Reply to this post Flexible displays are hard to make and mostly useless. The latest innovation around flexible screens has been announced by the Queen’s University Human Media Lab in Canada which uses the flexing of the screen as a method of command input. A flexible LG OLED display has been combined with sensors and...
Reply to this post An Orwellian future beckons for Android. The news that Samsung is finally upgrading the Galaxy s6 and s6 EDGE to Marshmallow (Android 6.0) will come as little comfort to Google which continues to unable to distribute its innovations. Marshmallow and iOS9 became available at roughly the same time but Marshmallow is...
Reply to this post An example of how to make customers unhappy. The release of Kanye West’s latest album, Life of Pablo has rocketed Tidal up the Apple App. Store charts but I suspect that Tidal’s awful handling of its new customers has done more harm than good. At the time of release, Life of...
Reply to this post Short term gain is likely to mean long term pain. Baidu has received an offer to purchase its 80.5% stake online video asset Qiyi at a valuation of $2.8bn from its own CEO and chairman, Yanhong Li, and the CEO of Qiyi. Qiyi is an advertising supported online TV and movie...
Reply to this post Pandora’s only real asset is its 81.1m very engaged users. Pandora reported difficult Q4 15A results where bullish commentary by management was undermined by speculation that, behind closed doors, the company is up for sale. Q4 15A revenue / adj-EBITDA was $336.2m / $24.8m behind forecasts of $341.6m / $29.0m. The...
Reply to this post Periscope needs to dodge Facebook’s live video torpedo. Twitter reported good results but the problem with its user growth (or lack of it) is continuing to hamper its long term prospects. Q4 15A revenues / Adj-EPS were $710m / $0.16 compared to consensus at $710m / $0.12. Although the GAAP numbers...
Reply to this post Sending an algorithm to prison is pointless. Google has managed to get the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the US to recognise the AI system of an autonomous vehicle as the driver. This is well and good and represents a small step forward in fitting autonomous vehicles into the...
Reply to this post The realisation that free internet is a myth is slowly dawning. Wired is the latest publication to insist that users either turn-off ad blocking software or pay a subscription to access its website. Wired will charge $3.99 per month to users who block its ads which is very similar to the...
Reply to this post H5OS likely to struggle against tried and tested native. Acadine Technologies, a well-funded Chinese start-up is aiming to breathe new life into the zombie that was once Firefox OS. Acadine Technologies is a Hong Kong based start-up that has received $100m in funding from Tsinghua Unigroup which is directly linked to...
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.
Freedom 251 – Alarm bells.
Reply to this post Someone is losing a lot of money on this device. The latest sensation to hit the mobile device industry is the launch of the Freedom 251 smartphone that is retailing online for INR251 or ($3.70). The device is “made” by an Indian handset maker called Ringing Bells which is part of...