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The Metaverse

Digital Ecosystems – Hardware season

Very little to excite consumers. The autumn hardware launch season kicks off today with Apple followed by Google and Meta the main theme of which is going to be how...

Snap – Macro maelstrom

Snap has further to fall. Snap is laying off 20% of its workforce in order to stem the negative cash flow in a sure sign that Snap thinks that this...

Meta vs. Developers – Eaters of cake.

Developers want to have their cake and eat it. The notion that Meta Platforms is treating developers unfairly when it is on course to lose billions of dollars from subsidising...

Apple & The Metaverse – Not yet

2023 is too early. Despite feverish speculation, Apple failed to launch a Metaverse device at WWDC 2022 and now speculation has shifted to early 2023 which I continue to think...

The Metaverse – Turing test

Turing is not the issue. Meta Platforms has revealed a series of prototypes that it intends to develop into products that will make its Metaverse irresistible to users but I...

Apple – Nokia moment?

Apple will be hoping that the Metaverse goes nowhere. Apple has no choice but to go all-in on the Metaverse because if the Metaverse does replace the smartphone and Apple...

Peloton vs. Unity – Tale of two crashes

Peloton is cheap but Unity is not. Bad results from both companies caused further share price declines but Peloton is moving into deep value territory whereas Unity by any measure...

Epic, Sony & Lego – Legblox Station

Epic games strengthens its Metaverse silo.  Most of the $2bn being invested in Epic Games will be used to build a version of the Metaverse that will bring together at...

The Metaverse – Enterprise first

Enterprise Metaverse is now.  Almost all of the limitations that are going to prevent the Metaverse from taking off any time soon are much less relevant in the enterprise meaning...

Tech Newsround – Arm & China Metaverse

SoftBank – Arm IPO. Arm China is holding up the relisting of Arm and the less-than-ideal solution that SoftBank is proposing highlights again my view that SoftBank may be better...