Soracom launches SIM cards and services easing IoT rollout cost

One of Soracom's case studies is Farmnote, "a solution that involves attaching a sensor to heads of cattle and polling data on their activity." One of the challenges of Internet of Things is the poor availability and high price of mobile data. Twilio announced it was going to have a stab at changing that earlier this year. Today Soracom showed off its solutions to ease the pain of IoT adaptation across the industry. The company’s slightly byzantine pricing plans are optimized for a number of low-bandwidth, high uptime applications. Read More Continue reading Soracom launches SIM cards and services easing IoT rollout cost

Synq launches a video API so you don’t have to build video delivery from scratch

synq_logo_office Say you’re an app developer and you need to give your app users a way of uploading, storing and playing back video. Instead of having to build your own video content management system or licensing one of the existing ones, Synq offers developers a third option. The company is launching its “cloud video API for Developers,” service today, aiming to be a full video… Read More Continue reading Synq launches a video API so you don’t have to build video delivery from scratch

Customer support via SMS is about to get a lot easier, courtesy of Zendesk

cycling-and-texting Customer support powerhouse Zendesk is broadening its ever-expanding number of support channels today, as the company announced a brand new native channel for customer service over the text messages. SMS may be 20-year-old technology, but there’s a lot to be said for short bursts of asynchronous exchange of information. Read More Continue reading Customer support via SMS is about to get a lot easier, courtesy of Zendesk