IFTTT, which lets users link connected devices and web services to other connected devices and web services, has achieved $6 million in annual recurring revenue from 150,000 subscribers two years after it announced a subscription plan. Linden … [Read more...]
Podcast: Meet the man who “invented” the IoT back in 1985
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has finally released its plans for securing the IoT, so we discuss what the plans are for a consumer-oriented cybersecurity label. We then give a quick update on the Sigfox receivership and Intel's … [Read more...]
How to build a good subscription product
I chatted with Tien Tzuo, CEO of subscription management company Zuora, on this week's podcast. After the conversation, I started thinking about what it would mean to end the ownership economy, as he called it. The idea that we will go from buying … [Read more...]
Podcast: Thanks to the IoT, everything’s a subscription now
We kick off this week's show with the news of SmartThings device depreciation and Amazon's Alexa Conversations feature finally making it to general availability. After that, we talk about the rising revenue from subscriptions in the consumer IoT and … [Read more...]
How to walk the path from products to subscriptions
Last week, Zuora, a publicly traded company that helps businesses offer subscription services, released research showing that in its customer base IoT subscriptions were growing faster than those for telecommunications services, software as a … [Read more...]