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Amazon Q1 15A– Silver lining

Reply to this post           Amazon Web Services outshines a dull earnings report Amazon Web Services (AWS) was the bright spot in a set of results...

Microsoft & Google– 2 for 2

Reply to this post           Strong US$ masks good fundamental developments. Microsoft and Google produced good results that were marred by the problems caused by the...

Facebook & Sony– Irrelevant variance

Reply to this post           Variances from expectations have little to do with fundamentals. Facebook reported results and Sony pre-announced results that differed from expectations but...

Yahoo! Q1 15A– The last rabbit

Reply to this post           Yahoo! Japan will be the last rabbit to distract the market. Yahoo! pulled its last rabbit out of the hat and...

Yahoo! – Nowhere to go

Reply to this post           Yahoo! had little choice but to stay with Microsoft. The changes that have been made to the search contract between Microsoft...

Netflix Q1 15A – The balance of power

Reply to this post           Everything depends on Netflix achieving scale. Netflix reported Q1 15A results slightly below expectations but the subscriber growth was better than...

Twitter – Take no prisoners.

Reply to this post           Another ruthless demonstration of the value of data. The closing of Twitter’s data feed to third parties is a great example...

Facebook F8 – Family matters.

Reply to this post           Facebook is creating a family of products to address Digital Life. Facebook has opened what I consider to be the most...

Apple – Fixing ABC.

Reply to this post           Apple is moving to fix the basics of iCloud to ensure its future. Apple appears to be intent on improving the...

Ecosystem economics – Sticky wicket

Reply to this post           YouTube contributes no profit but a lot of value to Google. Even though YouTube managed to earn around $4bn in revenues...