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IFA 2016 – Pair trade.

Reply to this post           Long glitz was typically short user experience.  Samsung led the pack for glitzy press conferences and superb hardware but it was...

Sonos – Sounds of sameness

Reply to this post           Sonos will become just like Android handset makers.  Sonos has announced that it will support Spotify Connect and Amazon Echo in...

Google & Android – Closed source pt. II

Reply to this post           Google is inching closer and closer to taking Android proprietary.  It looks very much as if Google’s Nexus devices this year...

Search engines vs. EU – Spectacular backfire.

Reply to this post           Content regulation that can only spectacularly backfire.  The EU’s latest proposal to allow media outlets to charge search engines to index...

Facebook & WhatsApp – The inevitable

Reply to this post           The inevitable integration of WhatsApp has begun.  WhatsApp has updated its terms and conditions and will begin sharing some of the...

Leap Motion – Second lap

Reply to this post           This reinvention makes more sense  Following on from the mess of its first launch in 2013 (see here), Leap Motion has...

Uber – Time to print

Reply to this post           The time to make money has arrived.  In the last few weeks Uber’s position in the transportation industry has crystallised meaningfully,...

Mobile Gaming – Pokemon went.

Reply to this post           Tencent and Activision can breathe a sigh of relief.  Pokemon Go is already showing all the hallmarks of being a craze...

Cyanogen – Call for vultures.

Reply to this post           Software asset worth buying from a dying Cyanogen.  Although, Cyanogen appears to be on its last legs, I think that the...

Lenovo Q1 17A – Heavy weather.

Reply to this post           I see opportunity but not without risk.  Lenovo is hanging on in the difficult markets that it serves, but I think...