Reply to this post Baidu is looking to create a Rocket Internet of China. Baidu is investing heavily in its e-commerce services and the platform that powers them to augment the slowing growth that is coming from its core businesses. Baidu reported difficult results and guidance as the slowdown in the Chinese economy and signs...
Reply to this post The signs are good for Windows 10. Some of the first in-depth reviews of Windows 10 are in and while there are still some problems, Windows 10 looks to be the most promising release since Windows XP. The fact that the upgrade is free, the new start menu, Cortana, search and...
Reply to this post Amazon and Google star while Yahoo! fails to understudy. Amazon – Profits can be us Amazon reported results that surprised the market as the company has finally started showing some profits. Q2 15A revenues / EPS was $23.2bn / $0.19 which was significantly ahead of consensus at $22.4bn / LOSS $0.14....
Short trip to Scotland. Returning Monday 27th July.
Reply to this post Jolla is to Intex what Cyanogen is to Micromax. Jolla has received another shot in the arm from a deal that it has struck with Intex for Sailfish to be the heart of Intex’s strategy to create an ecosystem upon its devices for the Indian market. This is very similar to...
Reply to this post Nokia is not about to start making phones again. The wires are full of the notion that Nokia is again about to plunge headlong into the mobile phone business but I think that this is very unlikely. What is far more likely is that Nokia licences out its brand name to...
Reply to this post Facebook is mounting its second assault on the ecosystem. Facebook is moving inexorably towards becoming a fully-fledged ecosystem after a number of false starts. Facebook now appears to be working on a digital assistant (Moneypenny) that will be aimed at helping users find and buy products online. This is another service...
Reply to this post Revenue dominance gives Sony some breathing space. Sony has done an excellent job at becoming the winning gaming platform in the current generation, but I am increasingly concerned that its poor user experience and lack of an ecosystem could allow Microsoft to win in the long run. (see here) However, the...
Reply to this post PC makers do nothing to fight the tide. Figures from both Gartner and IDC show that Q2 15A has been another awful quarter for the PC industry. IDC has the market declining 11.8% to 66.1m units while Gartner has seen a 9.5% decline to 68.4m units. Tough comparisons to 2014 where the...
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.
Twitter Q2 15A – Dance around the edge.
Reply to this post Twitter must broaden its product offering to grow again. A reasonable set of results was marred by the frank admission that the company has a lot to do before growth comes back. Q2 15A Revenues / Adjusted-EPS was $502.4m / $0.07 compared to consensus estimates at $481.9m / $0.04. However these...