Tag: Google

Extending smartphone functionality to your wrist is not creating the magical new market opportunity many were predicting.

I think the answer is no. It's not worth upgrading your smartphone in 2015. Especially if the phone you own is less than two years old. Recent handset releases from Apple, Samsung, LG, Sony and Motorola are proving to be incremental. Long gone, it seems, are the days when a new model...

Android's success can be attributed in part to the fact that it's more pervasive and readily available.

Google today gave a preview of the next version of Android at its I/O developer conference in San Francisco. Dubbed Android M, the next version is, from what I could see, not so much a feature-rich release overflowing with ooohs-and-aaahs, as one focused on bug fixes, and subtle refinements designed...

Dreamers dream big. And those dreams are nowhere bigger than in tech. Everything we do here in Silicon Valley is destined to change the world. Our thoughts, visions, and, ultimately, products send reverberations that command attention. Economy 2.0. Internet of Things. Cloud computing. Ideas here are larger than life....

Forcing users into a walled garden is commonplace. Apple does it with iTunes. Google too, with the Google Store. Amazon does it with... Amazon.

Google Glass flopped. But that hasn't stopped Sony from taking a (misguided) swing at the wearable market. SmartEyeglass retails for $849, but I don't think they could give these monstrosities away for free.

Not only are Xiaomi's new Mii Note phones lighter and thinnner than Apple's iPhone 6 Plus, but they are priced over 50% cheaper. Apple and Samsung: hear them roar.

Watch out Samsung and LG. As Chinese manufacturers begin selling Android devices direct to consumers, how will the Android mobile landscape change?

Trying to buy a new Nexus 6 smartphone from Google this holiday season? You could be in for a game of cat-and-mouse. Meanwhile, Apple will always take your money.