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RFM 2013 Top 5 – Part 1 – Mobile Integration

          Prediction 1: Integration of applications on mobile devices starts to affect user purchase decisions. When one looks at where the differentiators are in mobile devices,...

Browser tracking – Private paradox.

          Anti-tracking spells trouble for internet economics but social networks should remain immune. User stubbornness over privacy threatens that which they hold most dear: Free internet....

Mapping Wars – Gritted teeth.

          Google map’s return to iOS heralds the irrelevance of Apple maps. It will have been with gritted teeth that Apple allowed Google Maps to return...

Microsoft Surface – The thin ice.

          Microsoft has a commanding position in the market for PC software but it cannot really afford to antagonise its partners. By making its own hardware,...

Apple vs. Samsung. – Cycle mechanics.

          Apple’s legal strategy became clearer on Friday as it moved to include the Samsung Galaxy SIII and the Samsung Galaxy Note II in its legal...

Black Friday – All online.

          The headlines are hiding the realities of a pretty good weekend of retail sales in the US. Purchasing online using PCs, tablets and smartphones saw...

Windows Surface – Early score.

          Windows 8 and the Surface RT have been out for a few weeks now and the early indications are that lift-off has been pretty sluggish....

Nokia Here – Move to where?

          Nokia held an event yesterday to launch enhancements to its mapping offering but it was not clear to me how Nokia itself would benefit in...

Microsoft – Tale of two Steves

          They say that I should not be surprised by the exit of Steve Sinofsky’s departure from Microsoft but I am as I was expecting the...

Office on iOS – Christmas turkey.

          It is well known that Turkey’s don’t vote for Christmas so why on earth would Microsoft want to make Office available on iOS anytime soon?...