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Magic Leap – The reality gap.

Magic Leap’s developer video reveals the chasm between promise and reality In its latest video (see here), Magic Leap has demonstrated some of the basic characteristics of how to create...

Apple – Psychotherapy.

Giannandrea needs to heal Siri’s split mind. • Apple has put John Giannandrea exactly where he belongs where, in my opinion, his first task will be to fix the schizophrenia...

Microsoft – Office politics.

A device whose sole aim is to advance the adoption of Office. Microsoft has launched a new device in the Surface line called the Surface Go, the sole purpose of...

Amazon – Mad Man.

AI is the weakness in Amazon’s push to take on Google and Facebook. Amazon has made a habit of unsettling entire industries simply by announcing its entrance but when it...

Mobike vs. Ofo – Proxy war

The returns from bike sharing will be made from the data.   Now that Mobike has a strong backer, it is opening the spending spigot that looks certain to crush...

Xiaomi & Samsung – Goodbye blue sky.

Smartphone slowdown sinks all boats.  Xiaomi The omens are ill for when Xiaomi begins trading in Hong Kong on Monday as its shares are trading at an 11% discount to...

Uber – Home Alone

Middle East looks like another exit. Following its ignominious exit from South East Asia, Russia and China, Uber is now in discussion with Careem that I think would effectively see...

Apple Maps – Wheel engineering

No need to reengineer the wheel. It looks like Apple along with Google and Samsung (see here) has also developed a case of engineering disease as it makes no sense...

Snap – Augmented hopes.

Gaming makes more sense than video.   Snap’s beleaguered attempts to move beyond its instant messaging service have taken another turn with a potential move into gaming. Given that the...

Amazon – Pill popper.

Reply to this post Amazon shakes the ivory towers. Amazon has made its move on the retail pharmacy industry by buying PillPack in a move that could have been thwarted...