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Twitter – Exit strategy.

Reply to this post           Bid frenzy offers a great exit point.  Without big success in media consumption, Twitter offers very poor value to potential acquirers...

AI Partnership – Fluff and stuff

Reply to this post           How society will benefit is very unclear.    The ecosystem leaders have announced an artificial intelligence (AI) partnership aimed at benefiting...

Snap (chat) – Spectacular experiment.

Reply to this post           Snap’s new product is a mere toe in the water.  Snapchat (now rebranded Snap) has launched spectacles that work in a...

Verizon / Yahoo – Irrelevant challenge.

Reply to this post           With Verizon, Yahoo likely to become irrelevant.  Verizon is embarking on building an ecosystem but second rate assets are unlikely to...

Chinese Autos – Handsets on wheels.

Reply to this post           Chinese automakers give away a crown jewel.  The willingness of the Chinese automakers to give away digital differentiation to the BATmen...

Twitter – Video star?

Reply to this post           Only video can keep Twitter from $10.  Twitter’s first attempt at streaming video has won some good feedback but the numbers...

Spotify – Home free

Reply to this post           Free users are the life blood of Spotify.  Spotify’s recent jump to 40m paid subscribers demonstrates just how critical its free...

Amazon – Brawn not brains

Reply to this post           Alexa needs to get much smarter  Amazon’s latest software updates show its determination to do well in the parts of Digital...

Search engines vs. EU – Spectacular backfire.

Reply to this post           Content regulation that can only spectacularly backfire.  The EU’s latest proposal to allow media outlets to charge search engines to index...

Facebook & WhatsApp – The inevitable

Reply to this post           The inevitable integration of WhatsApp has begun.  WhatsApp has updated its terms and conditions and will begin sharing some of the...