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#AppleMusic had 15m paid subscribers less than #Spotify back in June. #EE added 14m subscribers in 2015. Go figure. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/08/25/ee-launches-first-uk-mobile-phone-contract-bundled-with-apple-mu/
#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
#ARM bought by #Softbank for $32bn. Can they now be called #Hardbank after this? Who will buy it in a few years? http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36822272
#IBM cutting a third of its US workshop? Is it really moving to a cloud model? Watch out #AWS and #Rackspace, IBM can do a smarter cloud.
There are 20 #AppleStores in mainland China, 4 in HK. Greater China sells more #iPhones than US. Grey import from HK is insignificant!
There are already 19 #Apple Stores in mainland #China, plus 4 in Hong Kong.
Big crackdown of private car services finally here in China? #diditaxi just cancelled their special Monday discounts!
Still a fad? Facebook, $1.2bn revenue of first 9 months of 2010, $355m net profit, valuation $50bn. P/E of over 100.