IoT and connected devices: The best thing to happen to home automation, or a frustrating mess?
I love my new home automation system. But it didn't come without pain and frustration.
Latest from Jason Perlow
How IoT betrays us: Today, Sonos speakers. Tomorrow, Alexa and electric cars?
Sonos walked away from the cliff. But abandonment of legacy customers is precisely what's wrong with IoT.
All your IoT devices are doomed
Until we look to emulate the open models of Wi-Fi and PCs, IoT will always be a source of never-ending e-waste.
Google is a bald-faced IoT liar and its Nest pants are on fire
Internet of walled gardens? Go single vendor with your IoT, or else.
Technology we hate with a passion
Hate is back in fashion again. Tech is no exception when it comes to being the target of our anger and frustration -- but this stuff truly deserves it.
When your IoT goes dark: Why every device must be open source and multicloud
The open sourcing of a device stack, the cloud APIs, and cloud services "glue" needs to happen during the entire lifecycle of an IoT product -- not at the end of its life.
Kardia EKG after Apple Watch: AliveCor's future of remote patient care
Apple may be bringing electrocardiograms (EKG or ECG) to the masses with Watch Series 4, but EKG innovator AliveCor has more tricks up its sleeve with remote patient monitoring and machine analytics to detect other conditions besides Atrial Fibrillation.
Swim at your own risk: How botched IoT can sink your precious first-world life
Boo-hoo. A bungled Internet of Things (IoT) update means you can't switch your swimming pool to spa mode. Laugh all you want: When the HVAC or your home security system fails, the implications are serious.
Big Bezos: Amazon Alexa controls my entire freakin' house
My entire residence is under voice command. It's always listening. Isn't this what we wanted?
Jailbreaking your connected coffee machine: The idiocy of things
How many more of these IoT devices that use DRM technology to validate the use of proprietary refills do we have to endure?