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GOOG Q1 / MSFT Q3 – Have and Have not

          Google looks steady while Microsoft continues to chase its own tail. Sift through the details of Google and Microsoft’s earnings announcements and you will see...

Yahoo! Q1 – Darker horse

          Difficult results in display advertising mask the potential. Yahoo! reported disappointing results as display advertising continued to decline despite the remedial actions put in place...

Mobile Gaming – Return to roots

          App based gaming remains the future of this critical segment. Say what you like about games but nearly one third of all time spent on...

Google and WhatsApp – Admission of weakness

            Google’s interest in WhatsApp is a sign of weakness.   WhatsApp has denied that it is in talks with Google with respect to being...

Facebook – The right move

          Home is the right strategy for Facebook to extend its reach. Facebook Home is a software skin that takes over the home screen of an...

Facebook – Once bitten, twice shy

          Tonight’s announcement risks being a big anti-climax. The last time Facebook made a “big announcement” the result was the spectacularly unambitious Facebook Graph Search. What...

Samsung vs. Google – Game of Thrones

          Samsung and Google will end up in a struggle for the user. So far Samsung and Google have been on good terms given the symbiotic...

Intel TV – Chip magnet

          Intel’s aspirations in TV are about supplying chips. Intel appears to be closing in on acquiring TV shows and movies to offer to consumers as...

Android in China– No Google here

          The China ecosystem is coming.  Android is currently exploding in China but there are plenty of signs that this is temporary. Under Google’s definition, anything...

Mobile Chat – The Culture Line

          Exporting services from Japan is a license to lose money.  NHN Corp, South Korea’s biggest internet company, is making a bid to expand outside its...