Archive For

February 2018

MWC Day 1 –Going bananas.

Reply to this post           MWC retro mania continues (except 5G). Android dullness alleviated by a banana. HMD (Nokia) has once...

MWC Day 0 – Halcyon days.

Reply to this post           MWC goes back to its roots. MWC has stopped wanting to be CES and is instead...

Rovio – One trick bird.

Reply to this post           Angry birds fly the coop. Rovio’s dependence on Angry Birds has been thrown into sharp relief...

Android for Enterprise – What elephant?

Reply to this post           Google continues to dodge the elephant. Google is having another go at cleaning up Android’s act...

Spotify – Speaker’s corner

Reply to this post           A smart speaker makes no sense. Job postings indicate that Spotify is jumping into hardware and,...

Windows on ARM – PC lite.

Reply to this post           Microsoft has learned from the RT disaster. The limitations of Windows on ARM are significant, but...

Google, Amazon and Apple – Battle for the smart home pt. VII

Reply to this post           Google’s race to lose. Google appears to be catching Amazon more quickly than I expected when...

Apple – Apples and oranges

Reply to this post           Apple doesn’t quite reach 50%. While the finding that Apple generated over half of all revenues...

Supercell – Look east.

Reply to this post           Supercell looks like it is out of ideas. Supercell has had a difficult 2017 driven by...

Baidu & Uber – Time to pivot

Reply to this post           Both need to change to fare well. Baidu Baidu reported good Q4 17 results as it...