Reply to this post Mobile payments could cause the gorillas to start fighting again. Google’s acquisition of technology from Softcard threatens to shatter the fragile...
Reply to this post Yahoo! still fails to address the central issue of its ecosystem. Yahoo! hosted its first mobile developer conference last week that...
Reply to this post Lollipop in danger of sucking. Despite promises of significant performance improvements, initial testing is showing that Lollipop is not much better...
Reply to this post LoopPay must become seamless to create value for Samsung. With the complete cessation of any attempts at the ecosystem (see here),...
Reply to this post Sony’s strategy raises more concerns that it solves. Sony has announced its medium term strategy with the aim of delivering JPY500bn...
Reply to this post Using Microsoft apps is the final nail in the ecosystem coffin. It looks very much like Samsung has discarded all of...
Reply to this post Infotainment makes more sense than a car. Apple has money to burn, but I think that success has not gone to...
Reply to this post Baidu pays the price for its mobile ambitions. Baidu reported disappointing Q4 14A results the cost of building out mobile hurt...
Reply to this post Blunders reveal just how much Samsung has to learn. Samsung is making elementary blunders with the user experience on its devices...
Richard is founder, owner of research company, Radio Free Mobile. He has 16 years of experience working in sell side equity research. During his 11 year tenure at Nomura Securities, he focused on the equity coverage of the Global Technology sector.
Ecosystem economics – Sticky wicket
Reply to this post YouTube contributes no profit but a lot of value to Google. Even though YouTube managed to earn around $4bn in revenues...