Enlarge / Layers upon layers. Tuesday morning, Sony announced plans to combine its PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now subscription services. The newly revamped, multi-tier PlayStation Plus hydra will offer multiple pricing and access options for downloadable and streaming games from across the PlayStation’s 25+ year catalog. Starting in June, the revamped PlayStation In addition will […]
Enlarge / Without a subscription, Toyota’s RF key fob loses functionality. (credit: George Frey/Bloomberg) Automakers keep trying to get a piece of that sweet, sweet subscription income. Now, it’s Toyota’s turn. Nearly every car company} offers some sort of subscription package , and Toyota has one called Remote Connect. The service offers the usual fare, […]
Enlarge (credit: Google Play) Google has made another tweak to the fee structure for apps hosted on the Google Play app store, again granting certain developers a larger slice of the pie. The change specifically affects apps that rely on recurring subscription revenue. Previously, Google took a cut of 30 percent in the first year […]
Enlarge / This one is destined to go on sale in 2023. You can watch a short video we made about it back in 2017. (credit: Volkswagen) The future of driving may cost you $8.50 per hour if Volkswagen follows through on its boardroom musings. The German automaker is considering charging an hourly fee for […]
After Tien Tzuo combined Salesforce at 1999 since the then-startup’s eleventh worker, he observed”the sunrise of SaaS,” or even software-as-a-service. Offering on-demand applications to clients on a subscription basis was creator Marc Benioff’s grand small business invention –along with his golden ticket into unfathomable wealth. Instead of simply selling a one time program product, as […]