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Google Q1 – Price of success

          Mobile pricing is likely to stay low for a while. Google failed to beat expectations as pricing fell by more than expected due to the...

Yahoo! Q1 – Lucky tailwind

          Opportunity remains but time shortens. Yahoo! reported reasonable results from its core operations while it was Alibaba that drove Net Income to be above expectations....

Facebook / Google –A whim and a prayer

          The Oculus acquisition puts the spotlight on corporate governance. Facebook is an internet company that makes its money by monetising the traffic of users of...

Internet TV – All hail the king

          Rising content value is likely to drive a verticalisation of the industry. Every man and his dog seem to be preparing to launch a streaming...

Yahoo! – Game on

          An encouraging move by Yahoo! to fix its ecosystem. Yahoo! looks at last to be beginning to do something about grouping its collection of assets...

Facebook – Goodwill hunting.

          No change at WhatsApp means a thumping goodwill write-down. Speculation is rife with regards to why Facebook was willing to pay $19bn for WhatsApp and...

Amazon – Ecosystem priced out.

          While its sights remain firmly fixed on Netflix, the bigger opportunity will continue to slip through its fingers. Amazon’s decision to raise the cost of...

China Internet – Pie in the sky

          M&A in Chinese Internet is being defined by the Digital Life pie. The Chinese market for fixed and mobile internet services is so large that...

Sina Weibo – Fair deal

          Sina Weibo is heading for an IPO at a fair price. Sina Weibo, the Chinese Twitter look alike, has broken even just in time for...

Yahoo! – Essential move

          Eliminating other sign ons is essential for recovery. Yahoo! has moved to remove booth Google and Facebook from its properties as it will son require...