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Smart Home – Back to front.

Reply to this post           Apple is losing badly despite offering the best user experience. Apple has redesigned its HomeKit website (see here) in order to...

Digital assistants – Man and dog

Reply to this post           Late-comers have very little chance The latest craze to hit the mobile industry is digital assistants where every man and his...

MWC Day 2/3 – Show barometer.

Reply to this post           What’s hot and what’s not at MWC. VR / AR Along with the number of drones, the number of VR units...

MWC Day 1 – The time machine

Reply to this post           The taxonomy of MWC is changing Nokia has through nostalgia has created some excitement in the mobile phone industry but elsewhere...

MWC Day 0 – Prominent feature.

Reply to this post           A feature phone steals the show. Huawei – Rear view mirror. Huawei launched its latest flagship the P10 and P10 plus...

India e-commerce – Unicorns and Donkeys Pt. V.

Reply to this post           Flipkart likely to buy Snapdeal.  The latest in a series of woes that has hit the Indian e-commerce market reinforces my...

Yahoo & Verizon – Final execution.

Reply to this post           Finally, Yahoo executes. Yahoo may have badly failed to create any value for investors in mobile, but its execution on the...

Samsung – Residual fall-out.

Reply to this post           It is still the long-term damage that I fear.  While Samsung appears to have contained the disaster that was the Note...

Alibaba – Five guns east

Reply to this post           Alibaba is going guns blazing for offline.  Alibaba appears to be moving into offline retail much more quickly than I had...

Google vs. Amazon – Homefront.

Reply to this post           This could be a repeat of VHS vs. Betamax.  Google is adding functionality to allow Google Assistant to compete more directly...