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Jolla – Rogue wave.

Reply to this post           The sailors at Jolla may be better off selling their boat. Jolla, the creator of the Sailfish OS for mobile devices...

Yahoo! – Purple rain

Reply to this post           Yahoo!’s assets and its few remaining loyal employees are bleeding purple. Yahoo! is still profitable but it seems to be slowly...

IPO Window – Unicorns and donkeys Pt II

Reply to this post           The best thing for Square would be to pull its IPO. The news that Square has again cut the price of...

Google – Google minus.

Reply to this post           Reddit and Twitter look like more realistic targets than Facebook. Google has announced a significant restructuring of Google + removing the...

Facebook & Google – Fair weather friends.

Reply to this post           I think the new found friendship will be short lived. Facebook has been allowing Google to index some of its data...

Microsoft & Google – Developer dilemma.

Reply to this post           There are good reasons why Microsoft has lost interest in Android. There are strong indications that Microsoft is discontinuing its efforts...

Lenovo Q2 16A – Storm rider

Reply to this post           Lenovo is nicely weathering both the PC storm and its restructuring. Lenovo reported Q2 16A results that beat expectations but still...

Yahoo! – Admission of defeat

Reply to this post           Calling in McKinsey is very unlikely to help. Yahoo! has called in McKinsey to help it with its strategy but I...

Network economy – Unicorns and donkeys

Reply to this post           I suspect many unicorns are actually donkeys in disguise. The unicorn is a mythical beast of extreme beauty and rarity but...

Android Wear – Wearing thin Pt III

Reply to this post           Smartwatches and wearables remain in Limbo. Tag Heuer, Intel and Google have launched the Tag Heuer Connected smartwatch at an event...