What a “great” way to start a week—a hundred million folks in the Northeast buried under snow, frigid temps across most of the middle of the country, and football.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving break, assuming you’re in an area that celebrates tradition with massive amounts of massive poultry followed by a massive dessert selection.

Yes, it’s Thanksgiving week in the U.S., which means cheap TVs for sale on Friday. And, of course, giving thanks for the family and friends who invade your house and make fun of your current TV while switching to the football game they want to watch.

Now that the World Series is set (congrats to the Red Sox and the Dodgers) and the NFL is almost halfway through the season, fall feels a bit more normal.

Do your leaf peeping quickly, before they all fall down. As we march toward Halloween, the conferences and user group meetings seem to multiply and spread news like those swirling leaves. We caught as many as we could that concerned IoT, and here are some more.

Raise your hand if you’ve bought one or more bags of Halloween candy already. Lower your hand if one or more bags have been opened for “quality assurance” testing. Thought so. Enjoy it while you can.

Enjoy the last week of Summer ‘18, at least as measured by three leading indicators: Labor Day is next Monday and the US Open 2018, the year’s final tennis Slam, starts today.

IoT news isn’t just an American pastime—the whole world is going IoCrazy. So we’ll catch up to a few stories we missed that happened “across the ponds” and some dollar-oriented news closer to home.

News from afar

Solutions combining sensors, tags, motion detectors, and cloud-based software enable store owners to prevent theft and improve customer service.

Sensors and deep learning algorithms can provide retailers a wealth of information, provided system integrators are there to help.