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Nest and Google – Ecosystem tentacle

          The founders and VCs are the real winners from this acquisition. Google’s acquisition of Nest is all about the ecosystem and highlights some trends that...

PC Market – Contrarian position

          Tablet PCs are the key to a turnaround in the PC market this year. IDC and Gartner have confirmed what everyone already knew: 2013 was...

CES 2014 – Big show in little Vegas

          CES has highlighted how difficult 2014 will be for some. CES 2014 is almost over but three important trends have clearly emerged: First: Android commoditisation...

Dual Boot – Insult to concept.

          Dual Boot is a hack that is doomed to failure. CES 2014 is full of devices that are trying to be both laptops and tablets....

Samsung Q4 – The stock whisperer.

          Bad results but the whispers have already done the damage. Samsung reported preliminary Q4 results that disappointed but forecasts but whisper numbers had already taken...

HTC Q4 – Phoenix free zone.

          Happy New Year and best wishes for 2014. HTC’s results offer little hope of a recovery. HTC reported Q4 results that missed expectations as it...

Samsung – The slow subtle web

          Extending HomeSync is yet another strand of the web. Samsung’s moves are subtle but taken together it is clear that Samsung is intending to build...

Amazon – Prime target

          Amazon needs to restructure Amazon Prime. Amazon has announced that its sales of Kindle products this year were the best ever but given last year’s...

Microsoft – Lose lose

          Making Windows Phone and RT free is pointless. The latest notion to come from the re-organisation of Microsoft is the idea that reducing Windows Phone...

Nokia – Dance with the devil

            A switch to Android from Asha might just work. It looks very much like Nokia has decided to participate in the race to the...