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January 2015

Alibaba Q3 15A – Mobile menace

Reply to this post           The move to mobile is causing problems. Alibaba reported Q3 15A results that missed expectations as...

Samsung Q4 14A – Storm rigged.

Reply to this post           Steady results show better weathering of the handset storm. Samsung reported reasonable Q4 14A results and...

Apple and Yahoo! – Chalk and cheese.

Reply to this post           Results highlight the differences between these two players. Investors greeted the results announcements of both companies...

Microsoft Q2 15A – Honeymoon ending.

          Honeymoon end obscures long term upside. Microsoft reported in-line Q2 15A results but guided weakly as the corporate upgrade from...

Qualcomm & Samsung – Hot silicon

          Overheating very unlikely to be a Qualcomm design flaw. There is enough noise in the market to make it likely...

Google – Control freak.

          Google’s move to be an MVNO is all about control. It looks very likely that Google will launch its own...

Microsoft – The price is right.

          Free upgrade is excellent news for the Microsoft ecosystem. Microsoft’s ambition to become an ecosystem company have crystalised further as...

HP – The eggs have landed.

          HP loses more face over Autonomy. The end of the criminal investigation into HP’s allegations of fraud at Autonomy leaves...

Xiaomi – Circumnavigation.

          Xiaomi must have exclusive services to succeed. Xiaomi is following in the footsteps of its rivals in building an ecosystem...

BlackBerry – Roller-coaster.

          There is no reason why Samsung would want BlackBerry. BlackBerry has had a wild couple of days as rumours surfaced...