Reply to this post Winners Amazon. In my mind, the star of CES 2017 is Amazon which is beginning to show signs of doing to Google what VHS did to Betamax. Betamax was a vastly superior technology but a slick marketing campaign by JVC ensured that VHS was adopted and Betamax struggled to remain relevant....
Reply to this post IoT – everywhere and nowhere. With the press cycle already revved-up well before the official opening of CES, almost everything that is on show is a known device, tool, utensil or appliance that can now work with a smartphone. However, this is pretty much what we saw last year and it...
Reply to this post HERE is closing the gap to Google with the Chinese and Intel joining up. HERE gets one over on Google by filling the biggest hole in its portfolio with the formation of a strategic partnership with NavInfo to provide maps and services into the Chinese market. It has also announced a...
Reply to this post Artificial Intelligence. AI is likely to be the most important theme in the technology sector this year. This is because AI could become a major differentiator in determining which Digital Life services are the best and therefore preferred and paid for by consumers. AI will also underpin the autonomy of any...
Radio Free Mobile is hanging up the microphone for the season and will return for CES in January. RFM wishes all of its readers compliments of the season and a happy new year.
Reply to this post Even if Verizon walks, there is value in Yahoo. Yahoo has revealed yet another hack casting further doubt over its deal with Verizon, but thanks to Alibaba, there still remains a good opportunity for those with a calculator and a bit of gumption. Yahoo’s latest revelation involves yet another hack, this...
Reply to this post The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Google has updated its OS for Internet of Things (IoT) with the release of a developer preview, but I fear that if the OS is released to open source, the same chaos and insecurity that hampers Android will prevent this from becoming...
Reply to this post Greater verticalisation looks like it is coming to China. It looks like Qihoo is having another go at the smartphone market with the purchase of Blephone but behind this I see the next stage of competition between the Chinese Ecosystems. Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, (BATmen) Qihoo are all very good at what...
Reply to this post Samsung is left with very little on Android devices. Following the disaster of the Galaxy Note 7, Samsung really needs the Galaxy s8 to be resounding success to repair its damaged reputation but I see it being limited in what it can do by its deal with Google on the ecosystem....
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.
Alphabet – Great thrall of India
Reply to this post Africa warning as India falls into Google’s thrall. Google is moving consolidate its growing grip on the Indian market and unless rivals act quickly, there will soon be nothing left. Furthermore, Google’s tactics in India is a sign of what it is to come in Africa providing a warning for those...