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MWC Day 0 – Folding space.

Everybody folds and 5G gets real-ish Folding bandwagon In what has unsurprisingly become a crowded space, there is a lot of variation but I think the most impressive demonstration is...

Research Publication – Reality Bytes – AI: Winter is coming

February 22nd 2019: Radio Free Mobile updates its coverage of artificial intelligence with the publication of: Reality Bytes: AI: Winter is coming. RFM research subscribers will receive their copy directly by email. ...

Samsung – A good day.

Samsung relaunches the Nokia Communicator. Samsung has resurrected the Nokia Communicator (Galaxy Fold) and launched a good iteration of the Galaxy series that is different enough to warrant an upgrade....

Google vs. Amazon – Speaker stats.

Finally, some good news for Google. Smart speaker shipments for Q4 18 show that Google has made up some ground on Amazon, but it has a very long way to...

5G – Rotten race.

A race not worth winning. With Mobile World Congress just around the corner, the focus for the next week or so will be back on 5G as this will be...

Google vs. Amazon – Stuck at 2.

Google fails again to close on Alexa. While Google is rapidly increasing the number of skills available for the assistant, it has failed to materially close the gap on Amazon...

Didi – Unrealised dreams.

From revenue to cost. All is not well at Didi as a restructuring of the company is a sure sign that targets are not being met which is certain to...

Autonomous Autos 2018 – Rotten Apple

Waymo’s lead shrinks again to 2 to 1. Apple’s offering is awful. Analysis of autonomous testing data submitted to the California DMV for 2018, reveals that while Waymo is still...

IBM – Watson the wanderer.

Watson goes nomadic. IBM has sensibly decided to allow its AI offering (Watson) to run on the cloud offerings of its rivals as well as enabling an ability to run...

Google vs. Amazon – Battle for the smart home pt. XIV.

Amazon goes vertical. Amazon has moved to cement its grip on the smart home with the purchase of the WiFi router company Eero that should make the smart home much...