Episode 110: IKEA’s smart home plans and will you buy an Amazon Look?

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 from Cloudflare, and a lawsuit filed by ADT against Ring and Zonoff’s former CEO. From there we go straight into an ad which launches my new IFTTT channel so you can get the podcast and articles on my site in the form you favor. IKEA’s smart lighting products will expand over time. After that, I interview Bjorn Block of IKEA about the company’s four-year old effort to combine technology with the home and home furnishings. Block and I discuss the newly launched TRADFRI lights, the astonishing number of meatballs IKEA customers consume each day, and IKEA’s plans for future connected home efforts. We also discuss the environmental impact of connected products and IKEA’s plans to keep technology inside long-lived goods fresh. Hosts: Stacey Higginbotham and Kevin Tofel Guest: Bjorn Block of IKEA Sponsors: Samsung ARTIK and IFTTT The one thing Apple must fix before launching an Echo-killer A new idea for IoT security IKEA thinks smart homes must solve a real dilemma Will IKEA open up its ecosystem? I’m opening a second-hand smart bulb store The post Episode 110: IKEA’s smart home plans and will you buy an Amazon Look? appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.