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Alphabet – Wishful thinking

Google is not going to become Apple.   Google reported good Q4 19 results, but its greater disclosure unwittingly revealed that hardware has again let...

Google Pixel – Damage done pt. III

Yet another avoidable blunder. In what is becoming a recurring habit, reviewers have found a serious problem with the Google Flagship device that further underlines...

Google and Fitbit – No Panacea.

Engineering disease bill rises to $16bn. Doctor Porat has been able to do very little to treat Google’s chronic case of engineering disease (see here),...

Samsung Bixby – Radical refinement

The best refinement is to ditch Bixby Undeterred by its failure to launch Galaxy Home, a smart speaker with the execrable Bixby, Samsung is doubling...

Google Hardware – Paging Dr. Porat

I think Google’s condition may finally be treated. While the wires are already speculating on the form factor of the Google Pixel 4 due to...

Google – The rule of 99.9%.

75% of almost zero is still almost zero. Google is making some noise about how quickly Pixel users are upgrading to Android Pie (version 9),...

Motorola – Buying numbers

          The Moto G will be good for units but awful for profits. Motorola is taking a leaf out of Nokia’s...

Ultra HD – So big it fails

          Ultra HD looks great on the stands and in the shops but the dimensions of the living room are likely...

Microsoft Surface – The thin ice.

          Microsoft has a commanding position in the market for PC software but it cannot really afford to antagonise its partners....

Japanese Consumer Electronics – Apocalypse Now!

          Things are so bad at Sharp that it may have to ask the Japanese state to bail it out when...