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Volareo – The late hour.

Volareo is way too late to have a chance. The smart speaker market is already extremely crowded which is likely to ensure that Volareo’s offering disappears without a trace. Volareo...

Toyota and Uber – Metal shells.

On course to become a commodity. Toyota is partnering with Uber in a move that confirms that it has no confidence in an in-house autonomous vehicle offering as well as little...

Didi – Broken panda.

Didi has its Baidu and Facebook moment. Chinese technology companies have a culture of moving fast and breaking things, and while Didi got a free pass from the regulator for...

Magic Leap – The reality gap pt II.

Device pays the hype price. There is nothing wrong with the Magic Leap One when compared to its peers, but relative to what Magic Leap promised, the device is very...

Xiaomi Q2 18 – Margin gadfly

Gross margin of 6.7% is all one needs to know. Xiaomi reported what is being received as a reasonable set of results, but in my opinion, these results further highlight...

Cable TV – Sword of Damocles pt. VII

Cable cedes users to a combination of streaming and OTA. The usage of digital antennas to receive over-the-air broadcast TV is continuing to rise in yet another sign that the...

Qutoutiao IPO – Jumped gun

Way too early to go public. Most metrics for Qutoutiao are pointing in the wrong direction, leaving only its relatively low penetration of the Chinese market as a positive. Qutoutiao...

Uber Q2 18 – Time to print pt. II

Lyft may be causing more problems than it should.   Uber produced a quarter where revenue growth slowed and there was little sign of the profitability that would indicate that...

Amazon Q2 18 – Profitability streak

Hopefully, the indication of profits can become reality. Amazon produced good results making up for a revenue shortfall with profitability, raising hopes yet again that at last Amazon is at...

Facebook Q2 18 – Roosting chickens.

AI chickens come home to roost. The chickens have finally come home to roost as Facebook has guided very badly for medium term as its weaknesses in AI are forcing...