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Cats, Dogs Go Hungry as Internet-Connected PetNet Plays Dead

posted by n1 on Saturday July 30 2016, @08:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the in-the-dog-house dept.

"exec" writes:

Humans have been forced to temporarily interact with their dogs or cats -- perhaps both -- after PetNet's internet-controlled smart feeder system suffered a blackout.

For $149, the company provides a web-enabled dog/cat feeder that is pre-programmed to dispense food stuffs at certain time and portion sizes.

But PetNet warned customers [...] that all was not well in its virtual animal kingdom as it was "experiencing some minor difficulties with a third party server. This is being investigated."

[...] "You may experience a loss of scheduled feeds and failed remote feedings. Please ensure that your pets have been fed manually until we have resolved this issue."

Source: The Register .

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  • (Score: 2) by seeprime on Sunday July 31 2016, @01:33PM

    by seeprime (5580) on Sunday July 31 2016, @01:33PM (#382264)

    Relying on cloud services for things that can be done locally is madness. Too many things can go wrong, and do.

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