Leo Gebbie

3 weeks ago | ccsinsight.com | Leo Gebbie

Google’s recent I/O event brought an array of announcements, mostly focused on AI. However, near the end of the keynote, Google turned to Android XR, providing an update on its spatial computing platform and running a live demonstration on a pair of smart glasses. Shahram Izadi, who leads Google’s efforts on extended reality (XR), said: “Glasses with Android XR are lightweight and designed for all-day wear, even though they’re packed with technology.

1 month ago | ccsinsight.com | Leo Gebbie

We’re on the cusp of developer conference season, with a host of events set to kick off in the coming weeks as major technology companies set out their stall for the rest of 2025 and beyond. This includes Google I/O, which takes place next week and usually sees the company articulate its strategy for all its software platforms, with a healthy focus on AI. We expect AI on devices to be a major theme of multiple events, as we wrote about here.

Mar 25, 2025 | ccsinsight.com | Geoff Blaber |Leo Gebbie

On 18 March, Intel’s new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, took over from Pat Gelsinger. Mr Tan previously held the role of CEO at Cadence Design Systems from 2009 to 2021, where he reinvented the company and drove significant shareholder value. Crucially, he also served as a member of Intel’s board from September 2022 to August 2024. The news has been warmly received on the basis that he’s a relative outsider. Intel has taken an alternative path to its usual policy of recruiting from its internal executive ranks.

Jan 9, 2025 | ccsinsight.com | Leo Gebbie

It’s been a busy week at CES, the tech show with a sprawling presence along the length of the Las Vegas strip. For many attendees (myself included), there’s an element of pride in the step count achieved each day, as we traverse the hotels, ballrooms and convention centre in search of exciting new breakthroughs in tech. However, “search” really is the operative word here. Anyone following the CES news flow may well have been disappointed by the lack of breakthrough gadgets being unearthed.

Jan 5, 2025 | ccsinsight.com | Leo Gebbie

It’s that time of year when the decorations are packed away, resolutions to be happier and healthier are in full flow, and people return to their desks after a well-earned break over the holidays. For the world of technology, this brings one more inescapable truth: CES is just around the corner. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas has long played a role as the annual curtain-raiser for technology and innovation, and CCS Insight will once again be in attendance covering the event.