Archive For

January 2020

China vs. USA – Trade not tech.

Trade war may end but tech rivalry is just beginning. Despite an easing of tensions on the trade front, it is clear that while the...

SoftBank & OYO – The gathering storm

OYO is another blackeye in waiting. SoftBank’s flagging reputation may be about to take another hit as another of its flagship investments has hit difficulties...

Google – Under the rug

Choice of search engine makes little if any difference. Google choose an opportune time to publish what could have been seen as bad news but...

CES 2020 – Last word

Reality was the real theme at CES 2020 Back to reality The week started with its usual bunch of glitzy press conferences from the big...

CES Day 4 – Floor stories pt. II.

VR, AR & XR There is a big reduction in the number of offerings present at the show this year. Many commentators are of the...

CES Day 3 – Floor stories

Alexa goes endgame, Chinese disguise & HERE. Google vs Alexa – White suit brigade At a high level, it looks like Google has almost given...

CES Day 2 – The little guys.

The action at CES is all with the small companies. Big guys are short of ideas. The big press conferences where the all the queues...

CES Day 1 – Hot, cool & mad.

Byton – Still needs to address the elephant. Byton didn’t have new cars but it had plenty of new partners, a production-ready vehicle and some...

CES Day 0 – Where the buzz isn’t.

CES 2020 gets in tune with reality. CES 2020 is unlikely to go down as a vintage year of excitement meaning that half the story...