Archive For

May 2019

Uber & Lyft – No prisoners.

The public market takes no prisoners. Uber’s IPO turned from a celebration into a wake as the public market refused to support a valuation that...

Amazon vs. Google – Stealing thunder

In a timely fashion, Amazon touts Alexa’s superiority. At the same time as Google was launching a new and improved version of Google Assistant at...

Tesla – Leaky bucket

The assumptions do not hold water It looks like Tesla has been successful in raising money for its autonomous driving ambitions but I find its...

Google i/o 2019 – Innovation not revolution

Incremental improvements hallmark a rather humdrum keynote. With less to say about AI and Android, Google added hardware launches and pushed a privacy agenda in...

Microsoft Build 2019 – Nice to have

Plenty of nice. No must-have In a company that is now so dominated by the enterprise, its gaming business increasingly sticks out like a sore...

Research Publication – Mobile Ecosystems – Territorial Waters – Thematic update.

May 6th 2019: Radio Free Mobile updates its coverage of mobile ecosystems with the publication of: Mobile Ecosystems – Territorial Waters – Thematic update. RFM research subscribers...

Epic Games – Rocket powered

Epic fuels its ecosystem ambitions Psyonix adds weight to Fornite’s already mighty presence in the world of digital gaming meaning that Microsoft, Sony, Valve and...

Apple – The great dictator.

A reason to give your kids Android. Apple vigorously denies that its purge of parental control apps has anything to do with its new Screen...

Apple and Facebook – More of same

Apple FQ2 19 – Stabilisation Apple reported what was considered to be good results as the iPhone business showed greater stabilisation than the more pessimistic...