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Qualcomm & Samsung – Hot silicon

          Overheating very unlikely to be a Qualcomm design flaw. There is enough noise in the market to make it likely that there has been a...

Google – Control freak.

          Google’s move to be an MVNO is all about control. It looks very likely that Google will launch its own branded MVNO during 2015 using...

Microsoft – The price is right.

          Free upgrade is excellent news for the Microsoft ecosystem. Microsoft’s ambition to become an ecosystem company have crystalised further as upgrades to Windows 10 from...

HP – The eggs have landed.

          HP loses more face over Autonomy. The end of the criminal investigation into HP’s allegations of fraud at Autonomy leaves the management of HP with...

Xiaomi – Circumnavigation.

          Xiaomi must have exclusive services to succeed. Xiaomi is following in the footsteps of its rivals in building an ecosystem via purchasing small shareholdings but...

BlackBerry – Roller-coaster.

          There is no reason why Samsung would want BlackBerry. BlackBerry has had a wild couple of days as rumours surfaced that Samsung was willing to...

Lenovo – Cash Call

          Lenovo offers far more value than Xiaomi. Following the acquisition of Motorola Mobility from Google, it looks very much as if Lenovo has realised that...

Enterprise Ecosystem – Pole position

          Office 365 is reaping the rewards of change. Microsoft’s change in attitude towards Office software is starting to reap real rewards. Only 12 months ago,...

Google – The missing Lollipop

          Android Lollipop is still nowhere to be found. Despite being launched over 7 months ago, with availability for the last 4 months, Lollipop devices are...

CES Day 3 – Huawei – Eggs and Bacon

          Huawei now has the eggs but can it bring home the bacon? One of the most interesting developments at CES was the emergence of understanding...