obsoletion

If you're like me, you haven't yet jumped in the internet of things bandwagon. How can we? I don't even know the collective noun for these gizmos.

If the absence of definitive guidance from top brand consultants, I've been left, literally, to my own devices.

I, and my gadgets beside me, humbly propose 'obsoletion' as this wanting collective form. For example: "I have an obsoletion of Insteon switches, but they won't talk to my Nest-aware turkey fryer thermostat!!"

API

XKCD has totally nailed it with API.

The very idea of API keys is as big a threat to free software, an open web, and privacy as
software patents, the digital millennium copyright act, closed app stores, and locked phones combined.

API pairs well with Installing.

(visit XKCD)