Since about 2016, Google’s Android mobile operating system has a market share of over 70%. Apple’s market share is slightly below 30%. The remaining 1% belongs to several others. See graphs below. source: StatCounter source: StatCounter Hence, the American (and European) accusation of monopolistic behaviour by Apple seems to make no logical or rational sense. Might...
Intro LO: Apple’s decision (to cancel its autonomous electric car project) may well be far more important than it looks like. Probably, it will also imply that Tesla will never be able to deliver on its many (similar) promises. Once that thought sinks in, Tesla’s share price will sink further. Autonomous driving has five (or six) levels (source): Level 0: no Driving...
RFA title: Chinese Smart TV-Maker Accused of Spying on Owners' Other DevicesBy: Radio Free AsiaDate: 27 April 2021"2021-04-27 -- A China-based manufacturer of smart televisions has been accused of spying on its users by scanning their homes for other devices connected to the wifi network every few minutes, owners of the devices have reported on social media.Smart...
Each time that I think that the (financial) world can't get madder, then reality proves me wrong (eg, $40 billion SPAC merger with a Asian ride-hailing app, and $100 billion IPO of a cryptocurrency exchange). While professional investors are already retreating, retail investors are putting in even more money. Hence, bad money always drives out good money....
Bloomberg title: Merck Cyberattack’s $1.3 Billion Question: Was It an Act of War? Bloomberg subtitle: In a world where a keyboard can cause more harm than a gunship, a legal dispute between the drug giant and its insurers could determine who pays for cyber damage. Date of publication: 3 December 2019 "By the time Deb Dellapena arrived for work at Merck & Co.’s...
For some time, I have been thinking about an update to the diagram in my 23 June 2017 blog: The 45th President - Follow the Russian Money. My 2017 diagram seems to be missing 2 new main players: the NRA and possibly also China, assisting the Russian hacking efforts in altering the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The article below raises three main...
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