Archive For

June 2016

Amazon – Proper practitioner? pt II.

Reply to this post           An experiment that might finally work.  Following Amazon’s painfully expensive experiment in distributing its ecosystem with...

LINE – Number trouble.

Reply to this post           I can’t get close to the IPO valuation. LINE has filed to go public in July...

Huawei – Rivers of blood. Pt II.

Reply to this post             Huawei’s software has a better chance in China.   Huawei is making the right initial...

Facebook & HTC – Collateral Damage. Pt II.

Reply to this post           Oculus is back on the HTC Vive, but it won’t save HTC. Oculus Rift apps are...

Apple – Jack lives.

Reply to this post           The 3.5mm jack survives the attempt on its life.  With the launch of the iPhone 7...

Tencent & Supercell – Mix of clans

Reply to this post           Integration with China not critical but it is elsewhere.  Tencent has announced that it is leading...

Spotify – Magic 100

Reply to this post            100m users begins to tip the scale in Spotify’s favour. Spotify has announced that it has...

Apple vs. Google – Private investigations

Reply to this post           Apple can afford privacy where Google & Co. cannot.  At its recent developer conference Apple gave...

Tencent & Activision Blizzard – Colonial times.

Reply to this post            Tencent and Activision go where Microsoft and Sony fail to tread. Tencent appears close to buying...

Twitter – Clouds of sound.

Reply to this post            10% of SoundCloud fixes nothing. Twitter is investing $70m in SoundCloud by taking the majority of...