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Eco-systems

Android – The mobile botnet

          Malware has long been known to plague Android but things appear to be getting worse. Single pieces of malware that cause problems on devices are...

BlackBerry – A seat at the table.

          BlackBerry 10 hopes to sell itself on a feature that so far has not worked for Microsoft. Despite being snubbed by the marketing department, I...

Amazon Q4 – To hell with reason

          There is no rhyme or reason in the valuation of this company. Amazon reported disappointing results but still managed to rise 10% in after-hours trading...

Yahoo! – A place in the pantheon?

          Yahoo! currently lacks the assets but has the users to be a viable ecosystem. Yahoo has completed its first full quarter with Marissa A Mayer...

Google Q4 – Blot on the landscape

          A nice set of numbers are obscuring the indelible stain of a company beginning to be run for the benefit of employees over shareholders. Google...

RIM – Hope springs eternal

          RIMM must hold onto hardware if BlackBerry 10 is to have a chance of being a viable ecosystem. The big event is next Wednesday (30th...

Baidu and Orange– Land grab

          New best friends Baidu and Orange look to be going on a land grab in emerging markets starting with the Middle East and North Africa....

Facebook Graph Search– Unambitious

          Facebook’s new graph search function is so unambitious that no one is going to get the wrong end of the stick. Instead of a leap...

Facebook – Wrong end of the stick

          Whatever Facebook announces today, the chances are that most commentators will get the wrong end of the stick. I do not believe for a second...

RFM 2013 Top 5 – Part 3 – Android vulnerable

          Android begins to lose share to Microsoft. In terms of unit growth, the best is probably over for smartphones and that is being used as...