Welcome to the weekly podcast! We're moving Black Friday to October thanks to chip shortages and shipping delays. Meanwhile, Amazon is working on a smart fridge, Google is trying to use a $10 monthly subscription and Nest thermostats to help people … [Read more...]
Helium’s investment and 5G plans explained
Earlier this month, Andreessen Horowitz announced it was part of a $111 million investment in Helium. But the facts of the deal were a bit murky. The money from Andreessen was an investment in Helium Network Tokens (HNTs), not an investment in the … [Read more...]
Why the U.S. barely ranks in the world’s top smart cities
While doing some online research I stumbled on an interesting report about smart cities. The IMD Business School started publishing an annual Smart Cities Index in 2019 and I was reviewing the 2020 edition. I expected to see several U.S. cities in … [Read more...]
How Barnacle found the right network for its tracking biz
Last week, two entrepreneurs in Atlanta launched Barnacle, a package-tracking business built on the Helium Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN). I was excited to hear this because I'm always on the lookout for use cases for LPWANs and because I host a … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for April 2, 2021
ProGlove's insight software is a good next step: ProGlove is one of my favorite IoT startups. I first met up with the company at an event in 2017, where it was showing off its wearable scanner. The scanner was incredibly small, fit on the backside of … [Read more...]
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