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Sony – Horrible histories.

Reply to this post           Sony looks to be risk of another historic loss. Sony’s apparent refusal to allow multiplayer gaming between the PS4 and Xbox...

MoviePass – Ads or death.

Reply to this post           MoviePass has to track to survive. Unless MoviePass tracks its members and is able to monetise the data that they generate,...

Spotify – Straight record.

Reply to this post           Improvement masked by debt slip-up. Spotify will be going public in a somewhat unorthodox fashion next month, but the financial position...

Geneva Auto Show – Own goals

Reply to this post           OEMs promote their own demise. While the automakers are falling over themselves to appear up to date and innovative at the...

Rovio – One trick bird.

Reply to this post           Angry birds fly the coop. Rovio’s dependence on Angry Birds has been thrown into sharp relief as the fading popularity of...

Spotify – Speaker’s corner

Reply to this post           A smart speaker makes no sense. Job postings indicate that Spotify is jumping into hardware and, while I think that a...

Google, Amazon and Apple – Battle for the smart home pt. VII

Reply to this post           Google’s race to lose. Google appears to be catching Amazon more quickly than I expected when it comes to smart speaker...

Baidu & Uber – Time to pivot

Reply to this post           Both need to change to fare well. Baidu Baidu reported good Q4 17 results as it has put the tribulations of...

Alibaba – Offline grab pt. II

Reply to this post           Alibaba adds an offline vertical and cleans house Alibaba is yet again increasing its assault on the offline portion of the...

Snap Q4 17 – Free parking

Reply to this post           Snap’s problems parked for 9 months. Snap has finally managed to reap the benefits of its efforts to turn around the...