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E-commerce – Chinese kingdom.

There is only one king of e-commerce. Amazon may have a higher market capitalisation than Alibaba but when it comes to the amount of business transacted, it is dwarfed into...

Facebook – Broken Valley pt. VI.

For once, I agree with Facebook. Facebook has been hit with a fine from a UK regulator over the Cambridge Analytical issue which I think is both unjustified and demonstrates...

Google Pixel – Damage done pt. II.

Google is still not a hardware company. Unnecessary problems with the latest Pixel device are a repeat of the issues that hampered the appeal of the Pixel 2 in 2017...

Xiaomi Q3 18 – Can carrier.

Internet Services can’t carry the can. Xiaomi reported good results but remains so dependent upon hardware from which it intends to limit its profitability, that it has very little hope...

Microsoft – The bigger threat.

Looks like its curtains for Cortana. Microsoft has received without a whimper a series of moves by Amazon that promotes its digital assistant Alexa over Cortana but now it has...

Blue Apron vs. HelloFresh – Bloody palms.

HelloFresh looks certain to crush Blue Apron. Blue Apron is in real trouble and, when compared to HelloFresh, it serves as a classic example of how important scale is in...

Tencent & Uber – Soul searching.

Both Tencent and Uber have some thinking to do. Uber Q3 18 Uber’s Q3 18 results show that it is not really capitalising on its dominance which increases my fear...

Palm phone – Doomed experiment.

A resurrection best not practised The Palm brand (now owned by TCL) has launched a new device which is arguably more useless than cellular in the Apple Watch as it...

Cable TV – Sword of Damocles pt. IX

Devices to hasten the demise Never one to miss a trick, both Amazon (see here) and TiVo (see here) are now offering set-top boxes that make combining streaming and OTA...

Research Publication – Mobile Ecosystems – Privacy-as-a-product

November 12th 2018: Radio Free Mobile updates its flagship research product with the publication of Mobile Ecosystems – Privacy-as-a-product. RFM research subscribers will receive their copy directly by email.    Something has...