Industry Insights

Article · May 26, 2022

The Mainstreaming of Augmented Reality

There is little doubt that augmented reality, specifically computing products that blend the physical world with the digital world, is going to be the next frontier of computing. Most of the conversations we are having with the broader tech industry have circled around the core technologies themselv

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Article · May 18, 2022

The Great Tech Wall of China

My fascination with the Chinese market started at the beginning of the smartphone era. The market itself, and the Chinese consumer, represent one of the largest economic opportunities for both companies local to China and global companies looking to provide goods and services to the Chinese people.

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Article · March 30, 2022

New PlayStation Plus Subscription Makes It Easier To Find Value

This week, PlayStation launched a new PlayStation Plus subscription, a simplified subscription service that brings together PlayStation Now and PlayStation Plus. Currently, the two subscription services combined have about 50 million subscribers, most of which subscribe to both services. In the past

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Article · March 10, 2022

Apple Silicon: Ultra Clever

I have been arguing for years, and I will die on this hill. Apple silicon remains one of the most innovative products Apple creates on an annual basis. You may disagree with the framing of Apple silicon as a product, but knowing Apple as I do, they view almost everything they create as a product…

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Article · March 9, 2022

Apple’s Peek Performance Event Delivers to the Pros and the Mainstream

Apple’s Peek Performance event had something to offer to the most tech-savvy users, creators in particular, as well as mainstream users.  Underlining the move to take ownership of its own silicon development is now allowing Apple not only to take care of its highly differentiated user base but to ge

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Article · March 3, 2022

Considerations on Mobile World Congress 2022

Mobile World Congress 2022 came to an end today, and it seemed like a big success, mainly for people’s spirit and morale. The GSMA released preliminary attendance numbers at around 60,000, roughly half of what was recorded in 2019, the last time the industry came together before Covid. The combinati

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Article · March 2, 2022

Qualcomm’s Diversification Strategy Takes Shape at MWC22

Every year, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona provides the perfect setting for technology companies and their partners to showcase innovative new solutions that leverage the mobile ecosystem to help solve problems, create new categories of services, and transition industries forward. If exhibit

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Article · February 8, 2022

The Arm Wrestle

What many of us believed was inevitable has finally come to pass. Nvidia’s bid to buy Arm has failed. This entire saga has been fascinating to follow. I have heard, or read, all the major arguments for and against this deal and there has been some truth to both sides of the arguments. But, ultimatel

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Article · December 29, 2021

Tech Products I Loved in 2021

Spending time using and researching a wide range of products is part of our day job. Few things make us more excited than when we discover a truly amazing product that adds value to our life. Our passion for great products is also a reason we launched the Delight Scale this year. While not all…

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Article · December 21, 2021

Save Arm!

It is becoming increasingly clear lately that the Nvidia acquisition of Arm faces more mountains to get approval. With the UK Competition and Market Authority as well as the FTC filing complaints, I struggle to see how the deal goes through without significant new remedy proposals from Nvidia on how

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Article · November 3, 2021

Metaverse Platforms

As of now, a handful of companies are being vocal about the Metaverse and the role they want to play in bringing it about. But, like all early trends, there are more questions than answers related to the Metaverse. So, while presenting early vision casting as companies like Microsoft, Nvidia, and Me

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Article · October 20, 2021

Music to my…Home

This week at a second Apple Event in just over a month, Apple launched the 3rd generation AirPods, HomePod Mini in new colors, two new chipsets, M1 Pro and M1 Max and two new MacBook Pro. You can find my colleague Ben’s take on the M1 Pro and M1 Max here. Apple also launched a…

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