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Google & Amazon – Battle for the smart home pt. V.

Reply to this post           Google has a chance to displace Amazon. I don’t think Google will go out of its way to patch things up...

Uber – Annus horriblis

Reply to this post           Even at $54bn, no shortage of sellers. While attention is focused on SoftBank’s moves to take a 13-15% stake in Uber,...

Verizon / Yahoo – Digital desert.

Reply to this post           No last hurrah for Yahoo. Despite its recent acquisition by Verizon, the decline of Yahoo’s assets seems to be accelerating, further...

E-commerce – Look East.

Reply to this post           In mobile, China is more developed than USA. Comparing China’s Singles Day against Brown Thursday, Black Friday and Cyber Monday in...

Uber vs. Lyft – Blood in the water

Reply to this post           This is Lyft’s best chance to catch Uber.  With yet another skeleton emerging to hinder Uber, Lyft is increasing its recent...

Alibaba – Offline grab.

Reply to this post           Alibaba is very different to Amazon. I think Alibaba’s investment in Sun Art has nothing to do with Amazon’s strategy with...

Google vs. Facebook – AI dividend.

Reply to this post           Google’s AI already paying dividends Both Google and Facebook have a fake news problem but Google’s leadership in AI means that...

Tencent Q3 17 – Time purchase

Reply to this post           Mighty core business buys time. Tencent reported strong results driven mostly by its content offerings which gives the company time to...

Softbank & Uber – Sellers’ paradise

Reply to this post           At around $70bn, there should be plenty of sellers. Uber has approved a deal where SoftBank will lead a $1bn fund...

Tencent – Digital circumnavigation.

Reply to this post           Tencent begins to build on Supercell. Following the most difficult set of results after its IPO, Snap has conveniently announced that...