#Facebook paid $16B for #WhatsApp, anyone silly enough to believe they won't rip value (users and data) out of it. https://blog.whatsapp.com/529/Setting-the-record-straight
#Alphabet will be much leaner and meaner, all the moonshot projects can't hide behind #Google's growth easily now. http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/25/12652734/google-fiber-access-alphabet-layoffs-wireless-internet
If #AppleMusic wanted to hurt #Spotify, just need a $10.99 plan like #Amazon and include unlimited photo sync or extra #iCloud storage.
Easy to blame #Apple for the prices, but is it surprising a smaller company like #Spotify pays more for licenses? http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-contract-three-major-labels-wants-pay-less/
People don't realise how big a challenge to get 60,000+ retail staff to represent #Apple to meet 5m customers a day. http://www.macrumors.com/2016/08/21/apple-new-retail-positions-credo-layout/
$69.99 for #Evernote? Good value? $69.99 #Office365 Personal or $99.99 Office Family of 5 users with 1TB each user. https://blogs.office.com/2016/08/18/now-mac-users-can-make-the-move-from-evernote-to-onenote/
Life moves on. #Gawker has inspired enough sites to keep alternative media sector interesting. Won't be missed. http://gawker.com/gawker-com-to-end-operations-next-week-1785455712
Anyone want to bet on how long will #GoogleDuo be around for? #Google, why can't you just buy #Snapchat already? https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/08/meet-google-duo-simple-1-to-1-video.html
Clever and evil marketing from #Google, it makes running out of space seems like an #iOS only issue. We know better! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEK37MBTUPk
#PokemonGo will need major changes to launch in #China. It can't use #Google logins, maps, etc. Will it partner up with #Tecent?
#Tesla #Gigafactory might be over budget and over time? Just a typical tech project then. http://fortune.com/2016/08/05/tesla-gigafactory-costs-delay/
It won't be easy, but #Yahoo! can still grow with Verizon. AOL is still around after being bought by Verizon in 2015 https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-marissa-mayer-interview-issue/
It's not about how big #Tesla losses are but how many more times can Elon gets away with missing production targets? http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/08/tesla-losses-grow-but-musk-says-production-goals-will-be-met-by-year-end/
How can #Samsung spin it this time? http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2016/08/samsung-caught-using-apple-watch-design-figures-in-a-recent-patent-filing.html
#GoogleGlass was ahead of its time. Most new tech needs a killer app to drive adoption. Forget medical use,etc. If only they had #PokemonGO!
#Sharewares on floppy & CD-ROMs, #Kagi was the main payment processer. Too bad they didn't become an app store.http://www.kagi.com/
#Oracle #NetSuite deal isn't what we are waiting for. We want to know who will get #Salesforce.com at the end. #Microsoft, #SAP or Oracle?
Freshly baked baguettes 24/7! #Automation rocks! http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/baguette-vending-machine-rises-to-the-occasion/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0b&linkId=27143914
#Uber quitting #China, merging business with Didi for $35B. What will happen to the partnership with #Lyft?
Will #Nest be first #Alphabet direct subsidiary to fail? A home automation company not trusted to make #GoogleHome. http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/07/26/nest-thermostats-offline/
If it wasn't for all the regulatory issues, #Intel would have made the move on #ARM. Will it end up in Chinese hands like #Supercell?
#Wechat is having an interesting fight with #Yidao which is backed by #LeTV. Just like how #Taobao doesn't work well with Wechat.
#Blackberry and #Nokia only have themselves to blame. Refused to move over to #Android quickly and stuck with legacy systems.
#ElonMusk should have known better to not get hung up on perfect safety records, etc. It's just showing that they haven't sold enough cars.
#Supercell made $924M profit on $2.3B revenue in 2015, 84.3% sold to #Tencent for $8.6B. #Softbank paid $2.7B for 73% in 2013 and 2015.
Mark, Get well soon! To Google or anyone else fighting FB, watch him beat you with just one hand! #MarkZuckerberg http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/14/technology/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-live/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom
Well done #Microsoft! $26B for #LinkedIn is a much better deal than Facebook's defensive $19B deal for Whatsapp.
Winners take all. http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/08/news/economy/top-1-income/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom
India is next on the list for #Apple after China, then Africa. :)
#Google can keep trying to do messaging apps, but will not win. Gtalk, Hangout, whatever. 1/5 of the world can't use or sent messages to.