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Connected vehicles – Damaging lethargy

Sirius XM capitalises on OEM lethargy. Sirius XM is launching a series of services for its customers which are exactly the sorts of services the OEMs should have launched years...

Medical Wearables – Inching closer.

Apple is a bit closer to a killer use case.   The latest data from Apple’s study with Stanford University is encouraging and I think represents a step closer towards...

Wearables – Fossil fuel.

Wearables to remain fossilised. Google has purchased the right to use and disseminate core IP from Fossil for $40m (stoking rumours of a Pixel Watch) but I can’t see anything...

CES 2019 – Dark horses of Vegas.

Interesting offerings that slipped through the cracks. Real wireless power Thanks to Apple, wireless charging using the Qi standard is now everywhere, but far more interesting is the possibility to...

Commercial vehicles – Stoking rebellion

The increasingly vexing software problem. John Deere has been locked in a battle with its customers (farmers) for several years over farmer’s rights to repair and modify their vehicles which...

Sharing economy – bikes, e-bikes & scooters

Reply to this post           Make money not headlines. Not to be outdone by the bike sharing craze in China, Silicon Valley is jumping on the...

Essential Products Inc. – An essential sale

Reply to this post           The wheels appear to have fallen off. Andy Rubin’s Essential Products Inc. is up for sale almost certainly because of a...

Uber – On China’s bike

Reply to this post Jump removed from Lyft’s clutches. Uber has followed China’s lead and moved to consolidate bike sharing as another one of its shared transport related services but...

Fitbit – Last gasp.

Reply to this post           Healthcare is its one and long shot. Fitbit now wants to be known as a health care company but in order...

Google vs. Amazon – Battle for the smart home pt. VIII

Reply to this post           Google booted from the nest. The tit for tat war between Amazon and Google (which I thought had been largely resolved...