoT was the joint venture between Ford and ADT to add smart home security to cars through an in-vehicle security system. Then we discuss the FTC and Department of Just...
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Episode 354: Google’s Soli pivot and Amazon’s Sidewalk news from 2022-01-13T10:00:34
This week Google reminded us that we don’t actually own our connected products when it removed functionality from grouped Nest speakers after losing a patent case filed by Sonos. Amazon’s Sidewa...
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Episode 353: Virtual CES extravaganza from 2022-01-06T10:00:38
It’s CES week, and neither Kevin nor I are physically there for the second year running. That makes it really tough to get a macro sense of cool tech and upcoming trends outside of press release...
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Episode 352: As Alexa goes, so does the smart home? from 2021-12-30T10:00:56
We’re back after a one-week break in the Internet of Things Podcast, and we didn’t miss too much. The biggest stories of this show are the slow collapse of CES 2022 and a Bloomberg article that ...
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Episode 351: Smart homes in the metaverse from 2021-12-16T10:00:28
What happens when the smart home meets the metaverse? We talk about the potential for better user interfaces and home mapping if we build digital twins of the home in a metaverse, while also dis...
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Episode 350: Lexmark shares how to manage millions of connected devices from 2021-12-09T10:00:26
Today’s show is our 350th episode, so we start off with a little bit of celebration before hitting half a dozen pieces of Amazon-related news, including the AWS outage that took out many smart h...
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Episode 349: AWS overload and Libelium embraces the cloud from 2021-12-02T10:00:12
This week’s show kicks off with a bunch of IoT-related news from Amazon’s re:Invent conference happening this week in Las Vegas. We cover the launch of a fleet management service, a digital twin...
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Episode 348: We’re thankful for smart cows from 2021-11-25T10:00:34
Heading into the holiday weekend, Kevin and I share what we’re thankful for (mostly y’all, our sponsors, each other, and Thread), while also talking about the sad sale of Tile to Life360. We als...
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Episode 347: McKinsey reevaluates IoT’s impact from 2021-11-18T10:00:01
This week’s show has a lot of big numbers starting with $12.6 trillion, which is at the upper end of what McKinsey believes the economic impact from IoT will be by 2030. We cover the latest repo...
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Episode 346: Three IoT acquisitions and the infrastructure bill from 2021-11-11T10:00:21
This week’s show focuses on three big deals happening in the IoT sector and a meaty enterprise IoT report. First up, we discuss ADT buying SunPro Solar for $825 million, which represents yet ano...
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Episode 345: Ecobee’s big deal and climate-friendly chips from 2021-11-04T09:00:34
The big news in IoT this week was the announced acquisition of Ecobee by Generac, so Kevin and I share our thoughts on the deal and what it means for the smart home. After that, we were excited ...
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Episode 344: Energy harvesting sensors are finally real from 2021-10-28T09:00:19
This week’s show kicks off with news from many of the big smart home players offering their plans for the Matter smart home protocol. First, we discuss Google’s plans, before focusing on Samsung...
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Episode 343: Return of the connected bunny! from 2021-10-21T10:00:35
We kick off this week’s podcast with a focus on chips and hardware starting with an explainer on Arm’s new Total Solutions for IoT and why it will help developers and device makers speed up time...
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Episode 342: Explaining the IoT’s latest $11B deal from 2021-10-14T12:00:24
The industrial automation world got a jolt of news with Emerson combining some of its industrial IoT software businesses with AspenTech in an $11 billion transaction. We explain why the deal mat...
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Episode 341: Smart cities and smart fridges galore from 2021-10-07T09:00:12
Welcome to the weekly podcast! We’re moving Black Friday to October thanks to chip shortages and shipping delays. Meanwhile, Amazon is working on a smart fridge, Google is trying to use a $10 mo...
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Episode 340: Amazon wants you to trust its devices from 2021-09-30T10:00:48
This week’s podcast is all about Amazon (with a few other stories for variety). We start the show with a rundown of the devices and services Amazon launched at its device drop on Tuesday. We the...
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Episode 339: Much ado about privacy and support from 2021-09-23T09:00:38
This week’s show kicks off with the news of the Raspberry Pi Trading company closing a new funding round of $45 million. We talk about what the Pi Trading company is, how it relates to the Found...
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Episode 338: Wyze comes back from the edge from 2021-09-16T09:00:44
I need to warn y’all in advance that we don’t discuss Apple news at all this week because nothing really jumped out at us for the IoT. But we did have a lot of other big news starting with Wyze ...
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Episode 337: Blast off with IoT in space from 2021-09-09T09:00:13
This week we kick off the show discussing several smart devices that might provide a modicum of security or comfort in case of weather disasters associated with climate change. After that, we st...
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Episode 336: Australia’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad surveillance law from 2021-09-02T09:00:21
We start this week’s show with a look at a new surveillance law in Australia that seemingly obliterates a lot of protections around how law enforcement officials can access data and what they ca...
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Episode 335: Robots need a Myers-Briggs type from 2021-08-26T09:00:14
This week’s show starts off with old news that I forgot to tell y’all about last week: The Matter interoperability standard for the smart home is delayed until 2022. We talk about what that mean...
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Episode 334: SmartThings’new edge strategy from 2021-08-19T10:00:50
Welcome to this week’s episode! We kick it off with a discussion of SmartThing’s new focus on the edge with local control and user-derived device handlers. We then dive into four security storie...
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Episode 333: An IoT networking bonanza from 2021-08-12T09:00:43
Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellite broadband company is getting into the IoT with the acquisition of Swarm, a smallsat IoT connectivity provider. We talk about that deal, plus what it means that Heliu...
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Episode 332: The IoT gets a good idea and a bad idea from 2021-08-05T09:00:37
This week, news slowed down a bit so Kevin and I kick off the show talking about a connected manual device to physically press buttons or twist dials as needed to turn older appliances “smart.” ...
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Episode 331: Safe words for smart homes and cheap mesh from 2021-07-29T09:00:01
We start this week’s show with a $200 million funding for Wiliot, a company I profiled back in 2017 as one of the vanguards of low-power sensing. Then we tackle a creative idea that could see co...
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Episode 330: Amazon’s Matter plans and how IoT helps first responders from 2021-07-22T09:00:08
This week we got great news on the Matter front, as Amazon announced its plans for supporting the smart home interoperability protocol on most of its Echo devices. We talk about new features for...
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Episode 329: Radar is coming to the smart home from 2021-07-15T10:00
Welcome to another show! We’re spending the first few minutes of the show diving into the rise of RF sensing in the IoT, covering the news of Amazon applying for an FCC waiver to use radar for s...
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Episode 328: The IoT is a privacy nightmare and more 5G from 2021-07-08T09:00:13
Imagine all of the potential problems associated with the internet of things, and then settle in, because I think we talk about all of them in this episode. We start by detailing research out of...
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Episode 327: Amazon’s Halo health push and more Matter from 2021-07-01T09:00:55
Any Amazon Halo subscriber can try Amazon’s Movement Health service now, so Kevin and I explain what it is and what Amazon’s decisions around the Halo fitness tracker signal about the company’s ...
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Episode 326: It’s about ethics in smart devices from 2021-06-24T09:00:33
Kevin and I start this week’s show with a discussion of his Amazon Prime Day purchases and then talk about the kerfuffle over smart thermostats and demand-response energy programs in Texas. I ha...
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Episode 325: The IoT goes to Congress from 2021-06-17T09:00:54
Hello! This week we start with Congress, where the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings related to interoperability and lock-in tied to smart home devices. We drew special attention to ...
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Episode 324: HomeKit and Home Assistant embrace Matter from 2021-06-10T09:00:49
We start this week’s show with a quick update on Amazon’s Sidewalk and then focused on the smart home news from Apple’s WWDC event earlier this week. We’re excited about third-party devices gett...
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Episode 323: Stick with Sidewalk, y’all from 2021-06-03T09:00:14
This week’s show is going to get controversial with a discussion of Amazon’s Sidewalk. Kevin is out on vacation this week, so my friend Chris Albrect of The Spoon is here to co-host. We start ...
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Episode 322: Google’s Fuchsia looks promising for the IoT from 2021-05-27T09:00:41
Did you know that Roku aims to get into the smart home game? We discuss that along with a new set of vulnerabilities in Bluetooth during the first part of the show, before moving onto Google’s n...
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Episode 321: Google decides Matter matters from 2021-05-20T09:00:13
This week’s show focuses on news from Google I/O 2021 where it’s clear the search giant is trying to build out a fairly open ecosystem based on the Matter protocol and WebRTC for audio and video...
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Episode 320: Project CHIP becomes Matter and hacked pipelines from 2021-05-13T09:00:43
This week’s show hits on two of the biggest stories of the year for the smart home: Project Connected Home over IP is now called Matter and Amazon’s Sidewalk Network adds Tile as a participant. ...
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Episode 319: How ML at the edge will make products truly smart from 2021-05-06T09:00:05
This week’s show was a lot of fun to record with Kevin and me discussing Google’s upcoming I/O event and updates on the chip shortage from STMicro, TSMC, and someone who makes electronics. We al...
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Episode 318: Lawsuits galore and Silicon Labs bets it all on the IoT from 2021-04-29T09:00:33
This week’s show starts off with two lawsuits: the first filed by ADT alleging trademark infringement against Ring, and the second a decision by the Seventh Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals ...
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Episode 317: Apple’s AirTags and greener devices from 2021-04-22T09:00:48
The week’s Apple event is the star of the podcast, with Kevin and I spending time noting a smart use of iPhone sensors with the new Apple TV 4K. We then discuss the AirTags tech, the implication...
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Episode 316: Everything you need to know about Project CHIP from 2021-04-15T09:00:46
This week’s show launches with a deep dive on Project Connected Home over IP after the Zigbee Alliance released many new details about the specification. We discuss when you can expect it, the d...
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Episode 315: A Mad Max mask and a power grid of your own from 2021-04-08T09:00:24
This week Kevin is back and we start the show talking about the Xupermask from Will.i.am and Honeywell. Ring is adding radar to a floodlight camera and we’re pumped for that, while MIT researche...
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Episode 314: A look at Arm’s new vision for computing from 2021-04-01T09:00:05
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 techn...
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Episode 313: We are super pumped about Thread from 2021-03-25T09:00:24
In this week’s show, we focus on Thread because Kevin tried out the new Eve sensors that use the wireless protocol, and fell head over heels in love. “This is what the smart home should be, ” he...
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Episode 312: Cricut’s switch up, Google’s new hub, and the end of the HomePod from 2021-03-18T09:00:06
This week on the show we return to the classic story of a company trying to use a software update to limit the functionality of a connected product after someone has purchased it. The latest exa...
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Episode 311: How P&G’s plans for smart products evolved from 2021-03-11T10:00:42
This week’s show has a security focus with us discussing the Verkada hack, a new security camera from Abode, which basically puts expensive IP cameras on notice, and recommendations from Consume...
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Episode 310: Thanks to the IoT, everything’s a subscription now from 2021-03-04T10:00:03
We kick off this week’s show with the news of SmartThings device depreciation and Amazon’s Alexa Conversations feature finally making it to general availability. After that, we talk about the ri...
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Episode 309: Why your IoT device shipments are delayed from 2021-02-25T10:00:16
We’re really excited about radar in this week’s episode, so we discuss Ring’s new doorbell that added it for motion detection and Apple’s patent that plans to use radar for detecting vital signs...
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Episode 308: Chipageddon and deets on the Pi Pico from 2021-02-18T10:00:02
Silicon is the theme of this week’s show, starting with a rundown on the chip shortage affecting the automotive and IoT world. Then we talk about the Los Angles Police Department requesting foot...
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Episode 307: Wi-Fi 6 for IoT and water plant security from 2021-02-11T10:00:38
This week’s podcast starts off with the launch of the Tuya Wi-Fi 6 modules, which will bring features of Wi-Fi 6 to IoT devices. Keeping on the Wi-Fi theme, we also discuss the new Shelly Wi-Fi ...
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Episode 306: Ring wins big with Lennar from 2021-02-04T10:00:50
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 p...
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Episode 305: Alexa Hunches, Tiny ML and a new wireless standard from 2021-01-28T10:00:43
This week’s podcast is full of nerdy wonder. We start off with news from Amazon regarding proactive Hunches and the new Guard Plus service before mentioning that the Echo Show 10 is now availabl...
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Episode 304: Presidential Pelotons and data accountability from 2021-01-21T10:00:40
This week’s show kicks off with Kevin and I discussing a smart camera vulnerability before digging into what it means when the White House becomes a smart home. We then discuss Wi-Fi 6E and what...
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Episode 303: Everything from CES 2021 and a bit about LoRa from 2021-01-14T10:00:37
This week’s show is mostly about CES 2021, starting with an array of interesting devices that were launched. We covered a lot of them here, but we also mentioned a $3,000 pet door, an energy har...
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Episode 302: CES and GE Lighting is betting on Cync from 2021-01-07T10:00:53
This week Kevin and I discuss Allegion’s acquisition of Yonomi, and what it means for those of you using the cloud service or consumers using the app. We then turn to a mention of the rebranding...
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Episode 301: An update on Project CHIP and a secure 2021 from 2020-12-31T10:00:19
This week’s podcast starts with an update on the Project Connected Home over IP standard promulgated by Apple, Amazon, Google, and Samsung. Then we talk about Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s letter to the ...
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Episode 300: Get excited for our annual Q&A episode from 2020-12-24T10:00:08
It’s time for the end-of-year question and answer episode where Kevin and I tinker, search Google, and ask companies for help answering your questions about the smart home. We start with a broad...
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Episode 299: LoRaWAN tries to co-opt Amazon Sidewalk from 2020-12-17T10:00:07
This week’s show kicks off with us discussing a fascinating interview with the head of the LoRa Alliance about its efforts to bring Amazon’s Sidewalk network into compliance with the LoRaWan sta...
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Episode 298: SmartThings works with Google Nest again! from 2020-12-10T11:00:49
This week’s podcast starts with good news. Samsung’s SmartThings platform will once again work with Google devices starting in January. We discuss SmartThings a bit more to cover how sensor comp...
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Episode 297: IoT news from Amazon’s Re:Invent and smarter cities from 2020-12-03T10:00:06
This week’s show kicks off with a lot of detail about the news coming out of Amazon’s Re:Invent event happening over the next few weeks. We talk about the new ML services for manufacturing, the ...
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Episode 296: Gifts galore and a recipe for smarter food prep from 2020-11-26T10:00:30
This week’s podcast is full of gift suggestions from our annual gift guide, many of which are aimed at those people on your list who have a green thumb. We then discuss my disappointment with We...
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Episode 295: Project CHIP goes commercial and the Eero Pro review from 2020-11-19T10:00:49
This week’s podcast kicks off with the news that Project Connected Home over IP (CHIP) will also have a commercial element focused on offices, apartments, and public buildings. Then we focus on...
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Episode 294: Let’s talk about Thread and digital twins from 2020-11-12T10:00:23
This week’s show starts off with a conversation about Thread because it’s clear that it’s going to become an important radio for the future of the smart home. We explain why before discussing an...
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Episode 293: Amazon’s Halo and the election and IoT from 2020-11-05T10:00:02
We kicked off the post-Election Day show with an update on ballot initiatives in Massachusetts, Maine, and California that have an impact on the internet of things. After that, we discussed Goog...
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Episode 292: We play with Whoop bands and Wyze cams from 2020-10-29T09:00:04
First up on this week’s show are Forrester’s predictions for the year ahead in IoT, followed by me talking about my latest tech gadget, the Whoop Strap. Whoop recently raised $100 million in fun...
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Episode 291: All about Amazon’s Sidewalk and the new Echo from 2020-10-22T13:00:56
This week we start and end with dying devices. First up, we talk about Google discontinuing its Nest Secure alarm system and sensors (it will still support existing systems in the field). We the...
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Episode 290: Apple’s smart speaker and cheap thermostats from 2020-10-15T09:00:59
This week’s IoT podcast kicks off with a focus on Apple’s new HomePod mini and the inclusion of the Thread protocol on the device. We then discuss how it fits into the world of smart speakers an...
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Episode 289: Nest Audio and IoT trends in the enterprise from 2020-10-08T09:00:45
This week’s show kicks off with a bunch of data from Microsoft’s latest IoT Signals report which shows that, for a third of companies, COVID-19 is speeding up their IoT deployments. We discuss t...
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Episode 288: New devices and new threats from 2020-10-01T09:00:01
This week’s show covers device launches from Amazon last week and Google this week. We also talk about connected coffee machines getting hacked, Amazon letting people pay with their palm, and Ap...
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Episode 287: Amazon’s new network and cleaner air from 3M from 2020-09-24T09:00:02
This week’s podcast covers our thinking on Amazon’s new Sidewalk network, but not the devices the retailer launched on Thursday. As part of the network conversation, we also discussed LoRaWAN ne...
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Episode 286: Apple, ARM and more IoT security challenges from 2020-09-17T09:00:08
This week’s show kicks off with Kevin and I discussing Nvidia’s $40 billion plan to buy ARM. After that, we talk about Google’s upcoming event, a gesture interface for Nest thermostats, and the ...
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Episode 285: All about IFTTT’s new paid plan from 2020-09-10T09:00:31
This week the show starts with an overview on IFTTT’s new paid plan and then dives into the recent update on Project Connected Home over IP. There’s not a lot of news, but the effort is still pr...
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Episode 284: Amazon Halo, the FBI and smart cars from 2020-09-03T09:00:51
This week’s show starts off with the FBI’s concerns about the Ring doorbell, then news about Apple and Google making their COVID-19 exposure notification framework easier for states to use. We d...
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Episode 283: Cloudflare’s CEO on ethics and building out edge computing from 2020-08-27T09:00:22
ARM is back in our news lineup this week, as Kevin and I discuss who might be interested in buying the chip design company and why it decided not to spin out its IoT assets. We also talk about a...
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Episode 282: Philips Hue has high hopes for Project CHIP from 2020-08-20T09:00:32
This week’s show kicks off with the Bluetooth SIG’s effort to bring Bluetooth-based contact tracing to individuals who might not have phones, and then segues into what’s behind the Z-Wave Allian...
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Episode 281: Manufacturing trends during the pandemic from 2020-08-13T09:00:30
This week on the IoT podcast we begin by talking about what the widespread adoption of ultrawideband chips in phones could mean for the IoT. From there, it’s on to Google’s always-listening soft...
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Episode 280: Meet the new security standard for the smart home from 2020-08-06T09:00:35
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 ...
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Episode 279: GE Appliances goes for the Gold in security from 2020-07-30T09:00:15
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 Mellow sous vide is now cha...
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Episode 278: Amazon’s Alexa Developer news and 5G’s next wave from 2020-07-23T09:00:40
This week’s show digs into the announcements made during Amazon’s Alexa Live event held Wednesday. We explain the Connect Kit hardware and Alexa skill upgrades and try to offer a bit of context ...
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Episode 277: Does your house need a mouse? from 2020-07-16T09:00:55
This week on the show Kevin and I start with a speculative Google project dubbed the “house mouse” by researchers at Google’s ATAP group. Then we cover a bit on Google’s proposed acquisition of ...
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Episode 276: Google inches toward a smarter home from 2020-07-09T09:00:32
This week Kevin and I discuss the news from Google’s smart home event, and what it means for the big players in the game, standards efforts, your television, and whether Amazon can compete witho...
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Episode 275: Does the smart home need glasses? from 2020-07-02T09:00:50
This week Kevin and I talk about my recent move and what I am looking for in a video doorbell before diving into our thoughts on Google’s planned smart home event for next week. Then we cover th...
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Episode 274: Apple embraces IoT and SmartThings shakes things up from 2020-06-25T10:00
This week’s show is a whopper, starting with the news from Apple’s WorldWide Developers Conference. We talk about how Apple is playing the long game by integrating sensors and machine learning a...
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Episode 273: Ripple20 and Helium goes global from 2020-06-18T12:00:06
This week’s show features a guest co-host, Chris Albrecht, editor at The Spoon. We kick off the show discussing the latest IoT security vulnerability Ripple20 and why you need a software Bill of...
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Episode 272: Let’s talk about anonymity by design from 2020-06-11T09:00:45
This week’s podcast starts off with IBM’s decision to stop selling facial recognition software (we recorded before Amazon made a similar announcement) and then shifts to a discussion on neuromor...
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Episode 271: Surveillance scares and a nutrition label for IoT security from 2020-06-04T09:00:12
This week’s show kicks off with a discussion of what’s happening in the U.S. with protests, police brutality, and the role connected tech can play in smart cities, including the role image recog...
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Episode 270: Wink is a bad boyfriend and what about Wi-Fi HaLow? from 2020-05-28T09:00:43
This week’s show starts off with Wink’s new pricing plan (although it feels less like a plan and more like watching a toddler trying to chase a soccer ball.) After that, we talk about Wemo’s dec...
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Episode 269: Wyze wants to bulk up and Microsoft Build news from 2020-05-21T09:00:10
This week’s show is all about Seattle-area companies. First up, Wyze wants to raise money, so it shared its sales from last year and plans for 30 more smart home products. Kevin and I talk about...
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Episode 268: Subscription news from Wink and Nest from 2020-05-14T09:00
This week’s show is all about subscriptions! First Kevin and I share thoughts on Wink’s decision to charge a subscription fee after giving customers a week’s notice and threatening to shut down ...
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Episode 267: How to build your own IoT device from 2020-05-07T09:00:54
This week on the show, Kevin and I start with a potential privacy bill in the Senate related to COVID-19 track and trace and then discuss the challenges legislation and Bluetooth track-trace eff...
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Episode 266: Startups get ARM IP for free from 2020-04-30T12:00:34
ARM is expanding access to its chip designs to startups that have raised less than $5 million through its Flexible Access program. Kevin and I explain why this is a big deal and then go on to di...
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Episode 265: How to make the electric grid more like the internet from 2020-04-23T09:00:35
This week Kevin and I dig into two sets of best practices for privacy and data collection relating to track-and-trace programs enacted on our devices. One is from Microsoft, and the other is fro...
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Episode 264: Wyze gear and everything’s coming up COVID from 2020-04-16T09:00:59
This week’s Internet of Things Podcast kicks off with a discussion of all the ways that IoT companies are evolving their products and pitches for the pandemic. We cover handwashing sensors, door...
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Episode 263: Insurance gets smart and Google Home gets local from 2020-04-09T09:00:19
Kevin and I kick off the show with the news that Google is moving ahead on its local control for certain smart home devices, which will be helpful for people who want faster response times and a...
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Episode 262: Use your wearable data to detect COVID-19 from 2020-04-02T09:00:55
This week Kevin and I kick off the show with a discussion of who should be tracking you during the pandemic and what rules companies and governments should use in order to protect user privacy. ...
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Episode 261: Set up a secure IoT network and Wyze has new gear from 2020-03-26T09:00:22
With the spread of COVID-19 and people staying home, robots are gaining ground in jobs, so Kevin and I discuss what jobs are at risk and what happened with automation during the last three reces...
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Episode 260: How to make telemedicine work in a crisis from 2020-03-19T09:00:18
Kevin and I kick off this week’s show discussing COVID-19 again. We start with a virus tracker for Home Assistant, a handwashing sensor, relaxed healthcare rules, disaster relief networks, Israe...
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Episode 259: Lights out for first-gen Hue hubs and Lightify from 2020-03-12T09:00:39
This week’s show starts off with Kevin and I explaining exactly what’s happening with the death of the first-gen Philips Hue hubs (which we mentioned way back in November) and the death of the c...
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Episode 258: Coronavirus help from the IoT from 2020-03-05T10:00:50
This week we continue our discussion of the coronavirus, because a week later, things are still getting canceled. Plus, Kevin shares some tips for having your smart home help you avoid infection...
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Episode 257: Microsoft’s IoT security play is finally here from 2020-02-27T10:00:12
We start this week’s show talking about the hit the tech conference circuit has taken because of the new coronavirus before segueing into some good news on the security front with the move of Mi...
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Episode 256: The tech industry is growing up from 2020-02-20T10:00:24
This week Kevin is back and we’re digging into Ring’s decision to listen to its critics and change some of its security features. It’s a welcome sign of overall maturity in the tech industry. At...
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Episode 255: A deep dive into NIST’s new privacy framework from 2020-02-13T10:00:43
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 ...
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Episode 254: Google goes enterprise with Glass from 2020-02-06T10:00:50
This week Kevin and I start the show with a focus on Google’s new Glass product for the enterprise, and a newly discovered smart hub from the Craftsman brand (h/t Jimmy Hawkins). We also cover t...
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Episode 253: Smart cities, Ring, and the new surveillance state from 2020-01-30T10:00:50
On this week’s show, privacy was a big theme beginning with our conversation about Ring’s sharing of certain user data with third-party tracking sites, a plea from 40 organizations for the U.S. ...
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Episode 252: Bricks, CHIP and Wi-Fi 6 from 2020-01-23T10:00:29
Kevin and start the show with our takes on Sonos deciding to stop updating older speakers and stereo components. We broaden the conversation to include Under Armor killing its UA gear and Charte...
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Episode 251: Here’s what people at CES said about CHIP from 2020-01-16T10:00:50
This week’s show was dedicated to a wrap up of CES 2020. Kevin and I shared how the show has changed in the last 15 years, talked about technology for Boomers, the Withings ScanWatch and ran thr...
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Episode 250: Everything that mattered at CES from 2020-01-09T10:00:51
This week Kevin and I went to Las Vegas for the annual CES event showcasing thousands of technology products under dozens of roofs. We recorded the show before we had the chance to see everythin...
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Episode 249: Welcome to the internet of senses from 2020-01-02T10:00:48
Happy New Year, y’all! This week Kevin and I kick off the show with a chat about the Wyze security breach. We talk about what it means for you and I offer an idea on how to stop some of these br...
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Episode 248: Should I put my IoT devices on a guest network? from 2019-12-26T17:26:42
This week’s Internet of Things Podcast is a bit different from our typical format. Instead of discussing a range of topics and sharing a guest interview, we’re tackling the question we get so of...
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Episode 247: We explain Amazon, Apple and Google’s new smart home standard from 2019-12-19T10:00:06
This week’s big news is that Amazon, Apple, and Google have agreed to collaborate on the creation of a new smart home standard called the Connected Home over IP (CHIP). We lay out what this is a...
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Episode 246: The IoT Holiday Gift Guide from 2019-12-12T10:00:48
This week Kevin and kick off the show on a serious note, pointing out that the U.S. is approaching China in terms of the number of people per every IP camera. We draw a line between that fact an...
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Episode 245: What to ask your landlord about smart apartments from 2019-12-05T10:00:26
Amazon is bringing its services closer to the edge with a new product and deal with Verizon, but it’s not the only cloud provider signing a partnership with a carrier. We also discuss Resideo’s ...
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Episode 244: How AWS plans to take on the IoT from 2019-11-28T10:00:35
This week Amazon announced several new services ahead of its re:Invent event next week including news about Alexa Voice Services and the IoT elements of the cloud. We also touch base about Wink’...
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Episode 243: Nanoleaf Canvas review and a talk with Tuya from 2019-11-21T10:00:06
We kick off this week’s podcast with Kevin’s struggles to get his Google Home to talk to Wink. Then we unpack some of the standards news out from the ZigBee Alliance and the Open Connectivity Fo...
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Episode 242: Google explains itself and new Wyze gear! from 2019-11-14T10:00:17
Wyze makes some of the most reasonably-priced smart-home gear on the market and said earlier this month that it was planning a smorgasbord of new products, which Kevin and I detail in this episo...
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Episode 241: How a smarter edge can make schools safer from 2019-11-07T10:00:12
This week on the show, Kevin and I started with a discussion of reports of how smart speakers can receive remote commands from a hacker with a laser. We then shifted gears to talk about company ...
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Episode 240: Wave goodbye to Wink? from 2019-10-31T09:00:02
This week Kevin and I lamented about the future state of Wink. Its status is almost dead. We also discussed Apple’s renewed interest in the smart home, Google’s rumored interest in Fitbit and Mi...
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Episode 239: Tuya, toilets and Twinklys from 2019-10-24T12:00:22
This week Kevin and I start with an update on Tuya full of a variety of news the company announced at a conference held this week in Shenzen, China. From there we discuss two updates with the ma...
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Episode 238: Google’s smart home vision explained from 2019-10-17T09:00:58
This week Kevin and I discuss the aftermath of the big Google event, covering the new devices, the focus on ambient computing, and changes to the Nest subscription and Works with Assistant progr...
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Episode 237: ARM’s big move and the future of food from 2019-10-10T09:00:14
In this week’s episode, we start off with speculation about wearables and why we might put the internet of things into clothing. From there we speculate on whether IoT is the new asbestos. I di...
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Episode 236: Yes, I want Amazon Alexa eyeglasses from 2019-10-03T09:00:33
This week we returned to the Amazon announcements from last week, so Kevin and I could share our thoughts in depth. We hit the popular gadgets, Sidewalk and even delved into the smart oven. We a...
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Episode 235: How Amazon is defining the smart home from 2019-09-26T09:00:58
This week’s show covers the big Amazon announcements in the guest segment, but first Kevin and I focus on the retailer’s smaller announcements around its new show and tell feature and voice inte...
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Episode 234: It’s M&A season for the smart home from 2019-09-19T09:00:28
This week alarm company Vivint went public through a reverse merger, with the aim of becoming a leader in the smart home and security space. We discuss the transaction and what it means for the ...
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Episode 233: How IoT will change your sales job from 2019-09-12T09:00:52
This week’s show kicks off with the whimper after Apple failed to give us any exciting IoT news. We discuss the scraps Apple gave us, but move to Google’s new Nest Hub Max and the future of loca...
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Episode 232: How secure is your favorite smart home device? from 2019-09-05T09:00:42
This week’s show has good news for smart device buyers concerned about security. We discuss a new research effort called Your Things that tracks the security of popular smart home devices. We al...
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Episode 231: What to do with Wi-Fi 6 and voice in the enterprise from 2019-08-29T09:00:57
What is Wi-Fi 6? Should you care? We tackle these questions first up in this week’s podcast. From there, Kevin and I discuss the Bluetooth KNOB vulnerability and our fears of how smart home data...
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Episode 230: Which IoT satellite efforts will fail? from 2019-08-22T09:00:07
This week I get excited about a new home water monitoring product from Phyn while Kevin migrated his Nest account over to a Google account. We also discussed the creation of IKEA’s new Home Smar...
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Episode 229: Check out this new location tech for IoT from 2019-08-15T09:00:03
This week Kevin and I continue to follow the never-ending saga of companies who sent people’s voice utterances to contractors without disclosure and pile on with more disconcerting news about Am...
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Episode 228: Ring uses police as a sales channel from 2019-08-08T09:00:11
We should name our show the Internet of Privacy Violations Podcast. This week Kevin and I talk about Apple and Microsoft sending voice utterances to contractors and what the industry overall has...
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Episode 227: Resideo’s smart home strategy explained from 2019-08-01T09:00:09
We kick off this week’s show with a new smart bed from Tempur-Pedic before immediately disagreeing about Google’s use of gesture control in the upcoming Pixel 4. From there we talk about Amazon’...
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Episode 226: Google’s Nest exec isn’t into smart homes from 2019-07-25T09:00:48
This week’s show kicks off with Kevin and I discussing how Google’s head of IoT isn’t a believer in the smart home. Except he is. He just calls it something else, and we explain his rationale fo...
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Episode 225: How to fix smart speaker privacy issues from 2019-07-18T09:00:16
This week on the show Kevin and I share our misgivings about smart speakers and some ideas to help address the privacy issues for those who want to continue to embrace the convenience, but don’t...
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Episode 224: Wyze Bulbs and the Echo Auto reviewed from 2019-07-11T09:00:53
This week Kevin and I spend more time reviewing gadgets than on news. First, we hit the latest update for Z-Wave which basically makes it easier to grab a new Z-wave device and get it on a netwo...
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Episode 223: How Amazon treats your Alexa data from 2019-07-04T09:00:43
This week Kevin and I read and discuss the letter from Amazon responding to inquiries about how it keeps and handles data. We go in-depth because it’s important to discuss the tradeoff between s...
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Episode 222: SmartThings’new gear and a Wink sighting from 2019-06-27T09:00:42
This week on the IoT Podcast, Kevin and I spend time discussing Amazon’s new smaller Echo Show and SmartThings’ new trifecta of products. From there we talk about a frightening new malware that...
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Episode 221: Thread is now enterprise ready from 2019-06-20T09:00:26
This week Kevin and I talk about the updated Thread protocol and explain what Thread 1.2 has to offer. It’s quite a lot. We also talk about office-management firm JLLworking with Google to launc...
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Episode 220: The future of surveillance includes hacked data and biased AI from 2019-06-13T09:30:53
This week Kevin and I offer a take on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency hack and what it means in terms of biometric data, broader security trends and how it relates to policing that...
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Episode 219: The summer Q&A episode! from 2019-06-06T09:00:28
Twice a year Kevin and I gather up a bunch of your questions from the Internet of Things Podcast Hotline and find answers for them. The episode stars all of our listeners and this time around y’...
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Episode 218: This company is betting big on Apple’s HomeKit from 2019-05-30T09:00:56
This week we talk about Nvidia’s new EGX platform for delivering machine learning at the edge as well as the surprise Sony low power wide area network that can send a few bits 60 miles. And bec...
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Episode 217: Lutron has saved the smart bulb! from 2019-05-23T09:00:03
This week, Lutron introduced the Aurora dimmer switch, which attaches to a traditional light switch to control your smart bulbs without any need of an electrician or tools. We love it! We also d...
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Episode 216: Your smart home data will lead to cheaper insurance from 2019-05-16T09:00:31
This week Kevin and I continue discussing the fall out from Google killing the Works with Nest program. We discuss alternative devices for those who want to replace their Nest devices. Next, we ...
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Episode 215: What Google killing Works with Nest means from 2019-05-09T09:00
This week’s show is a long one, thanks to both Google I/O and Microsoft Build happening this week. We kick off with news from I/O about local processing and gesture controls before digging deep ...
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Episode 214: Goodbye Anki, hello connected pets from 2019-05-02T09:00:48
This week Kevin and I mourn the end of Anki, the company behind Kevin’s beloved Vector robot. We also talk about the upcoming Google I/O, privacy expectations in apartments with connected device...
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Episode 213: A deep dive into IoT Inspector from 2019-04-25T09:00:25
This week’s podcast starts out with a focus on Clear Ventures’ new, $180 million venture fund dedicated to Industry 4.0. We stay with enterprise and industrial IoT to discuss a new round of fund...
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Episode 212: How to find connected devices in your home or enterprise from 2019-04-18T09:00:14
This week’s show is all about visibility. Kevin and I get started discussing the new IoT Inspector program that tracks what devices are on your network and how they behave. In other surveillanc...
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Episode 211: Google’s Anthos and the death of Stringify from 2019-04-11T09:00:12
This week Kevin and I spend a chunk of the podcast discussing the end of Stringify and the other options available to users. We also talk about the need for an easy way to transfer automations f...
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Episode 210: Hannover Messe and haptic IoT from 2019-04-04T09:00:20
This week’s show focuses on the tremendous amount of industrial IoT news coming out of the Hannover Messe event held in Germany. We cover Microsoft and BMW’s Open Manufacturing Platform and the ...
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Episode 209: The industrial IoT is under attack from 2019-03-28T09:00:46
This week I’m in Helsinki learning a lot about Finnish IoT. I’ll write about it more in the newsletter, but in the meantime, Kevin and I discussed where Siri and HomeKit fit in with Apple’s serv...
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Episode 208: IKEA’s smart home arrives in August from 2019-03-21T09:00:32
Kevin was out of town this week, so I co-hosted the podcast with my former colleague Chris Albrecht, who is managing editor at the Spoon, a foodtech site and the head of the Articulate conferenc...
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Episode 207: The smart home at SXSW from 2019-03-14T09:00:28
This week’s show features a lot of little news bits starting with a discussion about Charter testing a new smart home device management platform and another chat about facial recognition. We the...
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Episode 206: Why your smart devices cost so much from 2019-03-07T10:00:35
This week Kevin and I start off the show with a discussion about Google’s new Coral board that provides machine learning at the edge. We then jump to sensor company Centralite’s bankruptcy filin...
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Episode 205: How technology will shape your energy bills from 2019-02-28T10:00:51
There were two big shows this week with Embedded World and Mobile World Congress. Thus, this week’s show focuses a lot on industrial and enterprise news starting with a deep dive on ARM’s PSA ce...
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Episode 204: Apple’s next big market and Silicon Labs’CEO from 2019-02-21T10:00:26
This week Kevin and start the show with an educated guess about what comes next for Apple after the iPhone and then discuss the leadership transition at IFTTT. In the wake of Google saying that ...
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Episode 203: Amazon’s Eero buy and RISC-V from 2019-02-14T10:00:03
There were several acquisitions this week and the end of two prominent IoT platforms to cover, so Kevin and I had a lot to talk about. We kick off the show with Amazon’s purchase of mesh Wi-Fi c...
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Episode 202: What happens when your smart home gets a subpoena from 2019-02-07T10:00:10
This week’s news was somewhat grim for the smart home with Lowe’s shutting down its Iris smart home hub program and a number of acquisitions in the space. Those include LIFX, Neeo, and WigWag. W...
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Episode 201: Bluetooth gets better and more smart lights from 2019-01-31T13:20:37
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has released new standards that improve location tracking, so we talk about Kevin’s hopes for that and save the bigger details for our guest segment. We’ve g...
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Episode 200: These are the features that matter in the smart kitchen from 2019-01-24T10:00:28
This week’s podcast kicks off with a discussion about property owners forcing smart apartments on renters. The discussion was sparked by a series of tweets. Kevin and I discovered the name of th...
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Episode 199: Check out Maslow’s Hierarchy of IoT from 2019-01-17T10:00:39
We finish up our CES thoughts this week, although after living it, writing about it and talking about I’m not sure what’s been covered and where. We talk about Wi-Fi devices, Chamberlain working...
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Special Edition: 2019 CES episode from 2019-01-14T13:43:16
It’s time for our annual CES edition of the Internet of Things Podcast! This year’s CES wrap focuses on newer additions to the gadget world with conversations from Procter&Gamble and Kohler. You...
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Episode 198: Check out CES and a smart KB Home from 2019-01-10T10:00:19
Kevin and I are at CES this week ready to embrace the future of consumer technology. But so far, we haven’t found much that is new. We discuss the domination by Google at the show, a bunch of ne...
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Episode 197: What to expect at CES and in 2019 from 2019-01-03T10:00:20
This week’s show is all about the coming year. We start with Kevin and I discussing things we expect to see at CES next week as well as overall trends we think 2019 will bring to IoT and the sma...
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Episode 196: The holiday Q&A extravaganza! from 2018-12-27T10:00:38
This week Kevin and I took some time off to prepare for the CES and get ready for 2019. It’s going to be awesome! But we can’t leave you guys without a show, so we selected almost a dozen listen...
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Episode 195: We’re switching to Google’s Home from 2018-12-20T10:00:33
Kevin is back this week and we kick off the show discussing GE’s decision to spin out its industrial IoT business. From there we talk about the closure of Lighthouse, the smart camera maker, a c...
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Episode 194: Is it time to address privacy in the Constitution? from 2018-12-13T10:00:56
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 ...
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Episode 193: Inside Calgary’s sensor network from 2018-12-06T10:00:29
This week we tackle a bunch of device news, the rebranding of TrackR, the end of ARM’s Cordio Bluetooth IP and Nokia’s latest data on IoT botnets. We also ask what y’all think about network secu...
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Episode 192: Amazon’s big news and UL’s cyber safety standard from 2018-11-29T10:00:27
This week Kevin and I start off on a heavy note discussing the things that went wrong during the Lion Air crash at the end of October relating that to the increase in sensors, software and inade...
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Episode 191: Lowe’s wants to dump Iris from 2018-11-22T10:00:43
This week on the show, Kevin and I talk about Lowe’s putting the Iris smart home system on the block, Apple buying Silk Labs and why now is a perfect time to pull the trigger on the smart home d...
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Episode 190: The Federal government takes on consumer privacy from 2018-11-15T10:00:58
We kick off this week with an in-depth discussion of the NTIA’s suggestions for regulating consumer privacy in a digital era. It’s a long discussion, but one worth having, and we welcome your th...
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Episode 189: Meet the Digital Standard for IoT security and privacy from 2018-11-08T12:23:35
The battle for more secure IoT products will get its day in court now that a judge has rejected requests for summary judgment in a case pitting the FTC against D-Link. The agency called out D-Li...
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Episode 188: How to design a better smart home from 2018-11-01T10:00:41
Smart home hubs are dying, DIY will become increasingly niche and smart companies are prepping for this. For example, Honeywell’s smart home spin out Resideo went public this week with an eye to...
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Episode 187: It’s time to take privacy seriously from 2018-10-25T11:55:17
We’re nearing the end of 2018, which is as good a time as any to relaunch the smart glasses concept. We discuss the new new Focals glasses, tie them in with Qualcomm’s new chips for Alexa-based ...
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Episode 186: ARM’s new architecture and Anki’s adorable robot from 2018-10-18T09:00:13
This week’s podcast kicks off with a deep dive into the news shared at ARM’s TechCon event happening in Santa Clara, Calif. We talk about ARM’s new architecture, move on to Facebook’s privacy fu...
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Episode 185: Google’s news and smart kitchens from 2018-10-11T09:00:06
This week Kevin kicks off the show with his thoughts from the Google event, including a lot of information on the new Google Home Hub. Kevin talks about what it means for Google and the smart ho...
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Episode 184: How to remake the Internet for IoT from 2018-10-04T09:00:28
This week Kevin and I start out discussing The Wi-Fi Alliance’s new branding for the wireless standard and why you don’t need to rush in to buy Wi-Fi 6 gear. We then turn to space, specifically,...
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Episode 183: Amazon’s news bonanza explained from 2018-09-27T09:00:35
Last week Amazon released a ridiculous amount of news that we’ve covered in detail, but Kevin and I talk it out and draw attention to some of the things we thought were relevant. We stay in the ...
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Episode 182: Trump’s tariffs are bad for IoT from 2018-09-20T09:00:30
We’re as excited as you guys to hear about Amazon’s upcoming devices, but we don’t devote too much time to them this week. Instead, we focus on the Alexa Gadgets Toolkit that Amazon unveiled and...
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Episode 181: Are you ready for IoT to be a $520B business? from 2018-09-13T09:00:54
A lot of people are getting a smart speaker for the holidays. That’s one of the takeaways from a recent survey by Adobe that Kevin and I talk about this week. We follow that up with the new Sono...
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Episode 180: Alexa and Google are the real smart home standards from 2018-09-06T09:00:43
This week we learn more details about Lenovo’s smart home line and talk about Amazon’s new Alexa API for sensors and motion detectors. We touch on a combined router/smart speaker that has Kevin ...
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Episode 179: IFA news and bringing extreme wattage to your kitchen from 2018-08-30T09:00:22
This week in Germany, the IFA trade show is the place to be. Unfortunately Kevin and I aren’t there, but we share a lot of the news that came out from the first half of the show. This includes s...
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Episode 178: Facebook’s smart speaker and a new security startup from 2018-08-23T09:00:49
This week’s show kicks off with Kevin and I trying to figure out Facebook’s voice ambitions. We then explain how Google is using IoT data and AI to shave 40% in energy use in its data centers. T...
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Episode 177: Defcon hacks and blockchain facts from 2018-08-16T09:00:05
We kick off this week’s show with an overview of the stories coming out of the Defcon security conference held this week in Las Vegas. Keeping security in mind, we talk about Amazon Web Services...
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Episode 176: Why did Apple join the Thread Group? from 2018-08-09T09:00:48
This week Kevin and I kick off the show with our thoughts on the future of hearables before explaining why we think Apple joined the Thread Group and what it means for future HomeKit products. F...
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Episode 175: GE slims down and Otis tries Alexa in elevators from 2018-08-02T09:00:18
This week on the show Kevin and I speculate what digital assets GE will sell and discuss the sad bankruptcy of French smart home company Sen.se. After hitting the sad news, we talked about the l...
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Episode 174: How Wyze makes such a crazy, good camera for cheap from 2018-07-26T09:00:49
This week I was at Google’s cloud event in San Francisco while Kevin swapped out his video doorbells. We discuss Google’s news related to edge computing and several pieces of doorbell news befor...
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Episode 173: Nest CEO is out and Jacuzzi is in with the IoT from 2018-07-19T09:00:18
Nest’s CEO has been forced out, and GE and Microsoft create even deeper integrations for industrial IoT. Also this week, UPS creates a partnership with a startup to take on Amazon Key, and we di...
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Episode 172: The smart home goes public from 2018-07-12T09:00:44
This week’s show takes up last week’s news of Netgear’s Arlo division and Sonos filing for initial public offerings. Kevin and I share what we see in the filings and what it means for the smart ...
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Episode 171: Your smart home questions, answered! from 2018-07-05T09:00:09
This week Kevin and I decided to do something a bit unusual, turning our segment where we answer listener’s questions into the entire show. You guys have been sending a lot of interesting questi...
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Episode 170: Smart stents, surveillance tech and Alexa-powered faucets from 2018-06-28T09:00:28
This week’s episode begins on a grim note, as Kevin and I discuss the New York Times’ story about how smart home gadgets can become another point of control in abusive relationships. From there ...
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Episode 169: Alexa gets a hotel gig from 2018-06-21T09:00:37
This week in IoT news, Kevin and I talk about AT&T’s plans to launch an NB-IoT network. Then we talk about the pros and cons of Marriott putting Alexa into hotel rooms. We also talk about a new ...
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Episode 168: How GE’s Current curtailed dreams to meet reality from 2018-06-14T09:00:34
This week Kevin and I spend a bit of time on industrial IoT news with Rockwell Automation’s $1 billion investment in PTC and also ARM’s buy of a Stream Technologies. On the consumer side, we deb...
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Episode 167: Apple’s WWDC news and connected musicians from 2018-06-07T09:00:24
Kevin kicks off the show with his thoughts on Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference news, including Siri’s new IFTTT-like abilities. We continue with Alexa finding a home on computers and a di...
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166: Alexa gets better at business and AI at the edge from 2018-05-31T09:00:59
The General Data Protection Regulation took effect last week so we kick off this episode by talking about what it means for IoT devices. We then hit the Z-Wave security news and explain why it i...
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Episode 165: How Sears plans to use IoT from 2018-05-24T09:00:46
I was at the Parks Connections event that covers the smart home this week, so I share a few thoughts on what’s holding back adoption and how to think about using AI to create a smart home. From ...
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Episode 164: New Wi-Fi standards and robots from 2018-05-17T09:00:06
The Wi-Fi Alliance has created a new standard for mesh networks, and Kevin and I are on top of it, discussing what it means, who’s participating, and whether or not it matters. We then tackle Si...
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Episode 163: Everything IoT from Microsoft Build and Google I/O from 2018-05-10T09:00:30
This week was a big one in the tech ecosystem with Microsoft and Google both hosting their big developer conferences. Microsoft’s featured a lot more IoT. Google shared a few updates for its Goo...
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Episode 162: Smart walls and dumb homes from 2018-05-03T09:00:33
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 appearan...
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Episode 161: Amazon’s Alexa Blueprints, home robots and more from 2018-04-26T09:00:54
This week’s show finds me in Sweden pondering Alexa Blueprints, the Amazon Echo for kids and Amazon’s smart robot plans. Kevin and I talked about all of that, before showcasing new research for ...
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Episode 160: A deep dive into Microsoft’s IoT security platform from 2018-04-19T09:00:39
This week’s show is all about Microsoft’s new IoT security product, Azure Sphere. Kevin and I start with that, before talking about a new checklist from the Online Trust Alliance explaining how ...
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Episode 159: The Nest doorbell is a great video doorbell from 2018-04-12T10:33:04
Microsoft plans to spend $5 billion on the internet of things, and it’s more than the usual shell game that big firms play with these sorts of announcements. We discuss its plans on this week’s ...
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Episode 158: Stacey and Kevin debate robots from 2018-04-05T09:00:53
Intel said it would sell its nine-year-old IoT acquisition Wind River to private equity firm TPG this week. We explain why, and offer some context on the deal. Driven by Spotify’s public listing...
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Episode 157: Why Foxconn is buying Belkin and the future of healthcare from 2018-03-29T09:00:48
We discuss two big news issues this week with the first being Foxconn’s offer to buy Belkin for $866 million. The deal would include the Wemo line of smart home devices and the Phyn leak detecti...
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Episode 156: Lennar’s smart home and why it dumped Apple HomeKit from 2018-03-22T10:00:42
Like the rest of the tech media, Kevin and I kick off the show with a discussion about data collection and privacy in light of the allegations against Cambridge Analytica. It’s a stark reminder ...
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Episode 155: New toys, Pi Day and insect-tracking LIDAR from 2018-03-15T10:00:36
We have reached the purported end of Broadcom’s bid for Qualcomm, so Kevin and I finally shared our thoughts on the topic. After that we discussed a murder that was solved using evidence from co...
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Episode 154: Google and Amazon fight and we are the losers from 2018-03-08T11:00:33
The tech titans are feuding again, and this time it means you can no longer buy Google’s Nest gear on Amazon’s online store. Kevin and I dissect the fight and speculate where it could lead. We a...
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Episode 153: Mobile World Congress news and a deep dive into IOTA from 2018-03-01T10:00:23
The big news from this week has been Amazon’s proposed acquisition of Ring for $1 billion or more. Kevin and I explain the deal and share our concerns before turning to the issue of smarter came...
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Episode 152: Hot new sensors and Google’s latest deal from 2018-02-22T10:00:25
Every week we talk about Alexa, and this week’s story is about Amazon showing Alexa off at the annual Toy Fair in New York City. I went there three years ago to explore tech in toys and didn’t f...
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Episode 151: Thoughts on Apple’s HomePod and chip news galore from 2018-02-15T10:02:04
The big news this week is in machine learning chips. ARM announced a new architecture for machine learning called Trillium, and said it would license an object detection design and one that coul...
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Episode 150: Mozilla’s IoT Gateway and LoRa Roaming from 2018-02-08T10:00:53
There was a lot of smart home related news this week as Mozilla launched IoT gateway software, Apple’s HomePod reviews came out and Nest was folded into Google. Kevin and I discuss all of that, ...
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Episode 149: Here’s how the GDPR will change IoT from 2018-02-01T10:00:15
We kick off the podcast this week with a discussion of the unintended costs of combining user data, namely the story that Strava had unintentionally outed clandestine U.S. military bases around ...
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Episode 148: IoT’s nuclear winter from 2018-01-25T10:00:52
The Apple HomePod goes on sale this week and Kevin is getting one for the show. We’re not sure if you should yet. We discuss that, and our respective Google Home experiments in this week’s show....
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Episode 147: Okay Google, manage my home from 2018-01-18T10:00:30
At CES I made the decision to traumatize my family and swap out the Amazon Echo for the Google Home despite Wi-Fi challenges. We kick off this week’s show explaining why, and discussing some new...
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CES 2018 was about more than voice from 2018-01-16T10:00:31
CES is full of stories if you know where to look. This year we had to look beyond companies putting Alexa in everything from toilets to toothbrushes. If you did, you could find out all kinds of ...
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Episode 146: ARM’s CEO on Spectre and Meltdown, plus hot CES 2018 takes from 2018-01-11T10:00:23
This week. the Internet of Things Podcast crew (Kevin and I) went to CES to discover that the consumer electronics industry was ALL OVER the internet of things. We talked about the big trends an...
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Episode 145: The block-less blockchain from 2018-01-04T10:00:06
This week Kevin and I talked about the death of an expensive smart lock, Amazon buying a security company, and spent a lot of time wondering what the heck is going on with Google’s IoT cloud pla...
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Episode 144: Our IoT predictions and my family’s thoughts from 2017-12-28T10:00:40
Once again it’s time for the holiday episode of the Internet of Things Podcast, where Kevin and I gather weeks ahead of the show’s air date to predict what we think will happen next year. We kic...
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Episode 143: The IoT dystopia episode from 2017-12-21T10:00:27
This week’s episode starts out with a pretty grim perspective, with Kevin Tofel and I discussing what the end of net neutrality means for the internet of things. We then talk about facial recogn...
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Episode 142: Smart sheets, suits and carpets are coming from 2017-12-14T10:00:38
We begin this week with another cautionary tale about bricked connected devices. This week it’s an automotive product called Mojio. From there I discuss the things I recently learned about build...
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Episode 141: Alexa suits up for business from 2017-12-07T10:00:16
Last week Amazon made a slew of IoT announcements at its annual user conference, bringing established functions into general availability and surprising us with the launch of Amazon’s Free RTOS ...
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Episode 140: How IoT will change war from 2017-11-30T10:00:13
This week we kick off the show with a bit about voice such as Google getting better at understanding your commands, the ability to talk to Waze and notifications coming to the Amazon Echo. We al...
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Episode 139: The 2017 IoT Podcast Gift Guide! from 2017-11-22T10:00:58
You guys, this week’s podcast is all about the toys. Specifically toys for your kids, your dog and your loved ones. In the last year Kevin and I have tried many devices and have compiled our exp...
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Episode 138: Wink’s security system review and Las Vegas is a smart city from 2017-11-16T11:00:18
There was a lot of small news this week including updates to the Google Home/Assistant ecosystem that Kevin and I discuss on this week’s podcast. I share my feelings on the Google Mini and then ...
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Episode 137: Is Nest breaking Thread? from 2017-11-09T10:00:46
This week’s show has flying cars and lawsuits. What more can anyone really ask for? Kevin and I kick off the show discussing Waymo’s autonomous minivans, Uber’s plan for helicars, and the injunc...
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Episode 136: Sony’s Aibo is back and Chamberlain’s CEO explains its moves from 2017-11-02T09:00:43
The best news of the week is that Sony is bringing back the Aibo robotic puppy. The bad news is that it will costs a pretty penny. Kevin Tofel and I discuss the pup, San Diego’s smart city effor...
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Episode 135: Amazon wants your key and Vodafone wants your sensor data from 2017-10-26T11:00:30
The home security train just keeps on rolling in the smart home with Amazon offering a connected camera and door lock combo to enfold Prime Members even more deeply into the ecosystem and Wink l...
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Episode 134: KRACKed security and a river of sensors from 2017-10-19T09:00:30
This week began with a bang as researchers disclosed a vulnerability in the Wi-Fi protocol that could cause problems for smart device owners. The details of the KRACK vulnerability can be found ...
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Episode 133: August’s new doorbell and Vitamix blends with Bluetooth from 2017-10-12T09:00:05
Both Dell and Salesforce made big announcements about their internet of things plans this week, so Kevin and I try to break that down for people. We then discussed Amazon trying to deliver thing...
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Episode 132: Ring’s new security system and scaling sensors from 2017-10-05T09:00:52
This show is awesome, but we don’t discuss the Google or Sonos news, because it happened after we recorded. I just want to let y’all know going in. Instead we cover Ring’s new security system, A...
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Episode 131: Amazon’s new gear and Nest’s Matt Rogers from 2017-09-28T09:00:34
This week’s show features a quick rundown of Amazon’s new devices. It also has a lot of exciting news on the wearable front. Kevin Tofel reviews his Apple Watch with LTE and we also discuss a ne...
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Episode 130: Nest’s a security company now and Hitachi’s new industrial IoT explained from 2017-09-21T09:00:43
Wow. This week saw some big news from Nest as it announced a new security system plus other devices. August also updated its line of locks and promised a better doorbell. Meanwhile, rumors of an...
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Episode 129: Apple’s missing IoT news and adding blockchain to the energy grid from 2017-09-14T09:00:26
This week’s Apple announcement didn’t offer much for the IoT fans in the audience, although Kevin is deciding if he want’s the LTE-capable Apple Watch. We also talk about a big Bluetooth securit...
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Everything you need to know from CEDIA from 2017-09-11T18:23:27
Grab your headset for a special bonus edition of the Internet of Things Podcast from the CEDIA show floor in San Diego. Last week I attended the show, which is aimed at the professional AV insta...
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Episode 128: The coolest fridges at IFA and how to build a connected product from 2017-09-07T09:00:08
This week launched our new hotline feature with a comment and question from you guys. Keep them coming! Before we got to the Q&A, Kevin and I discussed news from IFA, Europe’s largest appliance ...
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Episode 127: Alexa gets multi-room audio and teaching devices to lie to one another from 2017-08-31T09:00:06
GE is not giving up on its industrial IoT dreams, but it is scaling back a bit. We discuss what that means before diving into an array of assistant news. Kevin and I give some tips for using the...
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Episode 126: Sonos wants to brick your speakers from 2017-08-24T09:00:33
The breaking story as we recorded this show was Sonos updating its Terms of Service to prepare for the Amazon Echo integration. As part of this update, the connected speaker maker confirmed that...
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Episode 125: Lockstate’s big goof and a super sensor from CMU from 2017-08-17T09:00:42
How do you turn a deadbolt into a brick? Update its software! That’s not funny, especially if you’re Lockstate, which rendered 500 connected door locks useless with a software update last week. ...
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Episode 124: How to think about cybersecurity in old-line industries from 2017-08-10T09:00:36
In this week’s show, we issue a major correction owing to my lack of pop culture information, discuss a fully automated T-shirt factory and wonder why we don’t have more exciting news from the w...
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Episode 123: Whatever happened to Wink and DefCon’s greatest hacks from 2017-08-03T09:00:08
Security was a big topic this week in the internet of things, so on the podcast we talk about news from Defcon, efforts to hack the Amazon Echo and our take on the Senate’s new IoT security bill...
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Episode 122: Roombas, an IIoT dictionary and IoT networks galore from 2017-07-27T09:00:07
Kevin Tofel and I crammed a fine mix of IoT news into the show this week, starting with news of an employer popping RFID tags into employees and ending with a dystopian book recommendation from ...
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Episode 121: Everything you need to know about Bluetooth Mesh from 2017-07-20T09:00:53
Bluetooth mesh is finally here y’all and we dig in deep to the technology in this episode. First off, Kevin and I discuss what this means for other mesh network technologies and some basic specs...
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Episode 120: Learn how 3-D sensors work before Apple puts them in the iPhone from 2017-07-13T09:00:20
What did you buy for Prime Day this week? This week we tackle if Amazon’s new program to help folks install Alexa-enabled devices is a big deal and Apple’s retail plans for HomeKit. We also disc...
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Episode 119: Amazon’s Echo Show makes me feel lonely from 2017-07-06T09:00
After a week with the Amazon Echo Show I realize that I have no friends–on that device at least. In addition to my review of the Show, Kevin shares a review of the GoControl Z-wave sensor pack h...
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Episode 118: Reviewing Eero’s new gear and IoT ransomware from 2017-06-29T09:00:40
Alexa has new skills thanks to the Echo Show launching this week, and the Google Home gets some fancy new code. Kevin and I discuss how to turn your Echo device into an intercom, my take on the ...
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Episode 117: Intel’s new IoT strategy has fewer things from 2017-06-22T09:00:50
Intel plans to discontinue several of its boards designed for makers. Kevin and I discuss what this means for Intel’s IoT strategy. We also talk about ARM’s extension of a program that eliminate...
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Episode 116: Meet Eero’s new routers and see how Aclima uses IoT to stop pollution from 2017-06-15T09:00:59
There was a lot of Wi-Fi news this week with new routers and services from Eero. Meanwhile, the Wi-Fi Alliance has created a certification program for builders to ensure that newly constructed h...
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Episode 115: All about Apple’s HomePod from 2017-06-08T09:00:44
Apple’s disclosure of the HomePod, a connected speaker and personal assistant, drove much of the IoT news this week. However, research from Pew on how rapidly people are becoming connected and t...
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Episode 114: The Essential Phone and IBM’s Watson tries IoT from 2017-06-01T09:00:31
What makes a phone essential? Or Essential as is the case with Andy Rubin’s new company that features a new smartphone and teases a new connected home assistant? Kevin and I discuss what we know...
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Episode 113: Google Home gets way better from 2017-05-25T09:00:30
It has been a week since Google I/O, which gave Kevin and me time to wade through some of the developer videos and ponder the features Google is announcing for the home and for Google Home. The ...
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Episode 112: Google’s IoT Cloud takes on Amazon and Azure from 2017-05-18T10:00:13
This week we recorded before the big rush of news from Google I/O but we managed to cram in the details on Google’s new IoT Core beta that offers developers a cloud-based platform for connected ...
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Episode 111: All about the Amazon Show and costs of IoT compute from 2017-05-11T11:00:23
Who’s buying an Echo Show? This week Kevin and I share our thoughts on Amazon’s latest device, which adds a screen to the Echo, video calling and more. We also talk about Apple buying Beddit pre...
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Episode 110: IKEA’s smart home plans and will you buy an Amazon Look? from 2017-05-04T09:00:42
This week we discuss Apple’s plans to introduce Siri in a can, Amazon’s Style maven ambitions and a few other items on the personal assistant front. We also discuss Orbit, a new security idea fr...
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Episode 109: How to scale the industrial IoT from 2017-04-27T09:00:12
Google Home can recognize your voice, SmartThing’s Connect app on Samsung’s Galaxy 8 can act as a hubless hub for the home, and Spotify may be considering its own connected device. Kevin and I d...
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Episode 108: Owning digital property could save our privacy from 2017-04-20T09:00:45
Kevin is back for this week’s show, and we talk about Google Home, Amazon’s latest hardware plans for the Echo and how we think voice may evolve. I installed the Honeywell T5 thermostat as well ...
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Episode 107: How the internet of things came to be from 2017-04-13T09:00:30
This week’s IoT Podcast starts with a focus on security, beginning with bot bricking connected devices, IKEA’s smart lights and Microsoft’s Project Sopris efforts. After security, we talk about ...
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Episode 106: Stacey has a secret from 2017-04-06T12:36:55
It’s time to swap out my Amazon Echo for a Google Home because all of my integrations are working so well, and because Google added Logitech’s Harmony Hub. August added a lock for the pro channe...
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Episode 105: Comcast’s platform plans revealed from 2017-03-30T10:00:39
This week there were two big stories in the internet of things. The first is that Google Home has expanded the number of companies it works with, adding Rachio, Wink, August and more. The other ...
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Episode 104: Vint Cerf has a lot of questions on IoT from 2017-03-23T09:00:23
This week we discuss a personal assistant from Samsung, Amazon Alexa on phones and mistakes from Google Home. We also talk about a Legend of Zelda superfan and how he controls his home through a...
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Episode 103: Sue your way to a safer IoT from 2017-03-16T09:00:05
This week Intel said it would spend another small fortune buying a chip company, Kevin discusses uses for LIDAR outside of connected cars and the Ring doorbell is embroiled in a security SNAFU. ...
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Episode 102: Wait to buy your next Amazon Echo from 2017-03-09T10:00:47
Wow. This week saw a bunch of news about the Amazon Echo. There were rumors of new hardware, the ability to make phone calls and the crazy revelations of the CIA’s hacking ability, which led me ...
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Episode 101: What happens when everything becomes a service? from 2017-03-02T10:00:40
Well, the skies fell this week for the smart home. Or more accurately the cloud was somewhat disconnected thanks to Amazon Web Services stumbling. We discuss what happened and how companies can ...
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Episode 100: Let’s build the internet of moving things from 2017-02-23T10:00:02
It’s our 100th podcast, which would be a big deal if Kevin Tofel and I were a TV show hoping for syndication, but in the podcast world it means we’ve been at this for almost two years. YAY! We t...
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Episode 99: Tim Cook’s HomeKit setup and Echo mania from 2017-02-16T14:00:40
This week we have sales estimates on the Amazon Echo, a new way to unlock your August locks and a hub that may talk to both HomeKit and legacy Z-wave and ZigBee connected devices. We also cover ...
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Episode 98: Science fiction prepared me for spying TVs from 2017-02-09T10:00:39
This week we discuss the city of Louisville, Kentucky adding an If This Then That channel, a settlement over televisions that spy on you, and a possible new feature for the Amazon Echo that coul...
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Episode 97: Enterprises will spend big bucks ($269 billion) on IoT from 2017-02-02T10:00:13
There’s a lot of money in the internet of things. No, not just in your smart home gadgets. The Boston Consulting Group estimates that by 2020 enterprises will be spending €250 billion on the int...
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Episode 96: Okay Computer and Stacey begins with HomeKit from 2017-01-26T10:00:36
Talking to the Amazon Echo just got easier, after Amazon adds “Computer” as a wake word, while I test out the use of Google Home’s new partner WeMo (Honeywell also made a connection with Google ...
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Episode 95: The industrial internet is gaining ground from 2017-01-19T16:22:21
You asked and we delivered! This week Kevin discusses the possibility of using the Nvidia Shield as a smart home controller of sorts (and gives his impression of its gaming chops). I give an ear...
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Episode 94: Our CES Hangover with Alexa, Comcast and Carnival from 2017-01-12T10:00:29
Whelp, I’m back from CES with the obligatory cold, thinking over many of the conversations I had and the gadgets I saw. Some of that bubbles up in this show, with talk of Amazon Alexa Voice Serv...
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Episode 93: Special CES Edition covering all the things! from 2017-01-09T15:46:02
This week’s podcast has too many guests to list (I’m going to list them anyway) and a format that’s totally different. We start off with a discussion on the state of the smart home and what we c...
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Episode 92: At CES Amazon Alexa and robots rule from 2017-01-05T14:00:13
This week we bring our first impressions and several bits of news from CES, the consumer electronics trade show held annually in Las Vegas. I’m here while Kevin avoids the lines by staying in Pe...
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Episode 91: The cops want your smart home data from 2016-12-29T10:00:08
This week’s big story was the Bentonville, Arkansas case where police were seeking data from an alleged murderer’s Echo history. Kevin and I share our thoughts on the case, what police could lea...
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Episode 90: Spend the holidays with Stacey’s family from 2016-12-22T10:00:33
We’re heading into the holidays with a guest appearance from my family who share their thoughts on what it’s like to live in a smart home, the products they like and what’s missing so far. My hu...
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Episode 89: Google’s IoT Strategy takes shape and Microsoft enters the fray from 2016-12-15T13:38:21
There was so much news this week, that we skipped having a guest in favor of just keeping track of some big moves in the sector. This week was Google’s time to shine since it launched both Actio...
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Episode 88: Bluetooth 5 and testing lights on Echo and Google Home from 2016-12-08T17:18:14
Get the bottom line on the Bluetooth 5 specification with Kevin and I in this week’s podcast. If radios aren’t your thing, then delve into the details of connected lights and new features with A...
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Episode 87: We’ll govern the internet of things with mob rules from 2016-12-01T10:00:51
Gosh, it’s another week and another show that features security. We kick it off with this week’s news that features ransomware, botnets and a report from the Department of Homeland security disc...
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Episode 86: The Internet of Things Podcast gift guide from 2016-11-23T14:15:49
‘Tis almost the season to offer gifts large and small for the loved ones in your life. In the podcast, Kevin and I focus mostly on larger gifts, because once you add connectivity the price takes...
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Episode 85: Thoughts on Trump, smart locks and troubleshooting from 2016-11-17T15:00:44
We recorded last week’s podcast before the election results came out, so this week Kevin and I kick off the show with some thoughts on what Trump means for smart homes and the industrial interne...
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Episode 84: Google Home is in the house! from 2016-11-10T10:02:09
The Google Home arrived this week and I detail a few first impressions here. Kevin Tofel and I also came up with a sneaky way to control a wider variety of devices using If This Then That and th...
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Episode 83: Merger mania, more outdoor cameras and security galore! from 2016-11-03T13:02:37
This week’s podcast is light on the smart home and heavy on the infrastructure required to make the internet of things work. Kevin and I explain why Qualcomm’s $37 billion buy of NXP makes sense...
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Episode 82: IoT botnets and the Nucleus intercom review from 2016-10-27T09:00:25
Security was the big topic this week after a massive botnet comprised of connected devices disrupted many popular internet services. I hated the thought of all connected devices coming under att...
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Episode 81: Reviewing the Wink Hub 2 and new gear from Philips Hue from 2016-10-20T15:55:03
The second version of the Wink hub, complete with an Ethernet connection, Bluetooth and a $99 price tag is out, and I started testing it. The good news so far for folks who have existing Wink ge...
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Episode 80: Comcast builds an IoT network and Amazon streams music from 2016-10-13T09:00:27
Comcast has decided to bet big on the internet of things by investing in LoRa, a radio standard used for low power wide area networks. Kevin and I discuss the cable company’s plans in this week’...
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Episode 79: Google’s Home versus Amazon’s Echo from 2016-10-06T10:00:15
Google finally told us what to expect with its Google Home product, a new mesh router configuration and an updated Chromecast this week at its hardware event. Kevin and I break down what we know...
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Episode 78: There are no dead dogs on the internet of things from 2016-09-29T09:00
There’s a new Wink hub heading to Walmart, Home Depot and Amazon, so Kevin Tofel and I unpacked the new features on the second generation of the smart home hub in this week’s episode. We also di...
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Episode 77: So much about security plus Canary’s new service from 2016-09-22T12:38:58
The internet of things is about services, not devices. This is why I had Jon Troutman, co-founder of Canary on the show this week to talk about Membership, a new service offering from the all-in...
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Episode 76: Tips and tricks for Apple’s HomeKit from 2016-09-15T09:00:30
Have you downloaded iOS 10 yet? If you have, and are wondering what to do with the Home app and your HomeKit home automation, then this show is for you. We brought on Adam Justice the head of Co...
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Episode 75: What connected cars can learn from tractors from 2016-09-08T10:00:53
Nest is in the news again this week with a clarification on what its software engineers are really up to and new products. Its outdoor camera is launching as are thermostats in 3 new colors. It’...
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Episode 74: More Nest distress and a primer on protocols from 2016-09-01T10:00:30
As IFA starts in Berlin, there’s a bunch of product news to cover, including a partnership between Sonos and Amazon, that will let you control your Sonos from the Amazon Echo … in 2017. But befo...
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Episode 73: AI is just a buzzword from 2016-08-25T10:00:22
Can we change the way companies use our consumer and personal data derived from connected devices? Gilad Meiri, the CEO of Neura, discusses a new model for data privacy and a way to apply machin...
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Episode 72: Your IoT efforts can expose you to legal risks from 2016-08-18T10:00:58
Hell hath frozen over at Intel, with the big news this week that Intel has taken an ARM license so it can manufacture ARM-based chips. We talk about what this news means for Intel, its IoT strat...
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Episode 71: Don’t panic over IoT hacks from 2016-08-11T09:00:35
Ransomware on a connected thermostat. Bluetooth locks that can be opened from a quarter-mile away. Cars that can be controlled at highway speeds. All of this and a Mr. Robot reference await you ...
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Episode 70: Distributed computing comes to the smart home from 2016-08-04T11:00:08
Wearables make a return to the podcast with Philips’ news of a suite of medical-grade devices to measure health. Plus, I give my impressions of the UnderArmor Fitness box after a few months livi...
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Episode 69: Amazon opens up about the Echo from 2016-07-28T15:26:43
The Amazon Echo is the gateway drug to the smart home for many folks. They start with Alexa and move to shopping for connected lights or outlets. So we brought Charlie Kindel, director of Alexa ...
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Episode 68: The future of food and ARM’s buyout from 2016-07-21T12:41:12
Japanese conglomerate SoftBank making an offer to buy chip design firm ARM in a deal worth $32 billion kicks off our show this week, as Kevin and I weigh the merits and opportunities presented b...
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Episode 67: New Nest gear and a shocking experience from 2016-07-14T11:49:33
For the first time since it became part of Google/Alphabet, Nest has released a new product. It’s an outdoor camera for home security. But Nest has added a bit of a twist. We discuss the $199 ca...
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Episode 66: The smart home will make you love your insurance company from 2016-07-07T13:01:45
Insurance firms might be the savior of smart home technology. Because the price for many connected gadgets are so high, and consumers are uncertain if they are worth the investment, insurance di...
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Episode 65: All about Wink and Alexa’s new Skills from 2016-06-30T13:03:21
Are you curious about Wink? On June 11 it started selling its Relay switch, a light switch that contains a screen and two soft programmable switches for $99 each. Two cost $149 and also double a...
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Episode 64: How a VC views the internet of things from 2016-06-23T12:13:16
Do you need money? Want to buy or sell an internet of things startup? Then this week’s interview is must-listen stuff. Matt Turck, of FirstMark Capital came on the show to give some advice to th...
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Episode 63: Two summertime gadget reviews and wisdom on wearables from 2016-06-16T13:03:03
This week is all about health and wearables, starting with Kevin Tofel discussing his frustration with fitness trackers that aren’t sharing everything. This ties into this week’s guest, Ernesto ...
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Episode 62: Tony Fadell set to Away mode from 2016-06-09T10:00:38
This week we got to the big story of the last few days, Tony Fadell leaving Nest. We discuss what that means for any Nest buyers out there and what it says about selling connected device. And be...
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Episode 61: Look inside Google Home and what’s up with Jawbone? from 2016-06-02T12:25:16
This week is all about chips and presence. First Kevin and I dig into the disclosure that the Google Home Device will have the same chip as the Chromecast, and we explain what that means. Then w...
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Episode 60: Everyone takes on the Amazon Echo from 2016-05-26T14:44:49
Kevin is back from Google IO this week, and so of course, we discussed the Google Home product in detail. But since voice + a personal assistant is so hot right now, we also talked about the rec...
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Episode 59: Chipmakers love the smart car from 2016-05-19T12:46:35
This week I was at the NXP Technology Forum interviewing the semiconductor company’s CEO Rick Clemmer about smart cities and smart cars. The most interesting fact he shared was that the BMW Seri...
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Episode 58: How to stop vampire power consumption from 2016-05-12T12:17:15
Since a quarter of residential energy use is consumed by gadgets that are “off”, Kevin and I discuss how to measure and cut back on that power consumption with a few connected devices. We also t...
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Episode 57: A deep dive into OpenHAB and some problem devices from 2016-05-05T12:46:42
We dove into the deep end of wearables this week discussing the dresses at this year’s Met Gala, where Kevin shared that Clare Danes’ princess fantasy gown took 30 battery packs to operate. It’s...
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Episode 56: How Ericsson plans to remake its business for a networked era from 2016-04-28T13:02:20
After a beating on the stock market last week, I spoke with Ericsson’s CEO Hans Vestberg to understand how the company’s 5-year-old plan to change its business is going. The company has just ann...
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Episode 55: Find out what Ford learned from Tesla from 2016-04-21T10:00:07
With ride-sharing, electric vehicles and millennials who aren’t super keen on owning a car all converging, the auto industry is in a panic. But Ford, led by both Bill Ford and Ford CEO Mark Fiel...
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Episode 54: Fashion meets the internet of things from 2016-04-14T10:00:10
Do you want your smart jewelry to have a screen? Do you want to be able to have replica designer jewellery from Maurielle’s Replica Fashion and be able to connect it to your smart phone? If we h...
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Episode 53: How to prevent good devices from being killed from 2016-04-07T14:00:14
This week’s show deals with recurring themes such as whether or not you should trust the cloud, device lifespan, the Amazon Alexa platform and more lighting than a Times Square billboard. Our gu...
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Episode 52: These 9 ideas can secure the smart home from 2016-03-31T12:17:51
Security is a big deal for the Internet of things, which is why we’re so pumped about having Beau Woods, the deputy director of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, on the show to...
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Episode 51: This CEO killed his hardware startup to start a wireless network from 2016-03-24T12:47:12
This week we have a two for one in the guest portion of the show, with Daniel Conrad, the CEO of Beep Networks explaining how he decided to stop making a connected device, take his VC funding an...
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Episode 50: Are your devices being held hostage? from 2016-03-17T13:25:33
This week, Kevin Tofel and I discuss the challenges of treating connected hardware like software. Nest is experiencing one of those challenges this week as it requests users accept new terms and...
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Episode 49: Did you buy an Amazon Dot? from 2016-03-10T19:45:08
This week’s podcast is chock full of smart home stuff with updates from Nest, new products from Amazon and some new tech on the Wi-Fi front. Mozilla is getting into the Internet of things, with ...
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Episode 48: Realtors ready for the smart home from 2016-03-03T14:28:22
We’ve talked about how whether you should take your connected devices with you when you move on previous shows, but on this week’s show Chad Curry, managing director at the center for Realtor Te...
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Episode 47: New money for IoT startups, new routers for homes and Eero’s CEO from 2016-02-26T14:49:17
This week was so full of small news items Kevin and I could barely keep up. We kicked off the show with a review of the Eero routers that launched on Tuesday, that I tried for this show and wrot...
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Episode 46: Barbie has a smart home and Sense gives your home computer vision from 2016-02-18T13:50:30
Andreas Gal, the CEO of Silk Labs has built what feels impossible. With the Sense hub he has created an artificially intelligent home hub that contains a camera, controls for other connected dev...
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Episode 45: A Playground for IoT and how to buy a data plan for your device from 2016-02-11T11:00:54
So you wanna build a connected device? If so, there’s apparently no better place for a startup to go than Andy Rubin’s new incubator/VC/design shop called Playground. With an in-depth profile in...
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Episode 44: Mandatory Fitbits and a new ISP with smart home aspirations from 2016-02-04T14:19:40
Last week the man who founded Aereo, a company that was aimed at bringing over the air television to the masses who couldn’t always get it, and then allowing them to time-shift that television b...
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Episode 43: This smart home needs an email address from 2016-01-28T11:00:13
Freak out! This week’s episode isn’t about disco, it’s all about the security of your things. Or insecurity as the case may be. We talk about Shodan, the search engine for connected devices and ...
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Episode 42: These are the two biggest challenges facing the smart home from 2016-01-22T14:53:45
There is no winner takes all in the smart home yet, because none of the products and services available have the scale yet says Om Malik, this week’s guest on the Internet of Things Podcast. Mal...
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Episode 41: Can a $20 device stop the spread of disease? from 2016-01-14T10:00:03
After a week at CES, the giant technology trade show in Las Vegas I’m beat, but full of observations about the future of the Internet of things. I wrote up a few over at Fortune, but Kevin and I...
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Episode 40: The Amazon Echo and AI take a starring role at CES from 2016-01-07T19:05:42
This week I was at CES, the huge consumer electronics trade show held in LAs Vegas. Kevin wisely stayed home, but monitored the news. It’s actually easier to do that from 2,000 miles away. There...
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Episode 39: CES bound and the Internet of postage from 2015-12-31T19:38:16
If you haven’t gone totally paper free on your bills yet, it’s highly likely that the envelope that arrives via the mail has been touched by a Pitney Bowes machine. Pitney Bowes is a $4 billion ...
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Episode 38: A holiday troubleshooting guide under your tree from 2015-12-24T11:57:36
Just in case you open a few Christmas goodies in the coming days or decide to use the holidays as an excuse to set up a few connected devices, Kevin and I decided to offer the gift of our experi...
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Episode 37: Philips Hue drama and plan to fail even as you hope for success from 2015-12-17T14:00:22
Phillips caused a kerfuffle this week when it stopped supporting third-party light bulbs with its Philips Hue bridge and software. It has since reversed the decision after customers complained, ...
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Episode 36: A total breakdown in connected gadgets and the Hiku review from 2015-12-11T14:43:39
This week it seemed that many of my devices and some other people’s devices were experiencing some troubles. My Nest thermostat decided to roast my family in bed at night and it seemed I wasn’t ...
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Episode 35: Raspberry Pi creator Eben Upton shares ideas for the Pi Zero from 2015-12-03T10:00:25
Sure it’s a week after Thanksgiving, but we are all about Pi with this week’s episode. Yes, I went there! With the launch of the Raspberry Pi Zero, the cheapest Linux computer yet at $5, we invi...
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Episode 34: All I want for the holidays is a smarter home from 2015-11-26T17:21:09
The holidays are rapidly approaching so as you’re prepping your Thanksgiving dinner or wallowing in that special feeling of torpor that only comes after downing three servings of stuffing and a ...
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Episode 33: Better Bluetooth and an AI for the smart home from 2015-11-19T20:25:13
If you’ve learned anything from this podcast, you’ve probably learned that the smart home is pretty much a mess if you want everything to work together in some sort of seamless, easy-to-use way....
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Episode 32: Amazon for the kitchen and Apple for the living room? from 2015-11-13T19:23:52
This week had so much connect home and internet of things news Kevin and I covered everything from a brand new way to turn your old smoke detectors into connected smoke detectors using a $35 bat...
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Episode 31: Walmart gets connected and this is what you want for Christmas from 2015-11-05T14:58:29
This week’s guest Rob Katcher is working with Wal-Mart to take a little of the pain out of grocery shopping with the Hiku connected fridge magnet. I chatted with Katcher to understand how he dec...
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Episode 30: My SmartThings hub must be haunted from 2015-10-30T09:00:48
Does your office need more conference rooms? Or maybe there’s wasted space where the printer and several reams of paper sit. In this week’s podcast we discuss how companies can use connected sen...
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Episode 29: The smart home may one day have a debt to NASA from 2015-10-23T13:07:04
If you’ve ever wondered how to get started on a smart home of your own, Kevin Tofel and I share a few ways to get started, answering some questions about hubs outlets and how to think about buyi...
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Episode 28: Warm and fuzzy drones and living with Apple’s HomeKit from 2015-10-15T14:49:51
Several HomeKit devices finally arrived in the house and were installed with relative ease. I had the Lutron bridge that had come out earlier this summer paired with two dimmer switches, a lamp ...
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Episode 27: Early adopters will suffer for their love of the smart home from 2015-10-08T18:20:18
This week the smart home got some new capabilities with Philips Hue announcing a new HomeKit enabled bridge that also will be upgraded to support the newly announced Nest Weave protocol. Kevin T...
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Episode 26: A skeptic’s view on the smart home and how to build services, not products from 2015-10-01T21:49:35
This week I invited my husband to replace Kevin Tofel (it’s only for this week, y’all) to get a viewpoint from someone who isn’t exactly enamored of the connected home. Andrew Allemann (my husba...
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What will happen with Wink and a review of Zuli’s presence-promoting smart outlets from 2015-09-24T12:11:48
In episode 25 companies are spending billions trying to figuring out how to use wearables to help seniors age in place so we asked Philips Digital Health solutions’ Liat Ben-Zur on the show to d...
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Episode 24: HomeKit surprise and no more passwords for the internet of things from 2015-09-17T12:38:10
Apple didn’t cover HomeKit in its massive event last week, but Kevin and spent a good chunk of time explaining what we we knew. Sadly, it’s not a lot, but it should be worth downloading iOS 9 an...
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Episode 23: Smart home breweries and Amazon’s konnected kitchen kabinets from 2015-09-10T09:00:22
I hope you’re hungry for some smart kitchen news because this week I have smart home analyst and the host of The Smart Home Show podcast Michael Wolf coming on to discuss Amazon’s plans for the ...
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Episode 22: The new Nest and behind the scenes with SmartThings’new hub from 2015-09-03T09:00:28
This week has a bunch of updates on old favorites for the smart home with a third generation thermostat from Nest and a new home hub from SmartThings. We start the show with Kevin and I discussi...
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Episode 21: Here’s what Amazon’s Echo will and won’t do from 2015-08-27T13:58:33
We connected our lights and locks to the Internet and frankly, we don’t seem to be much better off. In this week’s podcast I talk to Claire Rowland a user experience consultant and lead author o...
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7 things successful companies do to make money with the Internet of things from 2015-08-20T06:00:50
Technical skills are important when it comes to deploying a new connected manufacturing plant or designing a just-in-time inventory management system. But equally important is developing a manag...
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Episode 19: Meet the chef teaching a connected oven how to cook from 2015-08-13T15:37:10
This week’s podcast explores how sausage gets made. Actually we explore how roast chickens, cookies and salmon get made. Ryan Baker is the research chef at June, a company making a $1,500 connec...
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Episode 18: Why Target chose clear furniture for its smart home concept store from 2015-07-30T05:00:07
Forget about connecting your smart home, can you imagine the technical challenge of connecting a rhinoceros to the internet? That’s what a new anti-poaching organization called Protect has done ...
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Episode 17: Hacked Jeeps and hardware’s broken funding model from 2015-07-23T13:57:09
This week we discuss what happens when you’re driving along in your automobile, and suddenly you’re not in control of the wheel, as happened to a Wired reporter. While, he was lucky, Kevin and I...
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Episode 16: The internet of Ts: Target, Thread, and tennis from 2015-07-17T19:54:12
This week we don’t have a guest on the show, but we covered a lot of great stuff starting with the week’s news about The Thread Group releasing its code and Qualcomm joining the group touting th...
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I spent $120 on lights so I could control them with my Amazon Echo from 2015-07-09T13:36:58
If you love something you should set it free, but if you love a connected device you should spend gobs of money adding more gadgets until you have a platform. And this week I have done just that...
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What does President Obama think about the Internet of things? from 2015-07-02T16:21:46
The president recently made a famous podcast appearance but he didn’t talk about the internet of things. Since he has yet to offer to visit the IoT Podcast, I spoke to Darren Samuelsohn, a senio...
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Ladies love wearables and you should buy the Amazon Echo: Episode 13 from 2015-06-25T19:50:20
This week was a big one for fans of the connected home. Amazon announced that its Siri-like personal assistant for the home is now available for anyone to buy, so Kevin Tofel and I did a fairly ...
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It will soon be so cheap to add connectivity, everyone will do it from 2015-06-18T13:55:06
We spend a lot of our time focused on the U.S. market, but this week’s show we review an IP camera from a French company and feature Dave Friedman, the CEO of Ayla Networks, discussing the Inter...
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Episode 11: HomeKit certification comes at a big cost for consumers and device makers. from 2015-06-12T18:30:49
This week Apple disappointed the smart home aficionados at its WWDC conference by not mentioning much in the way of new HomeKit news and new devices. But Kevin Tofel and I discussed the challeng...
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Episode 10: When will connected devices get cheaper? from 2015-06-04T13:44:32
We now have four devices for Apple’s HomeKit and about as many slides detailing Google’s own entry into the Internet of things with its Brillo operating system and Weave communications platform....
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Episode 9: How connected devices will change the way you travel from 2015-05-28T14:26:16
Google is about to get into the smart home with new software called Brillo that will connect devices to a router. It won’t be part of the Nest ecosystem of devices, but it will work with Nest de...
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Episode 8: Which devices will the internet of things drive to extinction? from 2015-05-21T12:16:59
Hold your books and costume jewelry close because they may not survive the connected device revolution, according to Rob Coneybeer of Shasta Ventures. In a conversation on this week’s podcast he...
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Episode 7: How does a startup catch Apple’s and Comcast’s eye? from 2015-05-14T17:29:28
Andrew Thomas wanted to build a better doorbell, but now he’s in the enviable position of pitching his wares to Comcast’s millions of subscribers, and is an Apple HomeKit partner. The Skybell co...
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Episode 6: Who will make the smart home mainstream? Comcast, Amazon or Apple? from 2015-05-06T03:56:06
Kevin and I both got what we wanted this week, with Kevin getting his Apple Watch about an hour before we recorded the show and Amazon adding support for If This Then That for the Echo speaker/p...
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Episode 5: The Apple Watch is a“hot mess”and other design considerations from 2015-04-29T05:33:52
The Apple Watch is out, and while Kevin Tofel didn’t wake up early enough to get one, I interview Mark Rolston, the co-founder and chief creative officer at Argo Design, who did, to see what he ...
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Episode 4: The evolution of an IoT services business and build a connected garden from 2015-04-22T16:36:32
Spring is in the air, so this week’s podcast celebrates with a preview of an upcoming connected garden product that looks pretty smart — the Edyn sensor and connected water valve system that wil...
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Episode 3: Restaurant too dark? You could soon control the lights with your phone. from 2015-04-15T18:43:17
This week’s podcast we hit on my favorite topic. Lighting! First we start off in the home with Kevin Tofel and I discussing how I’m using the Amazon Echo to control my Hue lights and a WeMo conn...
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Episode 2: Is it too late to secure the internet of things? from 2015-04-08T02:19:08
Fans of the connected home got some exciting news when Amazon showed of its Dash Buttons, a simple, connected button that consumers could press to order a single products from the e-commerce gia...
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Episode 1: How to build hardware that doesn’t suck from 2015-04-01T04:30:53
Welcome to the inaugural Internet of Things Podcast with Stacey Higginbotham. It’s super exciting to be able to share the show with all of you, after these past few weeks of Gigaom closing its d...
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