Reply to this post CES likely to focus on dreams rather than reality The CES bandwagon kicks-off on 6th January and I suspect that autonomous transport, virtual reality and wearables will grab most of the attention. I think that these themes are pretty far from the mass market meaning that the reality of the technology...
Reply to this post The airwaves are going silent until January 5th 2016. Radio Free Mobile sends all of its clients, readers and detractors the compliments of the season and best wishes for the new year.
Reply to this post There is little point in updating software that just sits on the shelf. The Android community is already getting excited about the features that will be available on the next version of Android regardless of the fact that few will have access to it for years. Split screen support and more...
Reply to this post California is a great example of why this will take ages. The California department of motor vehicles (CDMV) has made a proposal that obviates the use case of a self-driving vehicle in a large number of use cases. The CDMV is proposing a law that requires a person who is licenced...
Reply to this post Facebook has everything it needs to disrupt classifieds. Facebook is jumping into the world of classifieds and recommendations but it will take a lot more than just throwing it out there to make it successful. In the US this is aimed squarely at Angie’s List and Yelp but the performance of...
Reply to this post GoPro must make the ecosystem its top priority. I think that GoPro will soon begin to really struggle as the hardware element of its product becomes less and less relevant. The outlook for GoPro is exactly the same as it is for almost every other seller of consumer electronics: execute on...
Reply to this post I think that Magic Leap has solved the field of view problem in AR. There are many augmented reality (AR) companies out there but the best financed is almost certainly Magic Leap. AR is very different from virtual reality as VR creates an entirely artificial world while AR superimposes virtual objects...
Reply to this post Investors are sentenced to another year of fumbling and uncertainty. Yahoo!’s management appeared weary and browbeaten when it announced that instead of spinning out Alibaba, it would spin out everything else leaving Alibaba alone inside the old company. The rationale behind this change is simply that spinning Alibaba carries a risk...
Reply to this post Firefox joins the stagger of zombies that somehow lives on in open source. Mozilla has announced the end of Firefox OS for mobile operators, ending a three year crusade to do the impossible. This comes hot on the heels of Jolla being close to shutting up shop (see here) and the...
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Wearables – Not first class
Reply to this post Medical device makers have more time to save themselves Amid a rather muted first day at CES came the news that another class action lawsuit has been filed against FitBit alleging that its heart rate monitors are dangerously inaccurate. While I think that this lawsuit is somewhat capricious, it highlights accuracy...