This week Mike talks with his friend Jason Griffing about HomeTech Academy, Jason and Seth's awesome new education site for home system professionals. Check out HomeTech Academy at www.hometech.academy Have a great Thanksgiving! via Knit
In this podcast, Mike catches up with Ram Malasani to talk about what the Securifi CEO is seeing in the smart home as well as get an update on the Almond 3 smart home router. You can find out more about Ram and Securifi at www.securifi.com Find more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Check out our new site on the future of the kitchen at www.thespoon.tech via Knit
Last week's botnet attack was akin to a massive technology-driven zombie attack, as hundreds of thousands of IoT and smart home devices were taken over by a malicious strain of malware called Mirai. The result was a massive DDOS attack on popular consumer websites such as Soundcloud and Twitter. To discuss the implications of Mirai on the IoT and smart home industry, Mike is joined by the Internet of Things Consortium's Jim Hunter. You can find out more about Jim at www.greenwavesystem...
Mike visits with his long-time friend and IoT guru Stacey Higginbotham. They talk about Stacey's visit to Seattle and the Smart Kitchen Summit, Alexa, what she is excited about with smart home and her new podcast. You can find Stacey online at www.staceyhigginbotham.com Also, check out our new site focused on the connected kitchen and future of cooking at http://thespoon.tech/ via Knit
Lots of homes have intercom systems. Most of them suck and are antiquated. And pretty much no one has video intercom systems, at least ones that use Wi-Fi and are developed for consumers. Enter Jonathan Frankel and Nucleus. Jonathan went to CES 2014 and toured the floor looking to see if anyone was offering a consumer Wi-Fi video intercom system for the home. No one was and Nucleus was born the next day. You can find out more about Nucleus at www.nucleuslife.com If you want to come see Mike in S...
In this podcast Mike visits with Joey Kolchinsky, who went from running his own successful integrator business to taking what he learned about support and creating a support-as-a-service business to help other integrators. You can learn more about Joey's business at http://onevisionresources.com/ Find more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Check out our upcoming event on the future of the connected kitchen at www.smartkitchensummit.com. Use discount code PODCAST for 10% off of ti...
Today's guest is Richard Gunther of Home:On podcast. Mike and Richard catch up on the latest smart home news, including: -The Pop button/switch from Logitech -IFTTT's integration move for smart home -Samsung's acquisition of DACOR -Target's move into smart baby -The LG smart security device may actually ship -Echostar's abandonment of Sage Find more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow Mike at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf Check out Mike's other show ab...
Mike has known Julie since the 90's when she became a must-read for anyone following the connected home. She still is a must read, so Mike was excited to catch up with Julie about all the latest big moves in the smart home space, including: -Alarm.com post Icontrol acquisition -Voice control in the pro installer market -The Sonos experience store in NYC and how Sonos is doing in the pro market -What to expect at CEDIA in September -Plus a walk down smart home memory lane. Listen! Catch Juli...
We have a new Smart Home Show coming this week, but why not try out Mike's other show, the Smart Kitchen Show? This week, Mike and Ashley catch up on the foodtech and connected kitchen news, including: -3D food printer ChefJet is still alive -A performance art piece posing as 3D printer food restaurant in London -Food service robots are going to take your food service job -Food delivery startup gets $ for being fresh -Plus updates on the Smart Kitchen Summit! Subscribe to the show in iTunes...
Wi-Fi has been around for close to 20 years and the experience is still largely sub-par for many homes. We discuss why with Rob Conant of Cirrent, as well as how Rob's company is trying to make Wi-Fi on-boarding as easy as getting on the cellular network. Find out more about Cirrent at www.cirrent.com Listen to the Smart Kitchen Show if you haven't already! Find it at www.smartkitchensummit.com/show via Knit
Lots going on in smart home, so we decided to catch up with one of the smartest guys in the space to talk about what exactly is going on. We talk about: -The iControl acquisition by Comcast and Alarm.com -The history of the smart home platforms space -The next wave of smart home platforms post iControl -Marwan Fawaz and his history at ADT, Google and what to expect at Nest -The latest from August -What excites Nate in smart home -Plus more! You can find Nate on Twitter at https://twitter.com/nay...
What did Apple announce at their Worldwide Developer Conference in smart home? Listen to the podcast to find out! Specifically: -Mike talks about the Apple Home app -features such as scenes, geofencing, Siri access and more -He talks about what the news from Apple means from the smart home industry -He gives a bonus update on some fairly big news around smart home coming out of Bluetooth this week If you want to get this analysis in written form, subscribe to Mike's smart home newsletter he...
Adam Justice, cofounder of ConnectSense, maker of HomeKit powered smart home gear, sits in with Mike on the episode as we speculate about what Apple may reveal next week at WWDC around their smart home efforts. You can find ConnectSense at www.connectsense.com Follow Mike on Twitter to ask questions and let him know what you think: www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit
In this podcast Mike talks with Nick Weaver, CEO of Eero, a company that just received a $50 million funding round to invest in the development of its whole-home mesh Wi-Fi systems. He also gives some thoughts about the departure of Tony Fadell from Nest, the new Nest CEO Marwan Fawaz and speculates about whether Apple will create a visual interface for the smart home. You can read more about Eero at www.eero.com Find the Smart Home Show archive at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow Mike on Twitter...
This week rumors of an Apple answer to Echo were surfaced by The Information, plus Belkin launches smart water joint venture called Phyn, Pebble creates its own do-anything button and Eero gets a cool $50 mil for its mesh Wi-Fi system. Our guest for this week's show is Centralite CTO John Calagaz. You can find out more about Centralite at www.centralite.com You can find the article Mike was talking about on the show at www.smarthomeweekly.net via Knit...
Mike and Peter Taylor from Belkin WEMO discuss what exactly Google announced yesterday with Google Home. We also get an update from Peter on their recent Nest integration. Mike wrote some of his thoughts on Google Home, which you can read at www.smarthomeweekly.net Follow Mike on Twitter and let him know what you think about Google Home at https://twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit
In this podcast, Mike and Yonomi CEO Kent Dickson talk about Amazon's do-everything button, rumors of Google's Echo competitor and what a dedicated HomeKit app in iOS 10 would mean. We also hear about what Kent and his team are building with Yonomi. You can visit Yonomi at www.yonomi.co Find out where to subscribe to the Smart Home Show at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Discuss this episode and suggest topics for Mike by direct messaging him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit...
This week we talk with Jamie Siminoff, CEO of Ring. Over two years ago, Jamie went on Shark Tank. Mark Cuban and others passed, and since then they've probably regretted it as Jamie and his team have gone on to define one of the fastest growing categories in the smart home: the video doorbell. We talk about those early days, how VC's have largely missed on some of the fastest growing categories in smart home by looking for "platforms" and how Ring has found success by focusin...
You think Alexa has the market cornered on audio detection in the smart home? Think again. In this episode of the Smart Home Show we talk with Audio Analytic CEO Dr. Chris Mitchell about how sound detection can be used in hundreds of ways to power various smart home products and use cases. Chris talks about how the company started with an argument with his professor to a company that has captured over 3 million hours of audio to create one of the largest sound databases in the world. Find more S...
Mike catches up with Paul Williams, Control4's VP of Solutions and discusses what he saw at ISC West, the big security show in Vegas. They also catch up some smart home news. Follow Mike and discuss topics (DM's encouraged!) on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf More Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com via Knit
This podcast features a conversation with Home:On's Richard Gunther at SXSW as well as an update on smart home news, including: -the mess at Nest and Google's effort to create an Echo competitor -Juicero comes out of stealth and debuts their $700 cold-press connected cold press juicer -Amazon enables one button condom delivery -Mars, the candy bar company (and dog food company) buys Whistle, the connected pet tracker -Video doorbell mania! For more Smart Home Shows, go to www.thesmarth...
In this episode, Mike talks about Sonos layoffs and how Apple should make a move, as well as gives his thoughts on the Dot and Tap. In the second half of the show, we feature an interview from the Smart Kitchen Show where Mike talks with Mike Wallace from Perfect Company about all they saw in smart kitchen at the Housewares show. Mike will be in Austin this week recording a podcast with Richard Gunther, so stay tuned for that! via Knit
In this episode, Mike talks to Alex Capecelatro, CEO of Jstar, the company behind Josh. Josh is a voice virtual assistant for the smart home. You can learn more about Josh at https://www.josh.ai Subscribe to more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com We've announced the new date for the Smart Kitchen Summit. go to www.smartkitchensummit.com for more info. via Knit
This week's episode features guest Jeff Lyman, the Chief Marketing Officer of Vivint. Mike also reviews the news, including ADT's acquisition, Intel and Qualcomm burying the IoT hatchet, and Amazon hiring like crazy in its smart home group. Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf to suggest topics, ask questions and more. All direct messages responded to. Subscribe to the Smart Home Show at www.thesmarthomeshow.com via Knit...
Mike catches up with Mark Powell, Executive Director of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, on what to expect from Bluetooth in 2016 and Bluetooth's new Internet Gateway effort. Follow Mike at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf to ask questions. Also, DM if you would like to go to our Smart Home Show mixer at SXSW on March 15th in Austin. via Knit
In this episode, Mike talks with Daniel Rausch, who heads up the Dash Replenishment Service program at Amazon. Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf. DM him to suggest topics, ask questions or get an invite to his smart home mixer at SXSW. via Knit
It's the 2016 smart home outlook show. Yes, Mike manages to talk to himself for 30 minutes straight to give you his 2016 smart home outlook. If you haven't subscribed yet, do so at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit
This is an episode originally published over the the Smart Kitchen Show. It's a look at what happened around smart kitchen at CES 2016. If you want to get more Smart Kitchen Shows, go to iTunes and subscribe here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart-kitchen-show/id1037600142?mt=2 You can get more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com via Knit
Mike podcasts live on Thursday from show floor of CES 2016. His guests include: -Richard Gunther, Host of Home:On podcast -Steve Svajian, CEO of Anova Culinary -Phillip Raub, CMO of B8ta -Peter Taylor, Head of Product, Belkin WEMO Thanks to Anova for letting us sit and take over the booth for an hour! via Knit
Mike is doing updates about the smart home news and trends he's seeing at CES 2016! This is his update from CES Unveiled and some day before news. Enjoy and stay tuned for more! Subscribe at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Also read his written updates at www.smarthomeweekly.net via Knit
