Second Gen HoloLens Provides Insights into Edge Computing Models

After shocking the tech world a bit over four years ago with the debut of the first HoloLens, Microsoft announced its second generation device at a special press event in Barcelona, just before the start of MWC. The HoloLens 2 is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 850-powered augmented reality (AR) headset running a version of Windows on … Continue reading Second Gen HoloLens Provides Insights into Edge Computing Models

The Samsung Galaxy Fold Captured Attention, but The Galaxy S10 Lineup Will Capture Sales

Samsung celebrates ten years of Galaxy S and technology is not the only thing that has evolved over this time period. The user base has evolved too. The Galaxy S started as a single product aimed at the higher end of the market. At the time Samsung had a portfolio that counted tens of products … Continue reading The Samsung Galaxy Fold Captured Attention, but The Galaxy S10 Lineup Will Capture Sales

Smartphone Assistant Study: What Our Research Revealed

We recently ran a study, across a range of demographics and smartphone platform owners in the US, to get a read on current behaviors and frustrations with the smart assistants we use on our smart speakers and our smartphones. For this analysis, I want to focus on the assistants on our smartphones and some insights … Continue reading Smartphone Assistant Study: What Our Research Revealed

What’s Ahead for Publishing and Media

It’s no secret the Internet has brought disruption to the news media and publishing industry. Unfortunately, I think a lot more disruption is still to come. If you pay much attention to what is happening you are aware of some of the challenges many publishers are facing. I am not going to hit them all, … Continue reading What’s Ahead for Publishing and Media

Could Embedded 5G/LTE Kill WiFi?

With less than three weeks to go before the big Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade show in Barcelona, Spain, there’s a lot of attention being paid to wireless technologies, particularly 5G. The next generation cellular network is expected to make a particularly big splash this year, as the first devices that incorporate the technology are … Continue reading Could Embedded 5G/LTE Kill WiFi?

XR Gaming Market Remains Challenging

For years, people touted virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), or the combined XR (extended reality) as one of the big growth opportunities for the tech market. Even now, in spite of some relatively well-known names shutting down and expectations for the market getting radically muted, there are still some holding out … Continue reading XR Gaming Market Remains Challenging

Apple’s Services Playbook

It’s hard to have a conversation around Apple that does not include Apple’s services business. Rightly so, as the services revenue for Apple is likely to be one of the largest contributions to their overall company growth as well as one of the more predictable revenue streams. In Dec of last year, I wrote an … Continue reading Apple’s Services Playbook

Why Apple Could Have a 5G iPhone in the 2019 Lineup

Perhaps the biggest buzzard in the tech industry these days, besides AI, is 5G. 5G, or fifth generation cellular networks will eventually deliver 1-10 gig speeds of wireless data to smartphones, cars, smart cities, and smart devices. 5G is considered a transformational technology because it has the potential to be used in ways 1G to … Continue reading Why Apple Could Have a 5G iPhone in the 2019 Lineup

The Voice Assistant War: What If Nobody Wins?

One of the clearest developments that came out of 2018, and prominently on display last week in Las Vegas at CES 2019, was the rise of the embedded voice assistant. Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant were omnipresent at the show, thanks to their extremely wide range of partners and, in Google’s case, their enormous outdoor … Continue reading The Voice Assistant War: What If Nobody Wins?

Big CES Announcements are TVs and PCs

What’s old is new again, or so it seems at this year’s CES trade show in Las Vegas. After years of gadgets, drones and other gizmos grabbing the headlines, a lot of the big announcements from this year’s show are coming from some of the oldest categories: TVs and PCs. To be sure, there are … Continue reading Big CES Announcements are TVs and PCs

Digging a Little Deeper into Apple Revenue Warning

What was supposed to be a slow return to work after the holidays, mostly prepping for CES, got much more exciting thanks to a letter to Investors that Apple’s CEO Tim Cook wrote on January 2 warning investors about the performance in the December ’18 quarter. You can find the full letter here, but in … Continue reading Digging a Little Deeper into Apple Revenue Warning

Big Questions for Tech in 2019

Rather than write a predictions column, I’d instead look at what I think some of the more prominent narratives to keep an eye on in 2019 because they will be trends or events that will set the stage for the upcoming years. Before digging in, I think it is important to echo something I wrote … Continue reading Big Questions for Tech in 2019

News You Might Have Missed, Week of December 21st, 2018

London Gatwick Airport Shuts Down Due to Drone Activity On Thursday the runway at Gatwick airport remained closed until 3 a.m. and then was shut down again 45 minutes later after “a further sighting of drones.” It was still closed as of Thursday evening, and police are hunting for the drones’ operator. Via Cnet London Gatwick … Continue reading News You Might Have Missed, Week of December 21st, 2018

How Smartphones Will Impact the Next Generation of Laptop Designs

We at Creative Strategies recently conducted a study on what consumers want in the way of technology and specifically, how they use technology in their business and personal lives. We are especially interested in the technology workflow of the knowledge workers and what technology they use to do their jobs. An early analysis of the … Continue reading How Smartphones Will Impact the Next Generation of Laptop Designs

What To Expect From the First 5G Phones

Over the next several weeks and months, the first ‘mobile’ 5G services will be introduced by AT&T and then subsequently by the other major U.S. operators. The initial devices will be 5G mobile ‘hotspots’ (or ‘pucks’), manufactured by Netgear and inseego. But during the first half of 2019, we will also see the first 5G … Continue reading What To Expect From the First 5G Phones

Microsoft Browser Shift Has Major Implications for Software and Devices

Sometimes it’s the news behind the news that’s really important. Such is the case with the recent announcement from Microsoft that they plan to start using the open source software-based Chromium project as a basis for future versions of their Edge browser. At a basic level, it’s an important (and surprising) move that seems significant … Continue reading Microsoft Browser Shift Has Major Implications for Software and Devices

Premium Silicon

Anyone who has been reading my analysis here, and other places, know I’ve been relatively bearish on Qualcomm. The primary reason was that of the trend by premium smartphone companies to go more vertical and make their chips. Samsung does this, even though they still use Qualcomm technology in some of their products. Huawei similarly … Continue reading Premium Silicon

News that Caught My Eye: Week of Nov. 16, 2018

Citrix Acquires Sapho Citrix announced on Thursday that it had acquired Sapho, a leading micro-app platform which it will use to enhance the guided work capabilities within Citrix Workspace, enabling people to work with even greater speed, intelligence, and simplicity. Via Citrix Sapho is very well known for delivering micro-apps for collaboration platforms such as Slack … Continue reading News that Caught My Eye: Week of Nov. 16, 2018

News that Caught My Eye: Week of November 9, 2018

One big eye catcher this week… Samsung’s Developer Conference Key news from SDC18 included: New mobile experiences with Infinity Flex Display & One UI: The Infinity Flex Display builds on Samsung’s legacy of category-defining form factor and display innovation, paving the way for a breakthrough foldable smartphone form factor. One UI is Samsung’s new smartphone … Continue reading News that Caught My Eye: Week of November 9, 2018

What the iPad Pro Enables Matters More Than What It Replaces

It has been quite fascinating reading the reviews of the new iPad Pro this week, and even more so reading the comments those reviews received. The process highlighted a few interesting challenges we have when we go through significant technology transitions and what might be holding us back from moving faster. We Feel Compelled to … Continue reading What the iPad Pro Enables Matters More Than What It Replaces

News That Caught My Eyes: Week of November 2, 2018

Google’s Employees Walk Out On Thursday, there were a series of employee walkouts at around twelve Google offices around the world. The demands of the employees: And end to forced arbitration A commitment to end pay and opportunity inequality A publicly disclosed sexual harassment transparency A clear, uniform, globally inclusive process for reporting sexual misconduct … Continue reading News That Caught My Eyes: Week of November 2, 2018

News That Caught My Eye: Week of Oct 26, 2018

Twitter Stock Up After Earnings Stock up 17% on Thursday after earnings results are out. Key data points: Earnings per share of 21 cents (adjusted) vs. 14 cents expected by analysts Revenue: $758 million vs $702.6 million, according to the survey Monthly active users (MAUs): 326 million vs. 330.1 million projected by FactSet and StreetAccount … Continue reading News That Caught My Eye: Week of Oct 26, 2018

Apple’s 2018/2019 iPhone Collection

It’s been discussed before that a car industry parallel to generations of designs is the best way to think about Apple’s iPhone design strategy. In case you haven’t connected these parallels before, you notice that car companies change the designs of their car models very often. Apple appears to be on a four-year schedule with … Continue reading Apple’s 2018/2019 iPhone Collection

News That Caught My Eyes: Week of October 19, 2018

Samsung Launches First Always On, Always Connected PC On Thursday at a low key event in New York City, Samsung launched the Galaxy Book 2 running on Windows 10 and powered by Qualcomm on ARM. The device will be available on November 2 from AT&T and later in the month from Sprint and Verizon. Prince … Continue reading News That Caught My Eyes: Week of October 19, 2018