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Home vs. Echo – Battle of the Home pt. III.

Reply to this post           Google has everything to do. Google is great at getting third parties to build hardware that uses its software, but needs...

Google vs. HERE – Perfect parking

Reply to this post           HERE has more potential but needs to execute. Google is upping the ante in the race to provide value-added services on...

Facebook – Empty head

Reply to this post           Another smart speaker that badly needs a brain. It looks like Facebook is joining the ever more crowded smart speaker bandwagon,...

Baidu – Talking machines.

Reply to this post           The way in China is wide open for Baidu. Baidu’s strategy around its AI platform and its Duer OS has become...

Mobike vs. Ofo – Blood soaked economics.

Reply to this post           Here comes another bloodbath. Another battle is brewing over ride hailing but the fact that it is bicycles rather than cars...

Digital sensors – Eyes and ears.

Reply to this post           Sensors are the eyes and ears of AI. Data is the raw material of artificial intelligence (see here) meaning that will...

Alphabet – Goodbye blue sky pt. II.

Reply to this post           Homeless robots find permanent shelter. Alphabet has reached a deal to sell both Boston Dynamics and Schaft to SoftBank leaving it...

Essential Products – Not essential.

Reply to this post           Andy Rubin still works for Google.  Essential Products Inc has launched a series of products aimed at creating an ecosystem but...

DJI – Brains not brawn

Reply to this post           The spark at DJI is in its software prowess. DJI has launched a new drone which I think clearly demonstrates this...

SoftBank Vision Fund – UB40

Reply to this post           Pressure to employ capital is the biggest risk. SoftBank has announced that the first round of its $100bn Vision fund has...