Archive For

May 2018

Uber – Fleeting charms

Uber falls for Waymo’s fleeting charms.  Uber is in discussions with Waymo to add its vehicles to the Uber network in what I think is...

Yandex – Yet another speaker.

Alice finds a home.  At its annual developer conference names Yet Another Conference, Yandex unveiled a series of features and upgrades that are aimed at...

Baidu vs. Facebook – Chalk and cheese

Reply to this post           Baidu still No. 2 in AI.   Comparing how Baidu is using AI to manage user...

Essential Products Inc. – An essential sale

Reply to this post           The wheels appear to have fallen off. Andy Rubin’s Essential Products Inc. is up for sale...

Samsung & Google – Engineering disease

Reply to this post           Intransigence helps Apple and the Chinese. Google and Samsung both have a bad case of engineering...

Baidu – Lower barriers

Reply to this post           Baidu removes barriers for Alibaba and Tencent. Hot on the heels of the spin off of...

Autonomous Autos – Double vision

Reply to this post           Humans can run red lights, machines can’t . Mobileye has a great excuse to why its...

Sony – Old chestnut

Reply to this post           Old chestnut software problem is back. Sony is intending to change its stars by moving away...

Smart speakers – Pregnant pause

Reply to this post           Pause while products improve. Google is catching up with Amazon in the smart speaker race, but...

Tencent Q1 18 – Expectations management

Reply to this post           Bad guidance is worse than no guidance at all. Tencent reported Q1 18 results that beat...