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Spotify – Speaker’s corner

Reply to this post           A smart speaker makes no sense. Job postings indicate that Spotify is jumping into hardware and, while I think that a...

Music Streaming – Wrong villain.

Reply to this post           The music labels strike back. It looks to me like intense lobbying by the music labels has resulted in the Copyright...

Apple – Battle for the smart home pt. VI

Reply to this post           HomePod delays have cost it dearly. The HomePod has only one advantage in a market that is rapidly becoming all about...

Snapchat – Content blues

Reply to this post           Escaping content is a sign of real problems. Snapchat’s move to allow content to be shared outside of its app is...

8K – Panel pains.

Reply to this post           Nightmare on pixel street. With 4K panels now being in the mainstream, the technology discussion in the panel industry has now...

Broadcast TV – Sword of Damocles pt. IV.

Reply to this post           Cable TV looks finished while OTA has another chance. The nominations of the Golden Globes have revealed further gains for the...

Apple vs. Spotify – Duck lines

Reply to this post           Two lines of ducks are forming. With a new alliance between Spotify and Tencent and the acquisition of Shazam by Apple,...

Sonos – Sounds of sameness pt. III.

Reply to this post           Sonos is now just another speaker maker. Sonos has finally enabled Alexa voice control and Spotify support in its speaker systems...

Google vs. Facebook – AI dividend.

Reply to this post           Google’s AI already paying dividends Both Google and Facebook have a fake news problem but Google’s leadership in AI means that...

Tencent Q3 17 – Time purchase

Reply to this post           Mighty core business buys time. Tencent reported strong results driven mostly by its content offerings which gives the company time to...