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Apple Event – Incremental innovation

Apple takes no risks with its launches. The event is back to its usual time but while the production quality of the event was better than ever, the products themselves...

Apple, Google & Korea – A right Battle Royale sideshow.

South Korea sets a painful precedent. South Korea’s legislation to force Apple and Google to open their app stores to third-party payment options sets a dangerous precedent for the rest...

Samsung & Intel – Supercycle pt. II

More peak cycle signals. Following on from its strong Q2 2021 results, Samsung has announced that it will be investing an eye-watering KRW240tn or $215bn over the next three years...

Xiaomi Q2 21 – The hoover

Xiaomi is cleaning up. Xiaomi reported cracking Q2 2021 results underpinned by the ongoing collapse of Huawei, but it still does not make anything like enough money to make the...

Arm & NVIDIA – The unthinkable pt. VIII

NVIDIA has some explaining to do. The UK competition authority clearly has more concerns than expected with regard to NVIDIA’s purchase of Arm, meaning that NVIDIA is going to have...

Intel IDM 2.0 – The name game.

The end of silicon is now on the distant horizon. As part of its IDM2.0 strategy, Intel is changing its manufacturing node naming system which will bring it more into...

The Metaverse – Repeated history?

Telcos will try to break the inevitable cycle Telecom operators are once again trying to avoid becoming commodity bit pipes and this time they are trying their hand at virtual...

Jio Platforms – The Bollysystem 2.0 pt. II

Jio and Google fragment the Android platform. Jio Platforms is redoubling its efforts to capture the Indian market for new digital services while ceding the traditional ecosystem to Google and...

MWC 2021 Days 0-4 – Missing in action.

All eyes turn to CES 2022. Mobile World Congress (MWC) is in full swing but a dearth of news flow and footfall at the event reveals that MWC is a...

Facebook VR – Wii the second.

Oculus should not need advertisements The rapid push back against the idea of advertisements in VR is a clear signal that this monetisation model will not work in this instance...