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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...

Android – Downward slope.

Reply to this post           Fragmentation getting worse not better. Despite Google’s best efforts, the situation with fragmentation in Android devices appears to be materially worsening,...

Apple – Tick in the box.

Reply to this post           Hacking of Face ID proves its security. The inevitable hacking of Face ID has been achieved but I think that the...

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...

Apple – Augmenting reality.

Reply to this post           Unit launch in 2019 is an augmentation of reality. If Apple is working on an AR headset, I think that there...

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...