Huawei – Nowhere to run pt. III.
Huawei enters the death spiral. Huawei has warned that its international shipments are already in free-fall which fits with RFM’s recent observations, but I...
China automotive – 2 voice race.
China likely to be first with a fully digitised vehicle. Alibaba’s partnership with foreign car makers to offer its voice assistant in the vehicles transforms...
Epic Games – Party time.
Epic embarks on a trip around the Digital Life Pie. Epic Games is not resting upon the massive success and cash generation from Fortnite...
Music streaming – Fall of the radio star.
Streaming goes after broadcast radio. Spotify has launched a radio-like product that is a niche add-on for now but if successful will challenge the existence...
Autonomous Autos – Shaken not stirred.
The shake-out begins. I suspect that Aurora will regret rebuffing VW’s attempts to acquire it as the loss of this key partner is likely to...
Samsung & Huawei – Nasty origami pt. III.
Samsung plays the waiting game. Samsung is still clearly struggling with the Galaxy Fold but I suspect that behind the scenes, it is waiting to...
Google & Huawei – Fragmentation game.
Google’s defence of Huawei is about Samsung. Google has come to Huawei’s defence using the old fragmentation argument, but I think that its real aim...
Apple – Baby driver.
Drive.ai adds nothing to Apple’s proposition. Apple certainly needs to make an autonomous driving acquisition, but whether drive.ai is the right asset and the logic...
Apple iPad OS – Pilgrim’s progress.
Apple is still pretty far from the holy land with iPad OS. Apple’s new iPad Pro OS goes some way towards improving the ability of...










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