Netflix – The addition game
Netflix needs subscribers. Netflix is being hailed as one of the lockdown winners and while usage of the service has probably jumped 30% or more...
SoftBank – Viral pin.
SoftBank will emerge better and stronger. It is the realisation it overpaid for many of its portfolio investments that is causing SoftBank so much difficulty...
Research Event – COVID-19 Webinar – Impact on the economy, technology sector & share prices
Radio Free Mobile is running a series of webinars for its subscription clients to present what it sees as the issues an outcomes resulting from...
Zoom Video Communications – Harsh Limelight
Short-term issues mask long-term promise. Zoom has been thrust into the limelight due to the current pandemic and as a result, its shortcomings (typical for...
Digital Economy – COVID-19 Smartphone Impact
Usage increase that will be hard to monetise. There has been a large increase in smartphone usage, but I think that a lot of companies...
Wireless Power – Covid-19 silver lining.
The pandemic is a great use case for wireless power. Until there is a vaccine, no one is going to want to touch anything they...
Samsung and Airbnb – Day of rescue
Samsung Electronics Q1 20 – Cloud rescue. Samsung has reported good Q1 2020 results where the clear indication is that demand for memory, storage and...
Airbnb – Hardest times.
An equity raise will be brutal. I have very little doubt that Airbnb will survive this crisis but there is very little visibility in terms...
Digital Economy – The COVID effect.
Amazon and Microsoft are in pole position. The COVID-19 pandemic is making both temporary and permanent changes to the way the economy works but picking...
Google – Cloak and dagger