This week, Ray Ozzie's IoT startup Blues Wireless raised $22 million on top of an $11 million round raised in March of 2020. The premise behind Blues is that building IoT devices is hard, so how can a company make it easier for developers to add … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for March 2021
Microsoft buys IIoT consulting firm: Microsoft is continuing to invest in the industrial IoT, purchasing Houston-based company The Marsden Group. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but I find it an indication that Microsoft is getting more … [Read more...]
Episode 312: Cricut’s switch up, Google’s new hub, and the end of the HomePod
This week on the show we return to the classic story of a company trying to use a software update to limit the functionality of a connected product after someone has purchased it. The latest example is Cricut, which makes a connected craft cutting … [Read more...]
Particle makes cellular connectivity easier and cheaper with a few tweaks
Particle, a maker of an IoT platform and developer boards, will now provide cellular connectivity for the first 100 devices a developer uses for free. It also has introduced its own SIM card that works with its proprietary tools that easily brings a … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for May 1, 2020
Ayla Networks partners with Firedome for IoT security: Ayla Networks, which provides a platform for companies that want to build IoT devices, has teamed up with security provider Firedome to offer security on the device side and in the cloud for … [Read more...]