Archive For

July 2018

Cable TV – Sword of Damocles pt. VI.

Emmy Nominations again signal the death of cable TV.  The 2018 Emmy nominations (see here) are out and for the first time, it is one...

Magic Leap – The reality gap.

Magic Leap’s developer video reveals the chasm between promise and reality In its latest video (see here), Magic Leap has demonstrated some of the basic...

Apple – Psychotherapy.

Giannandrea needs to heal Siri’s split mind. • Apple has put John Giannandrea exactly where he belongs where, in my opinion, his first task will...

Microsoft – Office politics.

A device whose sole aim is to advance the adoption of Office. Microsoft has launched a new device in the Surface line called the Surface...

Amazon – Mad Man.

AI is the weakness in Amazon’s push to take on Google and Facebook. Amazon has made a habit of unsettling entire industries simply by announcing...

Mobike vs. Ofo – Proxy war

The returns from bike sharing will be made from the data.   Now that Mobike has a strong backer, it is opening the spending spigot...

Xiaomi & Samsung – Goodbye blue sky.

Smartphone slowdown sinks all boats.  Xiaomi The omens are ill for when Xiaomi begins trading in Hong Kong on Monday as its shares are trading...

Uber – Home Alone

Middle East looks like another exit. Following its ignominious exit from South East Asia, Russia and China, Uber is now in discussion with Careem that...

Apple Maps – Wheel engineering

No need to reengineer the wheel. It looks like Apple along with Google and Samsung (see here) has also developed a case of engineering disease...

Snap – Augmented hopes.

Gaming makes more sense than video.   Snap’s beleaguered attempts to move beyond its instant messaging service have taken another turn with a potential move...