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Uber vs. Lyft – Blood in the water

Reply to this post           This is Lyft’s best chance to catch Uber.  With yet another skeleton emerging to hinder Uber, Lyft is increasing its recent...

Alibaba – Offline grab.

Reply to this post           Alibaba is very different to Amazon. I think Alibaba’s investment in Sun Art has nothing to do with Amazon’s strategy with...

Google vs. Facebook – AI dividend.

Reply to this post           Google’s AI already paying dividends Both Google and Facebook have a fake news problem but Google’s leadership in AI means that...

Tencent Q3 17 – Time purchase

Reply to this post           Mighty core business buys time. Tencent reported strong results driven mostly by its content offerings which gives the company time to...

Softbank & Uber – Sellers’ paradise

Reply to this post           At around $70bn, there should be plenty of sellers. Uber has approved a deal where SoftBank will lead a $1bn fund...

Tencent – Digital circumnavigation.

Reply to this post           Tencent begins to build on Supercell. Following the most difficult set of results after its IPO, Snap has conveniently announced that...

Snap Q3 17 – Sixes and sevens.

Reply to this post           Dreadful results reveal a company in disarray. Snap reported weak results that bear all the hallmarks of a small, weak player...

Facebook vs. Snap Inc. – Own goal pt. II.

Reply to this post           An unaffordable outage. Snap Inc’s Snapchat service suffered a 4 hour worldwide outage that enraged its users, greatly increasing the risk...

Facebook Q3 17– Organic brains.

Reply to this post           Humans are not the answer. Facebook reported strong results but gave disappointing guidance as its shortcomings in AI mean that non-productive...

Facebook – Lead bullet.

Reply to this post           A problem that humans can’t solve. There is a silver bullet to deal with the fake news issue, but the problem...