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Google vs. Amazon – Battle for the smart home pt. VIII

Reply to this post           Google booted from the nest. The tit for tat war between Amazon and Google (which I thought had been largely resolved...

MWC Day 2/3 – Uncovered issues

Reply to this post           Relevant items outside the usual MWC news flow. Google – Stairway to heaven. Google as taken a small step that may...

Rovio – One trick bird.

Reply to this post           Angry birds fly the coop. Rovio’s dependence on Angry Birds has been thrown into sharp relief as the fading popularity of...

Android for Enterprise – What elephant?

Reply to this post           Google continues to dodge the elephant. Google is having another go at cleaning up Android’s act in the enterprise, but while...

Spotify – Speaker’s corner

Reply to this post           A smart speaker makes no sense. Job postings indicate that Spotify is jumping into hardware and, while I think that a...

Windows on ARM – PC lite.

Reply to this post           Microsoft has learned from the RT disaster. The limitations of Windows on ARM are significant, but I suspect that for light...

Google, Amazon and Apple – Battle for the smart home pt. VII

Reply to this post           Google’s race to lose. Google appears to be catching Amazon more quickly than I expected when it comes to smart speaker...

Apple – Apples and oranges

Reply to this post           Apple doesn’t quite reach 50%. While the finding that Apple generated over half of all revenues in the smartphone market in...

Supercell – Look east.

Reply to this post           Supercell looks like it is out of ideas. Supercell has had a difficult 2017 driven by its failure to release a...

Baidu & Uber – Time to pivot

Reply to this post           Both need to change to fare well. Baidu Baidu reported good Q4 17 results as it has put the tribulations of...