In another guest-free-episode we discuss a number of important smart home stories from the week, not the least of which is a new announcement from Samsung & SmartThings. At IoT World the companies announced a new initiative aimed at the burgeoning market for connected devices. A combination of chipsets, dubbed "Artik", as well as the development of cloud-based backend infrastructure, called "OpenCloud", gives manufacturers of connected devices some compelling options. Additionally the news gave us occasion to dust off the new-platform-bell... DING! DING!

Join us as we discuss this story and more on the latest episode of HomeTech! Thanks again for listening! We'll talk to you next week.

Show Notes

• Alarm.com Announces Location Services
• Ring now Available in Best Buy
• Ring has new wireless chime for $20
• Control4 may buy back $20 million in stock
• Wall-Smart flush mounts for touch-screens
• Samsung / SmartThings Announce
• Mark Walters defects to Zigbee
  • Thread and Zigbee partnering up