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UAE 50th Jubilee – Back Monday 6th December

Radio Free Mobile’s home country, the UAE, is celebrating 50 years since its founding. Normal service will resume Monday 6th December. 

Alibaba FQ2 2022– Zero COVID.

Macro and competition temper outlook Alibaba reported disappointing results and cut full-year guidance as China’s restrictive Zero COVID strategy is slowing demand and its competitors are nipping at its heels....

Short intermission – Back Monday October 25th

Radio Free Mobile is taking a short break and will return on Monday 25th October.

Apple Auto – The camel’s nose.

Apple tries to get its nose under the OEM’s tent. Apple is working on ways to enable users to access vehicle functions such as seats or climate control from within...

Ant Group – Antpocalypse now

The state seals Ant Group’s fate. Further interventions into Ant group by the regulator ensure that the businesses will be less nimble, less efficient, and less innovative but more importantly,...

Didi & China – Long term pain.

State intervention will be detrimental in the long term. Part of the remedies imposed by the Chinese regulator could be a move to effective state control and a delisting from...

Road Trip – Back August 16th

RFM is taking a road trip to visit all 7 emirates of the UAE and will return on August 16th.

Netflix – The ecosystem game.

Netflix goes for gaming. Netflix’s move into gaming looks to be more about increasing loyalty to keep competition at bay as opposed to another way to make more money for...

FAANG – The real adpocalyspe.

Apple is pushing spending away from mobile. Unsurprisingly, iOS users are opting not to be tracked which has led to an exodus of marketing money from iOS which does not...

Google Fuchsia – Sideline sneak.

Google sneaks its new OS into the wild. With zero fanfare Google has launched its new Fuchsia OS onto consumers, the vast majority of whom are very likely to not...