This week, Kevin Tofel and I discuss the challenges of treating connected hardware like software. Nest is experiencing one of those challenges this week as it requests users accept new terms and conditions in order to use their Nest. If you don’t agree, you don’t get the app, which is frustrating users who feel that Nest is reducing the functionality of the product. Twitter users are calling this holding the device hostage, but it is a legal necessity if you change certain features. Kevin and I propose a solution.
After that we spend time discussing the New Philips tunable white lights, the C by GE lights and the Stack lights, which I am trying out and still learning how to use.
Our guest this week is Sherri Haymond, Senior Vice President of Digital Payments & Labs at MasterCard, who discusses the future of payments and how MasterCard’s partners are putting the ability to buy things in surprising places. Callaway, the maker of golf gear, has put payment tech into a golf glove while a fashion designer is embedding the technology in hats, handbags and jewelry. Enjoy the show.
Hosts: Kevin Tofel and Stacey Higginbotham
Guest: Sherri Haymond, Senior Vice President of Digital Payments & Labs, MasterCard
- We need granular permissions for new connected device features
- Lights, lights and more lights
- Early thoughts on the Stack lights
- You can pay with anything!
- How to secure the Internet of payments
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My neighbor saw my Smartthings version 1 hub in action and now wants to get into IOT. What hub should I suggest he buy? I remember Kevin praising the Wink. Hmmm, what is the current consensus?
The SmartThings V. 2 hub was a bit wonky for me, only working about 70 percent of the time, but there have been updates since then. I should prolly give it a second try. I am using the wink hub, which is steadily improving. I actually really like it now. But for a quick and free trial, he should download Yonomi and see what he thinks. That connects with a lot of devices that use Wi-Fi (Hue, Sonos, Nest, Logitech Harmony) and is good.