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Spotify – Speaker’s corner

Reply to this post           A smart speaker makes no sense. Job postings indicate that Spotify is jumping into hardware and, while I think that a...

Windows on ARM – PC lite.

Reply to this post           Microsoft has learned from the RT disaster. The limitations of Windows on ARM are significant, but I suspect that for light...

Google, Amazon and Apple – Battle for the smart home pt. VII

Reply to this post           Google’s race to lose. Google appears to be catching Amazon more quickly than I expected when it comes to smart speaker...

Apple – Apples and oranges

Reply to this post           Apple doesn’t quite reach 50%. While the finding that Apple generated over half of all revenues in the smartphone market in...

Supercell – Look east.

Reply to this post           Supercell looks like it is out of ideas. Supercell has had a difficult 2017 driven by its failure to release a...

Baidu & Uber – Time to pivot

Reply to this post           Both need to change to fare well. Baidu Baidu reported good Q4 17 results as it has put the tribulations of...

Digital Assistants – Dissociative identity

Reply to this post           Siri’s fragmentation could be her undoing. Apple’s focus on devices has meant that there are multiple different implementations of Siri which...

Alibaba – Offline grab pt. II

Reply to this post           Alibaba adds an offline vertical and cleans house Alibaba is yet again increasing its assault on the offline portion of the...

Google & Microsoft – Worlds apart

Reply to this post           Google and Microsoft go their separate ways. With every quarter that passes, Google and Microsoft move further and further apart to...

Didi & OEMs– Bikes to cars

Reply to this post           Data will be the key to differentiation. If Didi does to automobiles what it has done to bikes, then the outlook...