The high-definition TV revolution resulted in tens and tens of millions of you buying new sets. As advertised, they delivered often superb widescreen pictures, assuming you fed it HD content. That was a good thing, for customers at any rate. But for manufacturers, it meant that these customers were off the market for five to ten […]

So, after it was announced that Motorola Mobility was being pawned off to Lenovo for $2.9 billion, the new owner boasted that they would soon beat Apple and Samsung when it comes to smartphone sales. As usual, that quote was repeated with no reality check whatsoever. Consider that a company will not usually sell off […]

This week, the tech blogs and the tech pages in many newspapers will be filed with news of all the supposedly wonderful things that are being presented at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. But this is very much an annual ritual where loads of would-be products are on display, but many will never […]

So there’s a published report this week, timed for the opening of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which boasts that Roku’s video streaming interface will soon find its way onto regular TV sets. This isn’t so surprising considering that Roku received some $60 million in additional working capital last May. As many of you know, […]