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Microsoft – MS Phone home.

Reply to this post           There are signs that Microsoft may be backing away from phones. Following the executive re-organisation last week, Microsoft’s new mission statement...

Spotify – Data Differentiation.

Reply to this post           Music is now incidental to Spotify. Spotify is moving beyond the simple delivery of streaming music in order to keep ahead...

BlackBerry Q2 15A – Too much slack

Reply to this post           I struggle to see a recovery at BlackBerry BlackBerry reported weak Q1 15A results as the hardware business continued to drift...

Microsoft – Free for all

Reply to this post           Making Windows 10 free is a net benefit. The last remnant of doubt has been removed as Microsoft has confirmed that...

Music Streaming – Temporary gravy

Reply to this post           Stop Press. Apple has now reversed its position and will now pay the labels for music streams during the trial period...

BlackBerry – Fool’s errand

Reply to this post           Android will probably make things worse. If the leaks are right, BlackBerry could shortly launch a new device that is based...

Apple Watch – Empty tables.

Reply to this post           Apple Watch is an experiment that isn’t really working. For the first time in many years, a new Apple device is...

Microsoft – Imperfect 10.

Reply to this post           Windows 10 is not about the user experience. The noise around Windows 10 is likely to be all about improvements being...

E3 2015– Trading places.

Reply to this post           Microsoft uses the ecosystem to take the initiative. After failing to excite at E3 in 2014 and being soundly thrashed in...

Twitter – The blame game

Reply to this post           Costolo was not the source of Twitter’s problems. Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has bowed to pressure and resigned but in my...