Archive For

January 2017

Essential Products Inc. – What’s essential?

Reply to this post           Something must-have has to come out of the bag at launch.  Essential Products Inc. is the...

Xiaomi – State of the nation

Reply to this post           Valuation lifted to $5bn but still 89% below last raise.  Xiaomi has supplied some details of...

Alibaba – Shopaholic

Reply to this post           The woeful offline experience offers a real opportunity.  It looks like Alibaba is about to take...

Sonos – Sounds of sameness pt. II

Reply to this post           I do not see the boldness required to save Sonos  Sonos has announced a change in...

Alphabet – Great thrall of India

Reply to this post           Africa warning as India falls into Google’s thrall.  Google is moving consolidate its growing grip on...

CES Day 1/2 – Winners and losers.

Reply to this post           Winners Amazon. In my mind, the star of CES 2017 is Amazon which is beginning to...

CES Day 0 – Square one.

Reply to this post           IoT – everywhere and nowhere. With the press cycle already revved-up well before the official opening...

HERE – Pole position.

Reply to this post           HERE is closing the gap to Google with the Chinese and Intel joining up.  HERE gets...

RFM 2017 – Top 5.

Reply to this post           Artificial Intelligence.  AI is likely to be the most important theme in the technology sector this...