Facebook, fake news
“There is in fact a silver bullet but the real problem that Facebook has is that it has no idea how to make it”
Read more...Tokyo Motor Show
The star of the Tokyo Motor Show is an electric sports vehicle designed by Toyota which has at its heart an assistant which neither Honda nor any other automaker has any chance of ever creating themselves.
Read more...Essential Products is clearly struggling with its Essential Phone which will lead to it focusing on
Essential Products is clearly struggling with its Essential Phone which we think will probably lead to it ending up focusing on the smart home only. Essential Products Inc. has used the only competitive weapon it ever really had and has cut the price of its flagship Essential smartphone by 29% from $699 to $499. Those that have already purchased the device will get a $200 credit towards purchasing other devices within the Essential ecosystem such as the 360 camera. The issue with this is it will really annoy fans of the device who paid full price and it is also an admission that there is nothing particularly special about this device leaving Essential Products in the same boat as everyone else in terms of competing on price. This is a real climb down for the company because competing directly with the Chinese and LG directly on price, it means that the user experience and ecosystem that it spent so much time creating is getting no traction with users. This fits exactly with our previous observation that Essential Products has created a great Google phone and nothing more.
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