Reply to this post The software / AI demon remains un-exorcised. Samsung is continuing to dominate hardware but once again its shortcomings in software and particularly artificial intelligence (AI) are laid bare for all to see. In March, Samsung launched the excellent Galaxy s8 and with it a personal assistant called Bixby that was supposed...
Reply to this post Another day, another home assistant. Alibaba is moving to launch a home speaker, much like Amazon Echo, that should direct users to its e-commerce services but I suspect that if it teams up with Baidu, it will launch a better product The obvious intention is to make it even easier for...
Reply to this post LeEco could be acquired by one of the BATmen. Despite closing the vast majority of its US operations, LeEco’s troubles are far from over as its cash problems have intensified which I think could lead to its eventual acquisition. Leishi Internet Information & Technology (listed parent of LeEco) held its AGM...
Reply to this post Sensors are the eyes and ears of AI. Data is the raw material of artificial intelligence (see here) meaning that will be increasingly critical that the sensors that collect that data are reliable and accurate. Nowhere is this more true than in eHealth where inaccurate data is useless at best and...
Reply to this post Fingerprint sensors define the market this year. The problem with covering the whole of the front of a smartphone with glass is that it creates a problem for fingerprint ID on the home button. Samsung got around this by inconveniently locating fingerprint ID on the back of the device ensuring that...
Reply to this post Google has time on its side in Android. I think that it is the remedies that the EU imposes that have the potential to do the real damage as long as they are quickly put in place. I view the fine as almost an irrelevance. Alphabet has been handed a $2.7bn...
Reply to this post Alexa still ahead despite very poor performance. New data suggests that Google Assistant is even more superior to Amazon Alexa than RFM’s tests have suggested, but still Google remains at risk of suffering a Betamax-like defeat (see here). The digital agency, 360i has written a piece of proprietary software aimed at...
Reply to this post I see Microsoft and Facebook creeping quietly together. I continue to think that Facebook and Microsoft make very good partners and I see them doing more and more together over the long-term. In addition to building an undersea cable together (see here), Facebook and Microsoft have a long history of collaboration...
Reply to this post Etsy serves as a warning to Uber. The struggles of e-commerce player Etsy is yet another sign how important it is for a network business to have either 60% share or be double the size of its next competitor. This should serve as a warning to Uber. Etsy is an e-commerce...
Richard is founder, owner of research company, Radio Free Mobile. He has 16 years of experience working in sell side equity research. During his 11 year tenure at Nomura Securities, he focused on the equity coverage of the Global Technology sector.
Mobike vs. Ofo – Blood soaked economics.
Reply to this post Here comes another bloodbath. Another battle is brewing over ride hailing but the fact that it is bicycles rather than cars will make no difference to the blood-letting that is likely ensue. The big contenders in this space are both Chinese, headquartered in Beijing comprising of Mobike backed by Tencent and...