Reply to this post Samsung kitchen sinks the note 7 with a massive $5.4bn hit to profit. The note 7 disaster is going to cost shareholders $5.4bn in lost profit and heads are almost certain to roll, but underneath it all I think Samsung has been extraordinarily unlucky. Samsung has updated its guidance for Q3...
Reply to this post Google advances further towards full control of Android. It appears that mobile operators ranging the Pixel and Pixel XL will not be customising the devices in any meaningful way as well as relinquishing control of software updates. This will allow Google to move one step closer to full proprietary control of...
Reply to this post The mess of the Verizon sale is almost irrelevant when valuing Yahoo. It is becoming clear that Yahoo got such a good price from Verizon, that the telecom company is starting to think twice about what it is getting into with Yahoo’s core business. Fortunately, the rally in Alibaba keeps the...
Reply to this post Samsung’s loss could be Huawei’s and Google’s gain. As a result of making a complete mess of the Galaxy Note 7 recall, Samsung is more likely to lose a large number of high end users to other Android handsets rather than to Apple. Samsung has halted production of the Galaxy Note...
Reply to this post If no one bids then there is much further to fall. Twitter has already lost 20% of its value as it’s the Twitter acquirer appears to be becoming an endangered species and I fear that there is much further to fall if no one bids. I suspect that two factors have...
Reply to this post Margin to be strong while the cycle lasts. Samsung has given very solid indications for its Q3 16A results demonstrating that the replacement cycle that it is currently enjoying has yet to be impacted by the Note 7 recall. Q3 16A revenues / EBIT are expected to be KRW48tn-KRW50tn / KRW7.7tn...
Reply to this post I think Viv puts Samsung back in conflict with Google. Samsung has taken a plunge into Artificial Intelligence (AI) with the purchase of Viv but this once again puts Samsung on a collision course with Google. Viv is a four-year-old AI company that was founded by the creators of Siri...
Reply to this post Devices are merely the vessels for distribution of Google’s brains. Google launched a range of devices that solve some of its most pressing problems but while their volumes remain small, they will be exhibition pieces only. All of Google’s search and intelligence has been folded into Google Assistant and I see...
Reply to this post Something new needed to make this work. Facebook has decided to have another go at classifieds but the fact that it is doing nothing new means that it is very unlikely to disrupt the current status quo in classifieds. Facebook has re-launched a feature called Marketplace that operates almost exactly like...
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Amazon Music – Table stakes.
Reply to this post 40m tracks and a search box does not a service make. Amazon has plugged an obvious hole in its push to create a consumer ecosystem with the launch of a music service that brings its catalogue into line with that of Apple Music, Spotify and so on. The new service called...