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Uber Autonomous – FOMO syndrome

Japanese investors have a bad case of FOMO syndrome. Fear of missing out (FOMO) is the only rational reason I can come up with for why Toyota and Denso would...

Samsung – Nasty origami

Huawei’s issues are likely to be just as bad. It looks like the majority of the screen failures on the Galaxy Fold are user errors but there are still enough...

Tesla – Fact or fantasy

Tesla’s bold claims do not hold up to scrutiny. Elon Musk has made some pretty bold claims on Tesla’s behalf regarding the state of its autonomous driving solution but with...

Qualcomm vs. Apple – Apple blinks

Ultimately, the pressure proved too much for Apple. Apple and Qualcomm have settled their long-running dispute (see here) over patent royalties and chipsets in what looks to me to be...

Facebook – The piper calls

Investors will now pay the price of allowing poor governance. The move to oust Mark Zuckerberg will almost certainly fail in the strongest signal yet that companies with uneven share...

Uber IPO – Big but not beautiful

A profitless platform isn’t worth anything. Uber is asking for a much higher valuation than Lyft which it is trying to justify through its dominant position in its home market....

Twitch & Google – Another crack.

PewDiePie follows Epic Games in undermining the supremacy of Twitch and Google. The first credible challenge to the dominance of Twitch and YouTube has arisen as YouTube’s biggest creator (PewDiePie)...

Pinterest – Best of a bad bunch.

Much less likely to get into trouble. Pinterest is in a much better position than either Uber or Lyft as its financials are in much better shape and it not...

Apple – The thin line.

Apple needs to strike a very delicate balance with its partners. Netflix’s gripe with Apple is symptomatic of the problem that Apple faces and the difficult waters it must now...

Epic Games. – 30/70 obsolescence.

Epic challenges the 30/70 revenue split. Not content to disrupt the status quo on Android (see here), Epic’s moves against Valve are bearing fruit sending a strong signal that the...