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Apple vs. Spotify – Duck lines

Reply to this post           Two lines of ducks are forming. With a new alliance between Spotify and Tencent and the acquisition of Shazam by Apple,...

Xiaomi – Market timing

Reply to this post           Xiaomi considers a big equity event just as growth peaks again. Xiaomi’s genius for timing is confirmed as talk of an...

Google – Brain game pt. II.

Reply to this post           Google remains out front in AI but Baidu most interesting.  The first results from Google’s AutoML project are beginning to surface...

E-commerce – Look East.

Reply to this post           In mobile, China is more developed than USA. Comparing China’s Singles Day against Brown Thursday, Black Friday and Cyber Monday in...

Alibaba – Offline grab.

Reply to this post           Alibaba is very different to Amazon. I think Alibaba’s investment in Sun Art has nothing to do with Amazon’s strategy with...

Tencent Q3 17 – Time purchase

Reply to this post           Mighty core business buys time. Tencent reported strong results driven mostly by its content offerings which gives the company time to...

Tencent – Digital circumnavigation.

Reply to this post           Tencent begins to build on Supercell. Following the most difficult set of results after its IPO, Snap has conveniently announced that...

Alphabet, Baidu & Amazon – West vs. East.

Reply to this post           US fares far better than China. Alphabet and Amazon reported very strong results while Baidu struggled to deal with the shift...

OnePlus – Learning curve

Reply to this post           OnePlus’ slip serves as a warning. BBK Electronics is fortunate that OnePlus is one of its marginal brands as a gaffe...

Tencent – Tale of two pies.

Reply to this post           Tencent dominates but still has much more to do.  Tencent already dominates Digital Life in China and now it is increasingly...