Browsing Category

Market Commentary

  • Home
  • Market Commentary

Unity – Russian roulette pt. II

Unity puts down the revolver. Unity has realised that developers are the life’s blood of both its business and its long-term potential and has greatly watered down its plans to...

The Metaverse – Volatile times

Weak markets don’t matter that much. Life is not great in The Metaverse at the moment as shipments are expected to almost halve in 2024 but in the grand scheme...

Amazon – 6 years late

Alexa might finally deliver on a 6-year old promise. Amazon’s annual Alexa event was dominated by generative AI, but the reality is that Amazon promised all this 6 years ago...

USA vs. China – X-Ray vision

The US sees through the propaganda. Commentary from the US Department of Commerce indicates that it has not fallen for the propaganda and realised that the ability to make chips...

Artificial Intelligence – Whoops Microsoft

Microsoft accidentally makes the case for edge AI. A simple mistake by employees exposed terabytes of Microsoft’s internal data to the world underlining that generative AI is still at the...

Unity – Russian roulette

Unity gambles with its market position and brand. Unity’s financial requirements have led it to alienate its customers which if left unresolved could cause its dominant position to erode and...

Meta Platforms – Business talks

WhatsApp Business is the only real opportunity. WhatsApp cost $22bn to acquire but has so far delivered very little although the indirect value that it has created in terms of...

Arm – Table debate

SoftBank takes most of the value. At $51 per share, investors are being asked to pay for much of the growth that the company says it should be able to...

Apple – Nothing burger

A gesture, some silicon and a bit of camera. When the most exciting new feature is a gesture for the Apple Watch, it is clear that the new iPhone offers...

Apple & Qualcomm – Gritted teeth

Apple grudgingly extends its contract. It turns out that cellular radio is difficult (5G particularly) as Apple has been unable to create a high-quality 5G radio of its own which...