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Google vs. Apple – Control freak

          Google’s days as a developer of open source software are numbered. With its future in Android now secure, Google has turned its attention to mitigating...

Google – Ins and Outs (I/O).

          Developer conferences are where the ecosystem evolves. Developer conferences are becoming increasingly important as the relevance of the device continues to decline. Google will host...

Nuance & Samsung – Private preference

          Nuance looks good for private equity not Samsung. Nuance is a provider of speech and language technology that is used by Apple in its Siri...

Google – Turn of the screw

          Google is the only winner in the Android ecosystem. June is becoming one of the most important months of the year for the mobile ecosystem...

Windows Phone – No hero in zero

          A Windows Phone $0 license fee does not fix the bigger problem. It looks very much like Microsoft has done the unthinkable and agreed to...

Android – The biggest issue

          Fragmentation remains the single biggest issue facing Android. Google looks set to release support for Android on another subset of devices; wearables. At South by...

MWC Day 1 / Nokia – Middle age spread

          The suit count is way up making Nokia and Android the most exciting development. MWC Day 1 MWC 2014 has attracted more visitors than ever...

Firefox OS – Who pays the piper?

          Firefox enables a $25 smartphone but it is hard to see how anyone makes money from it. For the last year Firefox OS has promised...

Microsoft – Myopic Machinations

          The opportunity is at risk from taking the easy option. The naming of Satya Nadella as the next CEO could cause some wild gyrations in...

NTT DoCoMo / Tizen – Spectre of Bit Pipe

          NTT DoCoMo must succeed where everyone else has failed. NTT DoCoMo now faces one of the greatest challenges in its history as it too, is...