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Amazon – Proper practitioner? pt II.

Reply to this post           An experiment that might finally work.  Following Amazon’s painfully expensive experiment in distributing its ecosystem with a mobile device of its...

LINE – Number trouble.

Reply to this post           I can’t get close to the IPO valuation. LINE has filed to go public in July but the valuation that is...

Huawei – Rivers of blood. Pt II.

Reply to this post             Huawei’s software has a better chance in China.   Huawei is making the right initial moves in order to maximise...

Facebook & HTC – Collateral Damage. Pt II.

Reply to this post           Oculus is back on the HTC Vive, but it won’t save HTC. Oculus Rift apps are once again running on the...

Apple – Jack lives.

Reply to this post           The 3.5mm jack survives the attempt on its life.  With the launch of the iPhone 7 approaching, the chatter is once...

Tencent & Supercell – Mix of clans

Reply to this post           Integration with China not critical but it is elsewhere.  Tencent has announced that it is leading a buyout of Supercell but...

Spotify – Magic 100

Reply to this post            100m users begins to tip the scale in Spotify’s favour. Spotify has announced that it has past 100m users of which...

Apple vs. Google – Private investigations

Reply to this post           Apple can afford privacy where Google & Co. cannot.  At its recent developer conference Apple gave more details about its intentions...

Tencent & Activision Blizzard – Colonial times.

Reply to this post            Tencent and Activision go where Microsoft and Sony fail to tread. Tencent appears close to buying a majority holding in the...

Twitter – Clouds of sound.

Reply to this post            10% of SoundCloud fixes nothing. Twitter is investing $70m in SoundCloud by taking the majority of its current $100m funding round...