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Uber, Samsung & Huawei – Q2 19 update

Uber has lost its soul The news of layoffs at Uber comes at a difficult time for the company which is now hostage to the whims of the fickle stock...

Apple FQ3 19 – iPhone-o-holic

Still a one-product company. Apple reported good results as iPhone growth declines slowed and services continued to chug along nicely. However, I still think that ending its dependence on the...

GM Cruise – Speedbump

GM Cruise accepts reality Autonomous Cruise vehicles are no longer expected to be on the streets of San Francisco this year as Cruise has finally accepted that this task is...

Android Q – Turkey vote

The notion that Android can be privacy-focused is absurd Google promised that Android would become more privacy-friendly in its latest release, but the notion that it will ever be as...

Alphabet & Amazon – Over and under

Alphabet Q2 19 Cloud and Pixel lift Alphabet over the bar Alphabet reported strong Q2 19 results as Google Cloud and the Pixel 3a put the icing on a steady...

Facebook & Tesla – Surprising times

Tesla Q2 19 Record shipments and more losses spells trouble. Tesla’s fundamental inability to make money by selling cars came back to haunt it again which combined with flaws in...

Apple & Intel – Fuzzy logic

Acquiring Intel’s modem business now makes no sense. The WSJ (see here) is reporting that Apple is close to buying Intel’s modem business but given that Apple has accepted a...

Open AI & Microsoft – Lottery ticket

Microsoft takes a punt on Open AI. Open AI, the “non-profit” AI company, has taken a $1bn investment from Microsoft that sees Microsoft buy itself a new customer as well...

App Store Wars – The Phantom Menace.

Signs of the rebellion are gathering pace. The rebellion against the current status quo in-app distribution is growing and it is Apple that may find itself with the trickiest problem...

Samsung, Huawei et al – Nasty origami pt. V.

Folding screens need to start again from scratch. There is still plenty of enthusiasm and research being put into flexible screens but until the scratch-ability issue is solved, these designs...