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Facebook – Game on

Reply to this post           Facebook finally moves into games. After opening up its Messenger API to third party developers a few months ago, the first...

Microsoft – All the boxes

Reply to this post           New Xbox hardware enhances cross device strategy. Ahead of E3 2015 (June 16-18), Microsoft has released a revision of the Xbox...

WWDC 15 – In the crosshairs.

Reply to this post           Apple targets Spotify, Rdio, Pandora and Flipboard at WWDC. Apple Music was the biggest event at Apple’s developer conference where incremental...

HTC – Thousand cuts.

Reply to this post           HTC has all the hallmarks of death by a thousand cuts. HTC has warned on Q2 15E sales and profits as...

Yahoo! – Slippery slope

Reply to this post           Cuts are a sign of being out of ideas. Yahoo! has announced a series of changes and service reductions that further...

Samsung – Physical razzmatazz

Reply to this post           Samsung is rapidly becoming a component company again. Demand for the Galaxy s6 is reasonable but unfortunately it does not appear...

Augmented Reality – The Tripod.

Reply to this post           Success in AR will be supported by three factors. Virtual reality (VR) is at last starting to make an impact on...

Music streaming – Tidal wave

Reply to this post           Tidal at risk of being swamped by a wave of bad press. Tidal is a music streaming offering backed by Jay...

Health wearables – Heart of the matter

Reply to this post           Makers of medical equipment need not fear yet. As Apple is tweaking how the Apple Watch monitors the user’s heart rate,...

Google I/O 2015 – Elephant dodging

Reply to this post           Without distribution Google’s innovations have negative value. Google launched a whole raft of new innovations at its 2015 I/O developer conference...