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Now displaying: September, 2015
Sep 10, 2015

I hope you're hungry for some smart kitchen news because this week I have smart home analyst and the host of The Smart Home show podcast (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-smart-home-show/id689329574?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4) Michael Wolf coming on to discuss Amazon's plans for the kitchen and some really awesome technology he's seeing in that room of the home. Wolf, who is hosting a conference on the topic Nov. 5 (you can register using the code IOTPOD and get 15% off the conference fee) (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-smart-kitchen-summit-tickets-17074050946?discount=IOTPOD ) wrote his take on the news that Amazon is building a connected device for the kitchen called Kabinet, that was leaked in a <em>Wall Street Journal</em> story. Wolf and I discuss what the Kabinet might entail as well as some other connected technologies he;'s seen and how the smart kitchen will evolve (http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelwolf/2015/08/27/heres-what-project-kabinet-amazons-smart-kitchen-computer-will-do/). Before Wolf and I get started, Kevin Tofel and I share the latest on this week's news with the Nest outage over Labor Day weekend (http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/07/nest-outage/), ARM and IBM's partnership to bring the internet of things to more industrial users (http://fortune.com/2015/09/03/arm-ibm-iot/) and introduce our own idea, which is that Google should buy web service If This Then That. The one thing you won't find is Apple's latest announcements, because we recorded the show the day before Apple's announcements. We just give you a reason to listen next week. In the meantime, please enjoy the show.

Sep 3, 2015

This week has a bunch of updates on old favorites for the smart home with a third generation thermostat from Nest and a new home hub from SmartThings. We start the show with Kevin and I discussing the slimmer Nest thermostat with a bigger screen and software upgrades (http://fortune.com/2015/09/01/new-nest-thermostat/). Our decision? There is no need to upgrade, but the Nest is still a winner. We also review the reviews of the new router from Google and Kevin decides if he can find one, he'll try it out and report back. But the biggest news on the smart home front is probably the upgrade to the SmartThings hub, which I've had in my home since 2013 and is getting an upgrade on Thursday. Our guest is SmartThings CEO Alex Hawkinson, who covers some of the changes and the new services model the company first unveiled at CES. We also talk about how it is handling Apple's HomeKit and competition after its acquisition by Samsung last summer. The company has handled the challenge of being open while also trying to make a consumer-friendly product, which isn't easy, as any Android user can tell you. This iteration may be the one that pushes it into the mainstream. Listen up and see what you think.

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