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Facebook Q3 2021 – Talking cash

Facebook puts its money where its mouth is. Users are still not deserting Facebook despite all of the bad press but the real story here is that Facebook is going...

Intel & Snap – Lemons and lemons

Intel Q3 2021 – The price of progress.   Intel reported excellent Q3 2021 results and reasonable 2021 guidance, but it turns out that investments have to be paid for...

Google vs. Epic – Precedent not cash.

This is not about money. I think that Google is hoping to use the parts of the previous ruling that were favourable to Apple in order to set a legal...

Magic Leap – Second life

Magic Leap is back and has a seat at the table. Magic Leap is back in contention with a new device and a funding round, but the company has not...

China Technology – The turn?

Meituan follows Alibaba and sends a signal. Meituan has emerged from regulatory scrutiny almost completely unscathed implying that as long as everybody toes the line and behaves, then business (with...

DeepMind – Window dressing.

The profit might be fake, but the company is not. DeepMind’s move into profitability means very little and, in my opinion, deflects attention from the fact that Deep Mind is...

Facebook – American ByteDance.

Congress seems to want to give Facebook the ByteDance treatment. Facebook has had a bad week but the allegations being made have been quite effectively shot down by Mr. Zuckerberg,...

Amazon Game Studios – Game on finally!

Amazon Game Studios sees some traction at last. Amazon has had a torrid time with its fledgling game studio, but its recent release is seeing good traction with gamers but...

Rivian – The contortionist pt. II.

Rivian is not a growth company. It is a start-up.   It looks like Rivian has a great product on its hands which combined with its relationship with Amazon puts...

ByteDance – Billion user club.

ByteDance joins the giants. TikTok the short video service owned by ByteDance has announced that it has over 1bn users making it unique as the only Chinese company that has...