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Autonomous Autos – Insurance strikes back.

A study with questionable motivations. I have long argued that the automobile insurance industry must resist the adoption of autonomous driving for as long as it can (see here) and...

Apple Glass – Tracking right

No glassholes please, we are Apple. Details of Apple’s rumoured augmented reality offering has leaked and it looks like Apple has taken a practical approach that could result in a...

Magic Leap – Endgame

Magic Leap will go down as a cautionary tale. Magic Leap’s failure can predominantly be traced back to a single problem which was the inability to make its technology fit...

Cash scramble – Greenback King.

Great bargains to be had. The US dollar has become the most desired monetary instrument surpassing traditional safe havens like US Treasuries and even Gold meaning that those that have...

Covid-19 – Short but sharp.

4 of the G7 could follow China & Italy. As with most infections, it is not the pathogen that does most of the damage but the reaction to it. This...

SoftBank – Top of the Pops.

The hits keep on coming. SoftBank’s biggest problem following on from WeWork is that every one of its investments that go wrong or have problems will receive intense press attention...

Waymo – The crowd.

Waymo has to get back out front. Waymo has raised $2.25bn from outside sources as I think it needs to accelerate its progress as evidence that many of its rivals...

GM Cruise – Form over substance.

A vehicle with no launch date. GM Cruise has launched its first autonomous vehicle which has no launch date and about which I think questionable statements were made. The vehicle...

Google – Under the rug

Choice of search engine makes little if any difference. Google choose an opportune time to publish what could have been seen as bad news but in reality, I don’t think...

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year

Radio Free Mobile has closed down for the holiday period. Normal service will resume at CES on Monday 6th January 2020. Radio Free Mobile would like to wish its readers...