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Spotify – Magic 100

Reply to this post            100m users begins to tip the scale in Spotify’s favour. Spotify has announced that it has past 100m users of which...

Apple vs. Google – Private investigations

Reply to this post           Apple can afford privacy where Google & Co. cannot.  At its recent developer conference Apple gave more details about its intentions...

Tencent & Activision Blizzard – Colonial times.

Reply to this post            Tencent and Activision go where Microsoft and Sony fail to tread. Tencent appears close to buying a majority holding in the...

Twitter – Clouds of sound.

Reply to this post            10% of SoundCloud fixes nothing. Twitter is investing $70m in SoundCloud by taking the majority of its current $100m funding round...

Apple WWDC – Developer love.

Reply to this post           Developers are only increasing in their importance to Apple. Apple’s WWDC conference showcased a lot of catch-up upgrades, a serious nod...

Microsoft & LinkedIn – Stolen Thunder

Reply to this post           Microsoft and LinkedIn steal Apple’s thunder.  Microsoft has announced that it will acquire LinkedIn for $196 per share or $26.3bn which...

Apple & Google – Increase the squeeze

Reply to this post           App store price cuts will hurt the little guys more. The fact that both Apple and Google are moving to make...

Yahoo – Happy mathematics

Reply to this post           Yahoo looking attractive for the first time in a long while. The process of carving up Yahoo and handing out the...

Flexible displays – Press cycle

Reply to this post           Flexible screens back for another press cycle.   With the success of the Samsung Galaxy Edge, it looks like Samsung is...

PC Industry – Twiddled thumbs.

Reply to this post           The PC industry continues to ignore the solution to its woes. The Computex show passed virtually unnoticed last week as exhibitors...