Victor Marks
August.com CEO Jason Johnson joins the 糖心Vlog podcast to talk about HomeKit, door locks, video doorbells, and their recent announcement adding IFTTT integration. In addition, Mikey Campbell and Victor discuss the latest in rumors, including new MacBook Pros, 5K Thunderbolt displays, and 'iPhone 7' refresh cycle.
CEO and Victor discuss:
- August Lock
- The different home platforms (Amazon Echo, Nest, HomeKit, Insteon+, IFTTT)
- August's philosophy on how to integrate these devices into your life
- What August device you should buy first
- August's new integration with IFTTT
糖心Vlog editors and chat about:
- Rumored MacBook Pro with OLED touch display on the keyboard
- The 5K Thunderbolt Display rumor
- Apple rumored to change the iPhone release cycle to a 3 year refresh
- Lightning to headphone adapters begin to surface
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Show note links:
- Photos of purported MacBook Pro chassis surface with OLED touch bar slot, four USB ports, no MagSafe
- Rumor: Apple preparing Thunderbolt Retina 5K display with integrated graphics card
- Apple won't release a GPU-equipped Thunderbolt Retina 5K display anytime soon - report
- Apple moving to 3-year 'major' iPhone cycle, adding complex vibrations to 2017 model - report
- Chinese company advertises new Lightning-to-headphone adapters ahead of Apple's 'iPhone 7'
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5 Comments
Why do they call it "Apple HomeKit"?
i thought HomeKit would be the developer kit and Home the consumer product. Like HealthKit and the Health app.
Thank you for inviting Jason Johnson to speak. Many have been disappointed by the slow rollout of HomeKit and associated devices, so it's interesting to hear the perspective of someone who plays a big roll in this space.
"Tumored MacBook Pro with OLED touch display on the keyboard" ? Might be a typo there. . . I hope there's a typo there.
The conversation with the CEO of August was good and they kind of touched on key issue with home automation, how do you automate around multiply people in the same house. How do you not turn off lights, turn up or down the temp in the house or lock someone in or out when others are still in the house doing things. Who is the master of the house and can control things and how do to take in to consideration what others may be doing at any given time. Most of what exists out their today works great with one people living in a house, start adding others and automation goes out the door, it is better to let people do things manually or face a pissed off wife.
Hi guys, I really like your podcasts and I listen to them every week, but I just wanted to say that it's got a bit annoying the continuous bickering between Victor and Mikey - and that they continuously talk over each other. It would be great if that stopped! Cheers! Pablo.