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China Internet – Home court advantage

Reply to this post           Regulatory enforcement makes life even harder for the foreigners. . China appears to be on a path to plugging the leaks...

Xiaomi – Back in black

Reply to this post           Xiaomi is back but ecosystem nowhere to be found. A monster quarter has brought Xiaomi back into contention as a major...

Samsung Q2 17A – Just chipper.

Reply to this post           Samsung heading for No. 1. A truly mighty performance from Samsung puts it well on track to promoted to being the...

Mobike vs. Ofo – Blood soaked economics.

Reply to this post           Here comes another bloodbath. Another battle is brewing over ride hailing but the fact that it is bicycles rather than cars...

Alibaba – Virgin home

Reply to this post           Another day, another home assistant. Alibaba is moving to launch a home speaker, much like Amazon Echo, that should direct users...

LeEco – Bleeding out

Reply to this post           LeEco could be acquired by one of the BATmen. Despite closing the vast majority of its US operations, LeEco’s troubles are...

Digital sensors – Eyes and ears.

Reply to this post           Sensors are the eyes and ears of AI. Data is the raw material of artificial intelligence (see here) meaning that will...

Smartphone hardware – Sticky fingers.

Reply to this post           Fingerprint sensors define the market this year. The problem with covering the whole of the front of a smartphone with glass...

Alphabet vs. EU – Timeslip

Reply to this post           Google has time on its side in Android. I think that it is the remedies that the EU imposes that have...

Microsoft & Facebook – BFF

Reply to this post           I see Microsoft and Facebook creeping quietly together.  I continue to think that Facebook and Microsoft make very good partners and...