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Facebook – Inconvenient truth.

Reply to this post           People haven’t realised they are the product. A large part of the outrage stemming from Facebook’s (and everyone else’s) apparent lack...

Broadcast TV – Sword of Damocles pt. V.

Reply to this post           5G could be an extinction level event for cable TV. The latest surveys are suggesting that fast internet is one of...

Siri – Mortal sins

Reply to this post           Siri must fly to the cloud. Siri was the first digital assistant to hit the mainstream but Apple’s focus on privacy...

Sony – Horrible histories.

Reply to this post           Sony looks to be risk of another historic loss. Sony’s apparent refusal to allow multiplayer gaming between the PS4 and Xbox...

MoviePass – Ads or death.

Reply to this post           MoviePass has to track to survive. Unless MoviePass tracks its members and is able to monetise the data that they generate,...

Spotify – Straight record.

Reply to this post           Improvement masked by debt slip-up. Spotify will be going public in a somewhat unorthodox fashion next month, but the financial position...

Geneva Auto Show – Own goals

Reply to this post           OEMs promote their own demise. While the automakers are falling over themselves to appear up to date and innovative at the...

Rovio – One trick bird.

Reply to this post           Angry birds fly the coop. Rovio’s dependence on Angry Birds has been thrown into sharp relief as the fading popularity of...

Spotify – Speaker’s corner

Reply to this post           A smart speaker makes no sense. Job postings indicate that Spotify is jumping into hardware and, while I think that a...

Google, Amazon and Apple – Battle for the smart home pt. VII

Reply to this post           Google’s race to lose. Google appears to be catching Amazon more quickly than I expected when it comes to smart speaker...