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Alibaba – Chop and change

Reply to this post Corrects yesterday’s post regarding Alibaba’s Yun OS. Yesterday’s Radio Free Mobile blog post incorrectly claimed that Alibaba had stated that it had ceased updating its user...

Google – Pointless progress

Reply to this post           Lollipop 5.1 is pointless while it sits on the shelf. Google unveiled an update to its Android 5.0 software that aims...

Google – Trouble in paradise

Reply to this post           Lollipop in danger of sucking. Despite promises of significant performance improvements, initial testing is showing that Lollipop is not much better...

Ubuntu – A wider scope

Reply to this post           A concept device for those looking to create an ecosystem. Canonical and BQ (a Spanish handset maker) have joined forces and...

Qualcomm & Samsung – Hot silicon

          Overheating very unlikely to be a Qualcomm design flaw. There is enough noise in the market to make it likely that there has been a...

Google – Control freak.

          Google’s move to be an MVNO is all about control. It looks very likely that Google will launch its own branded MVNO during 2015 using...

Samsung Tizen – Ducks and Chickens.

          Duck in danger becomes chicken and egg. Samsung has at last launched a handset based on Tizen’s software. The device is called the Z1, has...

Google – The missing Lollipop

          Android Lollipop is still nowhere to be found. Despite being launched over 7 months ago, with availability for the last 4 months, Lollipop devices are...

LINE – Talking Radio

          LINE expands its offering to keep revenues growing. LINE has agreed to buy Microsoft’s free personal music streaming business, MixRadio in an attempt to expand...

Alibaba – Early days

          Alibaba is on the right path with Yun OS. Alibaba is a giant in the e-commerce space but it has very little in the areas...