Archive For

January 2013

Baidu and Orange– Land grab

          New best friends Baidu and Orange look to be going on a land grab in emerging markets starting with the...

Facebook Graph Search– Unambitious

          Facebook’s new graph search function is so unambitious that no one is going to get the wrong end of the...

Facebook – Wrong end of the stick

          Whatever Facebook announces today, the chances are that most commentators will get the wrong end of the stick. I do...

Apple – The problem with No 1

          Apple is starting to lose some of its gloss as the youthful trendsetters seem to have moved onto Samsung and,...

Dell – Windows 8 priced to go

          At a fairly dull CES, Dell has come up with one of the most interesting products. It is not very...

Japan TV – A glimmer of hope

          I have been very damning on the outlook for Japanese Consumer Electronics, but have I been slightly too hasty? Japanese...

RFM 2013 Top 5 – Part 5 – HPQ – Eggy visage

          Hewlett Packard will end up with even more egg on its face this year as I believe that it will...

RFM 2013 Top 5 – Part 4 – Apple vs. Samsung – Begrudged peace.

          2013 could see a final settlement between the two companies where Samsung would likely pay royalties to Apple. The legal...

RFM 2013 Top 5 – Part 3 – Android vulnerable

          Android begins to lose share to Microsoft. In terms of unit growth, the best is probably over for smartphones and...

RFM 2013 Top 5 – Part 2 – Samsung bendable displays

          Samsung consolidates its handset gains with bendable and foldable displays. In a commoditising market where Samsung has no ecosystem with...