Archive For

March 2016

Microsoft Build – Bots and bobs.

Reply to this post           Steady evolution but existing issues still need fixing.  Microsoft launched a series of evolutionary upgrades to...

Tidal – Exclusively dependent.

Reply to this post           Tidal’s only real hope lies in exclusives.   Tidal has posted better than expected metrics on...

Facebook – The beaten track

Reply to this post           Facebook’s plans for Messenger follow its Asian rivals. Facebook is preparing to do much more with...

Easter Break – Returning Tues 29th March

          Radio Free Mobile will return on Tuesday 29th March. Happy Easter.     

Wearables – All pain, little gain.

Reply to this post           Wearables are already a commodity despite unit growth. Pebble is the latest wearables company to show...

Technology industry – Broken rhythm

Reply to this post           The breaking of Moore’s Law will make software even more important. Intel’s significant change in the...

Apple – Housekeeping

Reply to this post           A housekeeping event that refreshed the older end of its offering. Apple released new products and...

Network economy – Unicorns and donkeys Pt. IV

Reply to this post           Inability to reach scale is killing the delivery start-ups. The highway of 2016 is being littered...

Alphabet – Goodbye blue sky

Reply to this post           Money talks, robots walk. It looks like Alphabet has put its robotics venture, Boston Dynamics, up...

Cyanogen – Lucky 13

Reply to this post           Cyanogen refreshes the parts other ecosystems don’t reach. Although Cyanogen’s business model remains highly questionable, the...