Recent surveys indicate that Apple still leads iOS in all aspects except volume. Recent work by Flurry shows that while Android is now the runaway volume leader in the mobile ecosystem race, it still lags when it comes to usage. Market leadership has swapped back and forth over the course of 2012 but it...
Microsoft is on thin ice with Xbox One but Sony is no better off Details have emerged regarding how the Xbox One will deal with the second hand games market, offline play and game sharing. The advent of digital copies and storing games in the cloud complicates the management of user rights to play purchased...
BlackBerry needs something else to prevent its users from jumping ship. BlackBerry’s move to make BBM available on other platform is incredibly risky unless there is something else that will ensure that BlackBerry users stay faithful. BBM is also no longer about developed markets as those users have long ditched BlackBerry and gone elsewhere. This...
Hybrid devices are likely to be a factor in the take-off of Windows 8. Computex 2013 kicks off Tuesday June 4th in Taipei and here, the bulk of the coming year’s innovation in the PC world is likely to be announced. Not wanting to get lost in the noise, ARM, Intel and Acer have already...
The silly spat has ended with a win / win. Since the launch of Windows Phone 8, Google has been refusing to support the platform and so Microsoft took the APIs and made the You Tube app itself. This became available this month and immediately caused consternation as the Microsoft’s implementation allows the videos to...
Over the top offerings will need to be integrated or they will perish. TV over the internet is still a tiny fraction of the market (5% of US – see here for details) but it is the future and so everyone is starting to get their ducks in a row for when it finally takes...
The latest data is meaningless without a demographic adjustment. Experian has produced an extensive survey looking at what users do with their smartphones. The data includes normal telephony functions and reveals usage patterns that match most of the previous surveys. Time spent on smartphones by activity (%) % share of time iOS Android Total Talk...
Mozilla must live up to its promise to survive in mobile. Not content with just smartphones, it looks as if Mozilla is also moving into the cut throat tablet market. June 3rd is the date for a joint press event between Mozilla and Foxconn where a new device seems certain to be announced. The...
Buying Hulu is fraught with risk. Hulu, the video site is up for sale once again but the price is unlikely to be better than the $2bn valuation at which Providence recently exited. Hulu has 4m customers paying $7.99 a month and generated 2012 revenues of $695m. As an over-the-top (OTT) provider of premium content,...
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.
Amazon – Baby Digital Empire
Amazon has the makings of a major force but still has a long way to travel. Many people still consider Amazon to be just an online retailer but look under the hood and one will find the grass roots of a digital empire in construction. Amazon has just announced an exclusive deal with Viacom where...