Reply to this post Tidal’s only real hope lies in exclusives. Tidal has posted better than expected metrics on the 1st anniversary of its relaunch but it remains sub-scale with only one real hope of longevity. Tidal now claims to have 3m paying subscribers of which 45% (1.35m) are on its high quality (lossless)...
Reply to this post Facebook’s plans for Messenger follow its Asian rivals. Facebook is preparing to do much more with Messenger as the Asian examples are showing that much more can be done with these platforms beyond instant messaging. Digging by The Information reveals commands embedded in Messenger’s code that will enable a whole host...
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Reply to this post Wearables are already a commodity despite unit growth. Pebble is the latest wearables company to show signs of stress as it has decided to lay off 25% of its work force. This comes hot on the heels of Apple cutting $50 (14%) off the entry price of the Apple Watch, a...
Reply to this post The breaking of Moore’s Law will make software even more important. Intel’s significant change in the rhythm of its die shrinks is the biggest indication yet that Moore’s Law is finally beginning to break down. Since before almost any of us can remember, the technology industry has been governed by the...
Reply to this post A housekeeping event that refreshed the older end of its offering. Apple released new products and software that inched the evolution if the ecosystem forward, but there was nothing that will kill the impact of the end of the massive iPhone 6 upgrade cycle. iPhone SE This is best described as...
Reply to this post Inability to reach scale is killing the delivery start-ups. The highway of 2016 is being littered on a daily with the crashes of start-ups that have been so focused on obtaining huge network scale that they forgot the basics of economics. Almost exclusively, it is the start-ups that involve pick-ups or...
Reply to this post Money talks, robots walk. It looks like Alphabet has put its robotics venture, Boston Dynamics, up for sale because there is no immediate path to earning a return on the money invested for Alphabet. Boston Dynamics is a robotics company that specialises in robots that are autonomous as far as navigating...
Reply to this post Cyanogen refreshes the parts other ecosystems don’t reach. Although Cyanogen’s business model remains highly questionable, the evolutions it is making to the user experience show a good understanding of what will drive ecosystems in the long term. With the release of Cyanogen OS 13.0 release 1, Cyanogen’s latest innovations within the...
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Microsoft Build – Bots and bobs.
Reply to this post Steady evolution but existing issues still need fixing. Microsoft launched a series of evolutionary upgrades to Windows 10 and the devices that run it, at its /build// developer conference in San Francisco. This is the key conference that gives visibility on where Microsoft intends to take its ecosystem over the next...