Episode 182: Trump’s tariffs are bad for IoT
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 the a...
20 Sep 201854min
Episode 181: Are you ready for IoT to be a $520B business?
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 Sonos inte...
13 Sep 201858min
Episode 180: Alexa and Google are the real smart home standards
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 feelin...
6 Sep 201850min
Episode 179: IFA news and bringing extreme wattage to your kitchen
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 smart s...
30 Aug 201857min
Episode 178: Facebook’s smart speaker and a new security startup
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. This is...
23 Aug 201852min
Episode 177: Defcon hacks and blockchain facts
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’ new ...
16 Aug 201851min
Episode 176: Why did Apple join the Thread Group?
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. From th...
9 Aug 201856min
Episode 175: GE slims down and Otis tries Alexa in elevators
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 latest ...
2 Aug 201855min
