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Chinese Internet – BAT by proxy.

Reply to this post B retreats. A&T advance.   Meituan-Dianping is buying Mobike for $2.7bn in a move that is mostly about a defence against Didi but will also help...

Apple – Just chipper

Reply to this post           Apple will need help to pull this off. Apple has made no secret of its desire to become more vertically integrated,...

Apple, Google, Facebook et al. – Schadenfreude

Reply to this post           Apple rubs Facebook’s nose in it. While, Apple has received a free pass from the outrage derived from the public’s awakening...

Google – Deep speech.

Reply to this post           DeepMind shows signs of paying its way. Google’s first use of DeepMind technology in one of its commercial products is likely...

Google – Turn of the screw.

Reply to this post           Google trying everything except what it really needs. Google is doing everything it can to put at an end its horrible...

Uber – Dominoes.

Reply to this post           Another international market falls. This time the market Uber has ceded to local rivals has double the population of USA meaning...

Facebook – Inconvenient truth.

Reply to this post           People haven’t realised they are the product. A large part of the outrage stemming from Facebook’s (and everyone else’s) apparent lack...

Broadcast TV – Sword of Damocles pt. V.

Reply to this post           5G could be an extinction level event for cable TV. The latest surveys are suggesting that fast internet is one of...

Autonomous Autos – Far, far away.

Reply to this post           Fatality most likely a result of weak AI. Despite that it looks very much like Uber’s vehicle was not at fault...

Augmented Reality – Enterprise or bust.

Reply to this post           Consumer segment remains as elusive as ever. The travails of Avegant suggest that solving the field of view issue in AR...