Browsing Category

Internet

Uber – On China’s bike

Reply to this post Jump removed from Lyft’s clutches. Uber has followed China’s lead and moved to consolidate bike sharing as another one of its shared transport related services but...

Spotify – Speaker’s corner pt. II.

Reply to this post Spotify auto speaker is another wake up call. Spotify releasing a music player for the vehicle is an attempt to push back against Apple Music in...

Facebook – Fake relief.

Reply to this post Mark and Sheryl kick the can down the road. While the immediate term performance of Facebook will be unaffected by the current furore, the changes present...

Chinese Internet – BAT by proxy.

Reply to this post B retreats. A&T advance.   Meituan-Dianping is buying Mobike for $2.7bn in a move that is mostly about a defence against Didi but will also help...

Apple, Google, Facebook et al. – Schadenfreude

Reply to this post           Apple rubs Facebook’s nose in it. While, Apple has received a free pass from the outrage derived from the public’s awakening...

Google – Deep speech.

Reply to this post           DeepMind shows signs of paying its way. Google’s first use of DeepMind technology in one of its commercial products is likely...

Uber – Dominoes.

Reply to this post           Another international market falls. This time the market Uber has ceded to local rivals has double the population of USA meaning...

Facebook – Inconvenient truth.

Reply to this post           People haven’t realised they are the product. A large part of the outrage stemming from Facebook’s (and everyone else’s) apparent lack...

Broadcast TV – Sword of Damocles pt. V.

Reply to this post           5G could be an extinction level event for cable TV. The latest surveys are suggesting that fast internet is one of...

Siri – Mortal sins

Reply to this post           Siri must fly to the cloud. Siri was the first digital assistant to hit the mainstream but Apple’s focus on privacy...