Archive For

November 2015

Sony – Rite of passage pt. II.

Reply to this post           Reactive and defensive needs to become proactive and offensive. Sony has made a move in the...

Mobile Ecosystems – One hit wonders vs. Jack of all trades

Reply to this post           Monetisation is hard. Expansion is even harder With growth in the smartphone shipments slowing fast and...

Xiaomi – Reality check pt. III

Reply to this post           Stagnation puts an 87% hole in the valuation. In 2014, Xiaomi was growing very rapidly, had...

Sony – Rite of passage.

Reply to this post           Sony needs to embrace the hackers not shut them out. How Sony reacts to software developed...

BlackBerry – High jump.

Reply to this post           BlackBerry’s target of 5m devices looks much too high. The new BlackBerry Priv and its rumoured...

Jolla – Rogue wave.

Reply to this post           The sailors at Jolla may be better off selling their boat. Jolla, the creator of the...

Yahoo! – Purple rain

Reply to this post           Yahoo!’s assets and its few remaining loyal employees are bleeding purple. Yahoo! is still profitable but...

IPO Window – Unicorns and donkeys Pt II

Reply to this post           The best thing for Square would be to pull its IPO. The news that Square has...

Google – Google minus.

Reply to this post           Reddit and Twitter look like more realistic targets than Facebook. Google has announced a significant restructuring...

Facebook & Google – Fair weather friends.

Reply to this post           I think the new found friendship will be short lived. Facebook has been allowing Google to...