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Chinese Autos – Handsets on wheels.

Reply to this post           Chinese automakers give away a crown jewel.  The willingness of the Chinese automakers to give away digital differentiation to the BATmen...

Twitter – Video star?

Reply to this post           Only video can keep Twitter from $10.  Twitter’s first attempt at streaming video has won some good feedback but the numbers...

Spotify – Home free

Reply to this post           Free users are the life blood of Spotify.  Spotify’s recent jump to 40m paid subscribers demonstrates just how critical its free...

Amazon – Brawn not brains

Reply to this post           Alexa needs to get much smarter  Amazon’s latest software updates show its determination to do well in the parts of Digital...

Search engines vs. EU – Spectacular backfire.

Reply to this post           Content regulation that can only spectacularly backfire.  The EU’s latest proposal to allow media outlets to charge search engines to index...

Facebook & WhatsApp – The inevitable

Reply to this post           The inevitable integration of WhatsApp has begun.  WhatsApp has updated its terms and conditions and will begin sharing some of the...

Uber – Time to print

Reply to this post           The time to make money has arrived.  In the last few weeks Uber’s position in the transportation industry has crystallised meaningfully,...

Tencent Q2 16A – Stairway to heaven?

Reply to this post           Tencent remains a few steps away from greatness.  Tencent followed Alibaba in reporting a mighty set of numbers driven not by...

Alibaba FYQ1 16A – Monetisation magic

Reply to this post           Improving monetisation underpins mighty numbers.  Alibaba reported very strong FYQ1 16A results as a very good performance in e-commerce was enhanced...

Facebook – Almost the final frontier pt. II

Reply to this post           WhatsApp could be the edge Facebook needs to catch-up.  Facebook is finding other ways to penetrate the Indian market having had...