Archive For

June 2018

Sony – Free gift

Reply to this post           Sony is gifting Microsoft a big opportunity. Sony does not seem to have learned from the...

Xiaomi – Foot shot pt. III.

Reply to this post           A valuation richer than Alibaba makes no sense. Investment banks involved in Xiaomi’s IPO have released...

Digital Automotive – Update issues

Reply to this post           A 238,000 recall that should cost nothing. Daimler has been ordered to recall 238,000 vehicles to...

Microsoft at E3 – Game on.

Reply to this post           Better late than never. The biggest move at this year’s E3 gaming conference was Microsoft which...

Google – Toothless in Europe.

Reply to this post           EU’s biggest impact could be in Africa. It looks like Google is about to receive a...

Sharing economy – bikes, e-bikes & scooters

Reply to this post           Make money not headlines. Not to be outdone by the bike sharing craze in China, Silicon...

Facebook & Co. – Broken Valley pt III

Reply to this post           More breakages increase pressure. The latest disclosures with regard to Facebook’s lax custodianship of user data...

Apple WWDC 2018 – Maintenance mode

Reply to this post           Moving into maintenance mode. Apple’s latest platform releases focus more on keeping users and driving stickiness...

Google vs. Amazon – Battle for the smart home pt. X

Reply to this post           Good ideas still depend on AI. Amazon has all the right ideas when it comes to...

Autonomous Autos – Tale of two camps

No co-incidence that SoftBank chose Cruise.  By investing in autonomous driving, SoftBank is adding another horse to its stable of investments aimed at revolutionising the...