Grubhub – The end begins.
Grubhub clearly demonstrates a lack of barriers. Grubhub reported reasonable Q3 2019 results compared to already lowered expectations but took expectations even further down in...
Google, SoftBank & Huawei – Smorgasbord.
Google Q3 19, Another Softbank write-down, Huawei’s UK respite. Google Q3 19 – Core drives. The rest lags. Alphabet reported good Q3 19 results that...
Google – The long tail.
Better search but not assistant. Google is going to get even better at search which will improve its relevance with users and increase its dominance,...
Short Break – Back Oct 28
Radio Free Mobile is taking a short break. Daily commentary will resume on October 28th.
Softbank & WeWork – End of work?
Goodbye blue sky. Softbank needs to take a good hard look at its processes as the valuation that it is prepared to pay for WeWork...
Airbnb – Unfortunate brush.
Airbnb is not WeWork. Airbnb is being tarred with the WeWork, Uber and Lyft brush, but a closer look reveals a company that has already...
Facebook Libra – Saving gravy.
Vested interests sink Libra. There are certainly regulatory issues that need to be addressed with Facebook’s or any digital currency, but I suspect that the...
Google Hardware – Pixelated strategy
Nice innovations but virtually no buyers. Google held a fairly subdued affair where it launched a new smartphone, earbuds, Chromebook and a smart home offering....
Android Automotive – Greek gift pt. IV.
Good and bad news for OEMs. Android Automotive has finally made it onto the Volvo XC40 marking Android Automotive’s arrival into the mainstream but it’s...
Facebook, Samsung & Apple – No woes here.