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Didi – Broken panda.

Didi has its Baidu and Facebook moment. Chinese technology companies have a culture of moving fast and breaking things, and while Didi got a free pass from the regulator for...

Xiaomi Q2 18 – Margin gadfly

Gross margin of 6.7% is all one needs to know. Xiaomi reported what is being received as a reasonable set of results, but in my opinion, these results further highlight...

Cable TV – Sword of Damocles pt. VII

Cable cedes users to a combination of streaming and OTA. The usage of digital antennas to receive over-the-air broadcast TV is continuing to rise in yet another sign that the...

Qutoutiao IPO – Jumped gun

Way too early to go public. Most metrics for Qutoutiao are pointing in the wrong direction, leaving only its relatively low penetration of the Chinese market as a positive. Qutoutiao...

Amazon Q2 18 – Profitability streak

Hopefully, the indication of profits can become reality. Amazon produced good results making up for a revenue shortfall with profitability, raising hopes yet again that at last Amazon is at...

Facebook Q2 18 – Roosting chickens.

AI chickens come home to roost. The chickens have finally come home to roost as Facebook has guided very badly for medium term as its weaknesses in AI are forcing...

Bixby 2.0 – Negative value.

Bixby is a reason not to choose a Samsung device While all eyes will be on the Galaxy Note 9 at Samsung’s next launch event, Bixby 2.0 is likely to...

Alphabet Q2 18 – Fine? What fine?

EU issues brushed aside. Alphabet contemptuously brushed aside the regulatory gadfly when it reported excellent Q2 18 results where mobile maturity is having margin benefits. Q2 18 revenues-ex TAC /...

Cable TV – Sword of Damocles pt. VI.

Emmy Nominations again signal the death of cable TV.  The 2018 Emmy nominations (see here) are out and for the first time, it is one of the streaming services that...

Amazon – Mad Man.

AI is the weakness in Amazon’s push to take on Google and Facebook. Amazon has made a habit of unsettling entire industries simply by announcing its entrance but when it...