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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...

Digital Assistants – Google’s game

Reply to this post           Usage patterns of smart speakers strengthen Google’s position. Although Amazon remains dominant in terms of the installed base, the usage patterns...

Android – P is for pointless

Reply to this post           5 years to do what takes Apple 90 days. Google has released the Android developer preview for Android P (version 9.0)...

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...

HTC Virtual Reality – Repeated history

Reply to this post           HTC Vive loses out to Oculus. While penetration of VR units in the gaming community remains pathetically low, Oculus has edged...

Google vs. Amazon – Battle for the smart home pt. VIII

Reply to this post           Google booted from the nest. The tit for tat war between Amazon and Google (which I thought had been largely resolved...

MWC Day 2/3 – Uncovered issues

Reply to this post           Relevant items outside the usual MWC news flow. Google – Stairway to heaven. Google as taken a small step that may...

MWC Day 1 –Going bananas.

Reply to this post           MWC retro mania continues (except 5G). Android dullness alleviated by a banana. HMD (Nokia) has once again laid bare how dull...

MWC Day 0 – Halcyon days.

Reply to this post           MWC goes back to its roots. MWC has stopped wanting to be CES and is instead reclaiming its identity as a...