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Google – The birds and the elephant.

Reply to this post           Many birds hit with one stone but the elephant is missed. Google’s restructuring should bring some improved visibility and flexibility into...

Apple Music – Drop out question

Reply to this post           Spotify net adds is the key metric to watch. Apple has announced that it has signed up 11m trial members for...

Yahoo! – Shopping trip.

Reply to this post           Yahoo! needs to tidy its house before it can successfully expand. Yahoo! is going to spend $230m on Polyvore which is...

Facebook Q2 15A – Farewell to short termers.

Reply to this post           Facebook is making long-term ecosystem investments. Facebook reported good Q2 15A results but slowing growth in its core business and heavy...

Twitter Q2 15A – Dance around the edge.

Reply to this post           Twitter must broaden its product offering to grow again. A reasonable set of results was marred by the frank admission that...

Baidu Q2 15A – Chinese rocket

Reply to this post           Baidu is looking to create a Rocket Internet of China. Baidu is investing heavily in its e-commerce services and the platform...

Special Edition – Q2 15 Results – AMZN / GOOG / MSFT / AAPL / YHOO

Reply to this post           Amazon and Google star while Yahoo! fails to understudy. Amazon – Profits can be us Amazon reported results that surprised the...

Facebook – 2nd attempt.

Reply to this post           Facebook is mounting its second assault on the ecosystem. Facebook is moving inexorably towards becoming a fully-fledged ecosystem after a number...

Spotify – Data Differentiation.

Reply to this post           Music is now incidental to Spotify. Spotify is moving beyond the simple delivery of streaming music in order to keep ahead...

Twitter – The blame game

Reply to this post           Costolo was not the source of Twitter’s problems. Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has bowed to pressure and resigned but in my...