Operating Systems with Chinese characteristics – revisited
HTC is reportedly working on a new operating system (OS), one that is specifically tailored to a Chinese audience. This is a smart strategic move for them, software is they […]
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Driver-less cars: a $600 billion opportunity
I have been thinking a lot about transportation recently. This is not really my field, but I’ve been travelling a lot, so it’s on my mind. I’ll spare you a […]
Capital Flows and You – Follow Up
Yesterday I posted a quick analysis I did comparing equity market inflows and Venture funding. My main point was that the Valley has done well recently because venture dollars have been […]
Capital Flows and You
For almost five years now the Bay Area has been on an economic tear. While the rest of the world tried to sort itself out from the aftermath of the […]
The Rapidly Changing World of Enterprise Mobility
Enterprise Mobility Few spaces have been as dynamic and volatile as “Enterprise Mobility”. Over the past two years, we have seen a huge number of trends and ‘technology’ flower briefly […]
Everybody Needs a Hobby
Something New This is now officially a hobby. For those who have not heard, I have joined Peregrine Semiconductor to do Corporate Development. I am still located in the Bay […]
Mapping Android vs. iOS
There is a great map making the rounds on the web this week. It was created by a group of people who have done a lot of interesting visualization. This […]
App searching just got smarter
A few weeks back we wrote about the miserable state of App Stores and discovery. There are now so many apps that it is hard for individual app developers to […]
China OEM follow-up
I’ve had some interesting follow-ups from my post yesterday on China’s smartphone OEMs. A couple people e-mailed to confirm that there really are thousands of these companies competing. Also, my […]
A Very Big Market – China’s Handset OEMs
In the 1980’s we saw the emergence of the PC production complex around Taiwan. This decade we are going to see a smart-device complex emerge around Shenzhen and South China. […]