Guys, it’s time to grow upAfter this Google memo broke over the weekend, I wanted nothing more than to ignore it. It’s another wearying example of how white men can…Aug 8, 20178Aug 8, 20178
Published inIoT For AllDo we really need a personal assistant?I spent a lot of time this week talking about personal assistants thanks to Google finally announcing its operating system for the internet…Dec 22, 20168Dec 22, 20168
Perfect Co. buys Google-backed company’s assetsThe Orange Chef, a smart kitchen startup that managed to get its connected scale into Williams Sonoma stores and score $1.2 million in…Dec 22, 2016Dec 22, 2016
Published inIoT For AllForget personal assistants, The real battle is for voice UIsRoughly 5.1 million Amazon Echo devices have been sold since the product’s launch in Dec. 2014, according to data from the Consumer…Dec 2, 201611Dec 2, 201611
Here are almost a dozen ways to improve IoT securityIn the last few weeks, I’ve had some of the most encouraging discussions I’ve ever had when it comes to security and the internet of…Dec 1, 20161Dec 1, 20161
Startup Profile: Turn Alexa into a companion for the elderlyDespite the demographic tsunami about to hit with the aging of the baby boomers, few companies are successfully marrying connected devices…Dec 1, 2016Dec 1, 2016
What does Trump mean for the internet of things?Months before Donald Trump became the president-elect of the U.S. someone asked me to do a deep dive into what he would mean for the tech…Nov 11, 2016Nov 11, 2016
I got a fever, and the only prescription is more IoT platforms!(This story was originally published May 9, 2016 in my IoT newsletter)Oct 25, 20161Oct 25, 20161
Published inAustin StartupsAfter IoT’s DDoS: What now for consumersLast Friday’s distributed denial of service attack against a company that provides the equivalent of an address book for the internet has…Oct 25, 20162Oct 25, 20162
The internet of things isn’t trying to kill youThis weekend it felt like the entire world woke up to the issue of IoT security. Ironically it wasn’t the hacked door locks or threats of a…Oct 25, 20161Oct 25, 20161