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Sonos – Sounds of sameness pt. III.

Reply to this post           Sonos is now just another speaker maker. Sonos has finally enabled Alexa voice control and Spotify support in its speaker systems...

Google – The colour purple.

Reply to this post           Fuchsia could replace Android Auto and Android Wear.   Google’s mysterious operating system Fuchsia is starting to take shape with the...

Alibaba – Offline grab.

Reply to this post           Alibaba is very different to Amazon. I think Alibaba’s investment in Sun Art has nothing to do with Amazon’s strategy with...

Google vs. Facebook – AI dividend.

Reply to this post           Google’s AI already paying dividends Both Google and Facebook have a fake news problem but Google’s leadership in AI means that...

Tencent Q3 17 – Time purchase

Reply to this post           Mighty core business buys time. Tencent reported strong results driven mostly by its content offerings which gives the company time to...

Android – Downward slope.

Reply to this post           Fragmentation getting worse not better. Despite Google’s best efforts, the situation with fragmentation in Android devices appears to be materially worsening,...

Apple – Tick in the box.

Reply to this post           Hacking of Face ID proves its security. The inevitable hacking of Face ID has been achieved but I think that the...

Softbank & Uber – Sellers’ paradise

Reply to this post           At around $70bn, there should be plenty of sellers. Uber has approved a deal where SoftBank will lead a $1bn fund...

Apple – Augmenting reality.

Reply to this post           Unit launch in 2019 is an augmentation of reality. If Apple is working on an AR headset, I think that there...

Tencent – Digital circumnavigation.

Reply to this post           Tencent begins to build on Supercell. Following the most difficult set of results after its IPO, Snap has conveniently announced that...