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February 2017

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...

MWC Day 0 – Prominent feature.

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

Research Publication – Reality Bytes – Its master’s voice

Reply to this post February 23rd 2016:  Radio Free Mobile launches a new product category looking at shorter topics relevant to the ecosystem. Issue No.1 deals with...

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...

Yahoo & Verizon – Final execution.

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

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...

Alibaba – Five guns east

Reply to this post           Alibaba is going guns blazing for offline.  Alibaba appears to be moving into offline retail much...

Google vs. Amazon – Homefront.

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

Huawei & Baidu – Bodies and time.

Reply to this post           I think Huawei would be better off doing a deal with Baidu.   It looks like...

Facebook – Brainless video.

Reply to this post           Focusing on video first makes complete sense. I think that Facebook is making the right choice...