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PCs Q3 14A – Big is beautiful

          Only bad marketing keeps the PC market from growth. Both Gartner and IDC have released their Q314A figures for the PC market which continues to...

Yahoo! – Fire in the pocket

          At $10bn, even a financial return looks to be a challenge. Yahoo! has made a huge return from its investment in Alibaba but its fiduciary...

Samsung Q3A – All at sea

          Samsung is getting closer to the fate of its peers. Samsung has guided for Q314A results that strongly indicate that it is losing control of...

Google – The shine of Chrome

          Usage of Chrome is likely to continue growing. The latest data from Net Market Share (see here) shows that Chrome is steadily gaining share when...

Yahoo! – Wrong prescription

          AOL is not the answer. A recent open letter from activist shareholder Starboard has correctly diagnosed all the issues at Yahoo! but its prescription will...

Nokia and Microsoft – Still HERE

          Quality of HERE more important than availability on iOS or Android. There is confusion regarding whether Nokia is about to pull its support for Windows...

BlackBerry – Bendy noise

          BlackBerry Passport will be a niche product.  The uproar over bent iPhones has completely drowned out any real splash that BlackBerry was hoping to make...

Apple – Happy days

          iPhone 6 just as profitable as the 5s despite bigger screen.  The screen of a mobile device is by far the biggest single cost element...

Microsoft – Building blocks

          Microsoft is buying users and opportunity not electronic Lego.   Microsoft has agreed to purchase Mojang, the games developer behind Minecraft for $2.5bn. Minecraft is...

ST Ericsson – No Life in the Old Cat

          ST Ericsson is being quietly put to sleep after further failures. Ericsson is following Broadcom and Renesas into the void by announcing the closure of...