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Baidu & Uber – Time to pivot

Reply to this post           Both need to change to fare well. Baidu Baidu reported good Q4 17 results as it has put the tribulations of...

Alibaba – Offline grab pt. II

Reply to this post           Alibaba adds an offline vertical and cleans house Alibaba is yet again increasing its assault on the offline portion of the...

Snap Q4 17 – Free parking

Reply to this post           Snap’s problems parked for 9 months. Snap has finally managed to reap the benefits of its efforts to turn around the...

Apple & Amazon – Mixed bag.

Reply to this post           Plusses and minuses in both reports. Apple FQ1 18 – relief rally Apple reported good results where a 14.5% increase in...

Microsoft & Facebook – 2 good runs.

Reply to this post           2 good runs could come to an end in 2018. Microsoft FQ2 18. Microsoft reported good FQ2 18 results, but the...

Music Streaming – Wrong villain.

Reply to this post           The music labels strike back. It looks to me like intense lobbying by the music labels has resulted in the Copyright...

India e-commerce – Last man standing

Reply to this post           Flipkart looks close to keeping Amazon out. Jasper Infotech which owns online marketplace Snapdeal has reported dreadful revenue performance that almost...

Snapchat – Content blues

Reply to this post           Escaping content is a sign of real problems. Snapchat’s move to allow content to be shared outside of its app is...

Tencent – Age of empires.

Reply to this post           The WeChat empire spreads its wings. Not content with its dominance of the 3rd party app stores in China, Tencent has...

Huawei – Really Convincing Story, Not.

Reply to this post           RCS unlikely to lift Huawei from its commodity margins. One has to give credit to Huawei for realising that it has...