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Microsoft – Lose lose

          Making Windows Phone and RT free is pointless. The latest notion to come from the re-organisation of Microsoft is the idea that reducing Windows Phone...

Snapchat – Reality check

          Snapchat is valued at $500m not $2bn-$3bn A look at the regulatory filings strongly suggests that the current valuation of Snapchat is $500m not the...

Nokia – Dance with the devil

            A switch to Android from Asha might just work. It looks very much like Nokia has decided to participate in the race to the...

Yahoo! – Eye off the ball

          Yahoo needs to stop shopping and get integrating. Yahoo! is in line to make yet another acquisition but I am starting to wonder whether or...

Nokia USA – Broken curse

          The curse of the US market looks to have been broken. Figures for the US smartphone market show that Nokia looks to have finally broken...

Console gaming – Then there were two

          Wii U looks like it is dead in the water. Despite a nine month lead and a lower price the Wii U has been decimated...

Ubuntu – Money and power

          There is a real risk of fragmentation in the Ubuntu camp. All is not well in the world of Linux open source as the relationship...

Windows RT – End of the road

          Microsoft has all but confirmed the end of RT. Microsoft has finally confirmed what I have long suspected which is that Windows RT will be...

Xbox One vs. PS4 – Blu drives of death

          The bark is much worse than the bite. It looks bad but the hard drive defect on the Xbox one looks to be no more...

IPR: Samsung vs. Apple – Far from done

          Only the lawyers are benefitting from this pointless war. Yesterday’s verdict has no bearing on the eventual outcome of what has turned into a pointless...