Several IoT startups that have built business plans around combined terrestrial and satellite networks have given up on the satellite portion of their dreams. Most recently, Hiber, a European satellite IoT provider, said this week that it will … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for August 13, 2021
Hologram gets $65M for IoT connectivity: Hologram is a seven-year-old company that provides cellular connectivity and management tools to IoT customers. The company just raised $65 million in a round led by Tiger Global. It brings the total funding … [Read more...]
Podcast: An IoT networking bonanza
Elon Musk's SpaceX satellite broadband company is getting into the IoT with the acquisition of Swarm, a smallsat IoT connectivity provider. We talk about that deal, plus what it means that Helium scored $111 million in funding led by Andreessen … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Dec. 18, 2020
Honeywell acquires Sine to take its Honeywell Forge platform mobile: Industrial giant Honeywell said it has acquired Australian company Sine so it can boost the mobile capabilities of its Honeywell Forge automation and building management software. … [Read more...]
Podcast: Which IoT satellite efforts will fail?
This week I get excited about a new home water monitoring product from Phyn while Kevin migrated his Nest account over to a Google account. We also discussed the creation of IKEA's new Home Smart business unit and Amazon's dream of putting Alexa in … [Read more...]