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Mapbox – Profitability drive

Mapbox reshuffles to go for automotive. Mapbox has moved into a new phase of its development by moving its founder and CEO into the role of chairman and chief strategy...

Zoom FQ4 2021 & COVID – Social capital

Zoom is growing on the back of a declining asset. Zoom reported another great set of results but its success and the ability of its customers to manage through the...

Airbnb – The recovery trade

Airbnb signals the beginning of the recovery trade. Airbnb reported reasonable maiden results but its bookings are starting edge up in another signal that the travel, hospitality and entertainment sectors...

Facebook – The wizard of OZ

Facebook outplays the Australians in leveraging its network effect. Facebook has scored a big win in arriving at an agreement with the Australian government regarding paying for news from Australian...

Ant Group – Master and commander pt. II

Life gets more real for online finance in China. Changes to the banking rules mean that the nimble online lending sector will become much more capital intensive which will incentivise...

Uber & Lyft – No good news.

The ride-sharing market remains in difficulty Uber Q4 2020 – Sheep in FedEx clothes? Uber is fortunate that it has had a delivery business to help it weather the pandemic,...

Huawei & Twitter – Results and politics.

Twitter Q4 2020 – User issues. Twitter reported good Q4 2020 results, but it has run out of road when it comes to user metrics. Q4 2020 revenues / EPS...

Amazon Game Studios – Game off! Pt II.

Amazon Game Studios is suffering from a culture clash. Amazon is having a torrid time trying to make a name in the video game market highlighting how Amazon’s corporate culture...

Google & Amazon Q4 20 – Good companies, mediocre stocks.

Good results from the pandemic drive a pull forward of digitisation. Google Q4 2020 – The big pull forward Google’s advertising machine roared back to life in Q4 2020 with...

Kuaishou IPO – Good pivot

For once not too much is being demanded. Kuaishou is no ByteDance but this has forced it to pivot into other areas where there is little competition and where the...