Xiaomi – African safari
Reply to this post Africa should help volumes but not margins. Moving into Africa might help Xiaomi’s volume shipments but...
Sony Q2 16A – Glorious isolation
Reply to this post Short-term progress at the expense of the long-term. . Sony reported Q2 15A results that beat...
Google – Secret Squirrel
Reply to this post Merging Chrome OS and Android is really about control. I suspect that the real aim of...
Samsung Q3 15A – Coming of age.
Reply to this post Samsung is starting to look more like a mature, grown up company. Samsung reported reasonable Q3...
AAPL, TWTR, BABA – Mixed Bag
Reply to this post Apple in line, Twitter miss and Alibaba beat. Apple reported a steady quarter while Twitter’s problems...
Mobile Payments – Horrible trade-off
Reply to this post Security and a good user experience are almost mutually exclusive. I continue to believe that the...
Apple Music – Pandora’s box.
Reply to this post I think Apple is going after radio more than streaming. Pandora reported bad Q3 15A results...
GOOG, MSFT & AMZN – Three for three.
Reply to this post Three strong earnings reports but for very different reasons. Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon all saw strong...
Alphabet – All the wrong moves.
Reply to this post I am increasingly troubled with the outlook for Google. The outlook is becoming increasingly uncertain as...






Apple – Cycle economics