Didi is now the only credible ride-hailing platform left in the Chinese market, but its problems are far from over because local Chinese governments are finally enforcing regulations designed to protect the taxi industry. In Read more…
While Samsung’s Galaxy S8 is bursting out of the box in pushing the limits of screen real estate, its voyage into the increasingly crucial user experience shows that it remains boxed in by smarter and Read more…
A series of global firms have pulled their advertising from YouTube is response to finding their advertisement placed in videos which are deemed to be offensive or contain extremist content. Although it is Google that Read more…
Tencent is finally jumping into artificial intelligence (AI), and while experience and time matter when developing meaningful AI, Tencent’s advantage is that it’s not very difficult to create good algorithms for the vast majority of Read more…
Samsung has launched its offensive on the digital assistant market with Bixby, but I think it will still be dancing around the edge of the main act on the Galaxy S8: Google Assistant. Samsung has Read more…
Following the sale of the Yahoo core business to Verizon, Marissa Mayer will step down as CEO of Yahoo and will receive a severance package worth $23 million. This has once again raised the issue Read more…
The acquisition of Mobileye by Intel highlights both Intel’s determination not to miss the next big trend as well as the concentration of Google’s competitors around HERE. Intel will buy Mobileye for $15.4 billion and Read more…
Apple has redesigned its HomeKit website in order to generate interest around its smart home offering, but despite having the best experience, it remains a very distant third in developed markets. HomeKit enables smart home Read more…
Salesforce and IBM have announced a wide-ranging partnership which will combine their two AI offerings, but they will continue to sell the combined offering under two brands. At the same time, IBM has announced that Read more…
Nokia has through nostalgia created some excitement in the mobile phone industry but elsewhere the signs of maturity at MWC17 were everywhere. The notable fallout coming from Microsoft, Blackberry, Huawei among others who have substantially Read more…
Amidst the flashy smartphone launches at MWC17, Nokia relaunched itself into the handset market with a throwback to its old glory days – but the key ingredient, profit, looks unlikely to make an appearance Huawei Read more…
Yahoo may have badly failed to create any value for investors in mobile, but its execution on the sale of its core business to Verizon is finally generating significant value for its long-suffering shareholders. Verizon Read more…
It looks like Huawei has decided to build its own Chinese language digital assistant to cement its recent gains at home, but no matter how many bodies it throws at this task, its lack of Read more…
Facebook is making the right choice in targeting video first, as it already has traction and video-based services tend to have the lowest requirements for artificial intelligence to make them easy, fun and useful. With Read more…
After a very disappointing 2016, virtual reality looks set to have another disappointing year in 2017 while its proponents work out how to fix the issues that keep it from being a success. The latest Read more…
Despite Twitter becoming a major channel for the White House to communicate with voters, the realities of the social media company’s situation have continued to dominate its financial performance. Q4 2016A revenues / Adj-EPS was $717 Read more…
While Google is pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence forward, Facebook is making excuses for its inability to control hate speech, highlighting once again who is the leader and who the laggard in the field Read more…
Apple has released excellent results, highlighting that – contrary to my previous view – iOS has been the main beneficiary of Samsung’s recent woes. Apple’s FQ1 17A revenues/Adj-EPS were $78.4 billion/$3.36, compared to consensus at Read more…
I think Qualcomm will best serve its shareholders by fighting tooth and nail to halt the fall of royalty rates that has been going on for the last nine years. The fight between Apple and Read more…
With the sale of Fabric to Google, Twitter has essentially given up all hope of becoming an ecosystem and its growth will be totally dependent on its ability to create engagement around media consumption. This Read more…
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