Archive For

April 2020

Google – Cloak and dagger

Google issues a closet profit warning. Google has effectively warned the market that 2020 is going to be rough by freezing hiring in another sign...

Netflix – The addition game

Netflix needs subscribers. Netflix is being hailed as one of the lockdown winners and while usage of the service has probably jumped 30% or more...

SoftBank – Viral pin.

SoftBank will emerge better and stronger. It is the realisation it overpaid for many of its portfolio investments that is causing SoftBank so much difficulty...

Research Event – COVID-19 Webinar – Impact on the economy, technology sector & share prices

Radio Free Mobile is running a series of webinars for its subscription clients to present what it sees as the issues an outcomes resulting from...

Zoom Video Communications – Harsh Limelight

Short-term issues mask long-term promise.  Zoom has been thrust into the limelight due to the current pandemic and as a result, its shortcomings (typical for...

Digital Economy – COVID-19 Smartphone Impact

Usage increase that will be hard to monetise.  There has been a large increase in smartphone usage, but I think that a lot of companies...

Wireless Power – Covid-19 silver lining.

The pandemic is a great use case for wireless power.  Until there is a vaccine, no one is going to want to touch anything they...

Samsung and Airbnb – Day of rescue

Samsung Electronics Q1 20 – Cloud rescue.  Samsung has reported good Q1 2020 results where the clear indication is that demand for memory, storage and...

Airbnb – Hardest times.

An equity raise will be brutal.  I have very little doubt that Airbnb will survive this crisis but there is very little visibility in terms...

Digital Economy – The COVID effect.

Amazon and Microsoft are in pole position.  The COVID-19 pandemic is making both temporary and permanent changes to the way the economy works but picking...