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April 2014

Google – Turn of the screw

          Google is the only winner in the Android ecosystem. June is becoming one of the most important months of the...

Apple vs. Qualcomm – Black magic

          Apple is likely to stay away from the black art of cellular radio. News articles and recent hires by Apple...

Blackberry – No prisoners

          Life without handsets will be little better than with. John Chen has finally admitted the possibility of failing to turn...

Apple iOS 8 – No silver bullet

          iOS 8 is not going to solve the long term services problem. Apple’s hardware and its ecosystem are world leading...

Samsung and HTC – Chalk and cheese

          Samsung is about growth. HTC is about survival Both Samsung and HTC have reported preliminary results and neither are very...

Android TV – Into the mix.

          The cable companies and the console makers have the advantage. Not to be outdone by Amazon, Google is also having...

Amazon TV – Better not bigger

          Fire TV makes its ecosystem richer not bigger. Amazon has taken the first of two plunges into the consumer ecosystem...

Microsoft – Increment not detriment

          Two steps forward. None back. Microsoft made two good steps towards improving the appeal of the Windows ecosystem to both...

Apple vs. Samsung – Hammer and tongs

          Only the lawyers are winning. Apple and Samsung are at it again and for the next few weeks the airwaves...

Android – Command and control

          Google – 10. Handset makers – 0. The latest edict from Google requires handset makers who want to implement Google...