Archive For

May 2018

Facebook – The thin ice

Reply to this post           Facebook security stats reveal flaws. Facebook disclosed Q1 enforcement data for the first time and while...

Amazon – Size 12s pt. II.

Reply to this post           Alexa leaves Cortana out in the cold.   HP’s integration of Alexa into its all-in-one PC...

Music streaming – Tidal wave

Reply to this post           This could be the end of Tidal. Tidal has received allegations of serious misconduct which if...

Indian e-commerce – Play defence.

Reply to this post           I don’t think that India is Walmart’s priority. Walmart’s agreement to take a controlling stake in...

Google i/o – The meh factor.

Reply to this post           A rather subdued affair. Android P offered up such marginal improvements that Google was forced to...

Microsoft Build 2018 – Enterprise brain.

Reply to this post           Comfortably ahead of Amazon AWS and Alicloud Microsoft announced incremental improvements to its best in class...

Alibaba FQ4 18 – Juggernaut momentum

Reply to this post           Another excellent year ahead. Alibaba reported excellent FQ4 18 results and guided very strongly for the...

Xiaomi IPO – Foot shot pt. II.

Reply to this post           Prospectus yields valuation of $33.3bn. Being as optimistic as I dare, I can only value Xiaomi...

Spotify Q1 18 – Law of large numbers

Reply to this post           Only scale slows growth. Spotify reported maiden results that met expectations but disappointed the speculators who...

Apple & Facebook – FQ1 Results & F8.

Reply to this post           Apple FQ1 – Privacy safe house. Apple reported good FQ2 results where the star of the...