Voice Assistants – All about auto
Integration with the vehicle is essential A recent survey has found that voice assistants are quite widely used in the vehicle, but I think that...
Microsoft Cortana – Dead or alive.
Cortana offers more dead than alive. With usage at rock bottom and its Cortana leader resigned, Microsoft is clearly distancing itself and its products from...
Wearables – Fossil fuel.
Wearables to remain fossilised. Google has purchased the right to use and disseminate core IP from Fossil for $40m (stoking rumours of a Pixel Watch)...
Android Q – Q is for Quiescent.
Google i/o shaping up to be a snooze. The next version of Android has leaked ahead of the usual developer preview and it looks to...
ByteDance – Staying private
ByteDance signals the Chinese IPO window may be closing. On top of its star service being hit with draconian regulations (see here) which will damage...
Chinese Ecosystems – Ball and Chain
A losing strategy. More draconian regulations are falling upon the Chinese ecosystems that I think will kill innovation, raise costs and severely hamper China’s ambitions...
CES 2019 – Dark horses of Vegas.
Interesting offerings that slipped through the cracks. Real wireless power Thanks to Apple, wireless charging using the Qi standard is now everywhere, but far more...
Xiaomi – Under the wire.
Xiaomi finally in range. The noise and bustle of CES have distracted many commentators from the dreadful performance at Xiaomi which is now starting to...
CES Day 1 – AI, assistants & 8K.
Artificial Intelligence: La-La Land. The most abused term award at CES 2019 goes to artificial intelligence where almost everyone is using it but almost no...
About Me
Richard is founder, owner of research company, Radio Free Mobile. He has 16 years of experience working in sell side equity research. During his 11 year tenure at Nomura Securities, he focused on the equity coverage of the Global Technology sector.
Facebook – The foot vote.