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Baidu and Orange– Land grab

          New best friends Baidu and Orange look to be going on a land grab in emerging markets starting with the Middle East and North Africa....

Dell – Windows 8 priced to go

          At a fairly dull CES, Dell has come up with one of the most interesting products. It is not very innovative nor is it sexy...

RFM 2013 Top 5 – Part 2 – Samsung bendable displays

          Samsung consolidates its handset gains with bendable and foldable displays. In a commoditising market where Samsung has no ecosystem with which to differentiate, this is...

RFM 2013 Top 5 – Part 1 – Mobile Integration

          Prediction 1: Integration of applications on mobile devices starts to affect user purchase decisions. When one looks at where the differentiators are in mobile devices,...

Apple vs. Samsung – Korea equalises.

          Finally, Samsung’s council has pulled its finger out, producing a result worthy of its reputation. It has all been downhill for Apple since its decisive...

Mapping Wars – Gritted teeth.

          Google map’s return to iOS heralds the irrelevance of Apple maps. It will have been with gritted teeth that Apple allowed Google Maps to return...

Microsoft Surface – The thin ice.

          Microsoft has a commanding position in the market for PC software but it cannot really afford to antagonise its partners. By making its own hardware,...

Samsung Software– Move to fix

          What more evidence does one need of the weaknesses of Android than its lead vendor moving to fix them. This is what Samsung’s Premium suite...

Apple vs. Samsung. – Cycle mechanics.

          Apple’s legal strategy became clearer on Friday as it moved to include the Samsung Galaxy SIII and the Samsung Galaxy Note II in its legal...

Black Friday – All online.

          The headlines are hiding the realities of a pretty good weekend of retail sales in the US. Purchasing online using PCs, tablets and smartphones saw...