Reply to this post All is not well in the consumer ecosystem. HERE has severed the last link with its old owner in deciding to pull its app from Windows 10 rather than develop it again from scratch. This is a sign of the malaise that currently grips the Microsoft consumer ecosystem as users of...
Reply to this post Microsoft cleverly puts Sony in a very difficult position. Microsoft has announced that Xbox Live members will now be able to play games with members from other gaming networks such as the PC as well as other consoles. This has been coming for some time as Windows 10 devices all share...
Reply to this post Google could do a better Echo if it so desired. Amazon’s latest experiment is showing signs of success but to really hit the big time, Alexa needs to get much smarter. The Amazon Echo has been around for just over a year and the fact that Amazon has launched two companion products...
Reply to this post Now the ecosystem is showing signs of strain. Things are not getting easier for Xiaomi as results from one of its partners indicates that usage within the ecosystem is not faring as well as it would have hoped. Xunlei is a networking software company that speeds up downloads in areas of...
Reply to this post Yahoo’s changes could be the end of Flickr. The latest changes that Yahoo has made to its photo service Flickr are symptomatic of a company that does not really seem to understand the market in which it is trying to compete. Flickr is the online photo service that used to enjoy...
Reply to this post Lollipop’s growth is not good news. After 18 months of being available, Lollipop has finally become the largest version of Android with 36.1% of Google Android devices now using this version. KitKat is at 34.3% while Jelly Bean is at 22.3% while the latest version Marshmallow is struggling for relevance with...
Reply to this post The Chinese ecosystems are buying up the pieces they don’t already own. Now that growth in the home market is slowing, I think that focus will shift from grabbing users to ensuring that they spend as much time within one ecosystem as possible. I do not think that the Chinese will...
Reply to this post 1.27bn vulnerable devices that Google is unable to fix. The latest malware announced at the RSA conference further highlights how serious the Android update problem is. Mobile security company Skycure has found a new form of malware known as “accessibility clickjacking” that affects all Android devices that run Android versions 2.2...
Reply to this post F8 likely to be all about the emerging ecosystem. With Facebook’s developer conference approaching (12th – 14th April), the speculation as what Facebook will announce is beginning in earnest. Top of the list is the notion that Facebook will open up its messaging platform to allow publishers to distribute their content....
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Cyanogen – Lucky 13
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...