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Samsung – Who is the master now?

          Samsung is moving to take control of Android Samsung’s latest participation in the open source community shows: a) how fragmented Android is and b) how...

Microsoft – From Danger Comes Gold

          Danger has been a superb acquisition for Microsoft. Microsoft’s acquisition of Danger (11th February 2008) has been described as a classic M&A failure with some...

Flexible Displays – The Lion’s Den

          Flexible screens are Samsung’s patch, not Apple’s    Apple Patent applications and job filings are an admission of what I have long suspected. Flexible and...

iPhone – Screen Test

          Apple needs to skip the iPhone 5S and go straight to the 6.  To date, the iPhone has managed to hold its position by beating...

HPQ – After a long winter

            Dare I hope that Hewlett Packard is turning the corner?. Hewlett Packard’s response to the message sent by its shareholders at the recent AGM...

Facebook – The right move

          Home is the right strategy for Facebook to extend its reach. Facebook Home is a software skin that takes over the home screen of an...

Samsung vs. Google – Game of Thrones

          Samsung and Google will end up in a struggle for the user. So far Samsung and Google have been on good terms given the symbiotic...

Samsung Galaxy S4– All the rage

          The Galaxy only evolves slightly but it makes iPhone 5 look more and more out of date. Samsung launched the Galaxy S4 with much fanfare...

LGE – Old Habits Die Hard

          History looks ready to repeat itself at LGE. LGE has proudly announced that it has cumulatively sold 10m LTE devices but, if history repeats itself,...

MWC 2013 Day 4 – Missing Persons

            At this year’s show, what was missing is actually much more interesting. It was all downhill from Monday, with very little news being announced...