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iOS vs. Android – Too many cooks.

          Google must take control to improve the experience. Despite being available for just over one month, adoption by the Android installed base of Android L...

Apple – The price of success

          Apple joins long-suffering Microsoft as a target for viruses. Apple has a difficult time ahead of it as I suspect that it is not best...

Microsoft – Trojan Horse

          Apps for Android signal a real change in strategy. Microsoft Garage is a skunkworks inside Microsoft known for being a geeky haven, and it has...

Google – The shine of Chrome

          Usage of Chrome is likely to continue growing. The latest data from Net Market Share (see here) shows that Chrome is steadily gaining share when...

ARM and Wearables – Cheap is cheerful.

          Small, lean and cheap is the way forward for wearables. ARM has announced a new platform for wearables called mBed that is designed to run...

iOS vs Android – Fragmentation bugbear

          Quality will soon become the most important factor. As the smartphone market starts to settle down, quality of experience will become increasingly important. This is...

Nokia and Microsoft – Still HERE

          Quality of HERE more important than availability on iOS or Android. There is confusion regarding whether Nokia is about to pull its support for Windows...

Android – Fragmentation fix.

          Google and China likely to completely take over their versions. The latest report from OpenSignal strongly implies that Android fragmentation is getting worse but I...

Tizen – Duck in danger.

          Tizen increasingly looks like it has no real future at Samsung As more and more time passes the less likely it becomes that Samsung will...

Google – The long game

          Google Android is becoming just like iOS or Windows Phone. Everywhere one looks it is become increasingly clear that Google aims to take complete control...