This Week in GAFAnomics #7
The end of the on-demand dream / Google maps becoming a platform / Amazon’s incredible growth story… and more!
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So what happened this week in GAFAnomics?!
A new job is born in the Media industry: the Platform Specialist.
The Platform Specialist makes sure to build a consistend content distribution strategy across platforms. He/she also maintains a deeper relationship with those platforms. Every large company needs a platform strategy — Curated by Stéphane Distinguin
Publishers now have a range of platforms to choose from, beyond their own websites and apps, to get digital content in…www.wsj.com
Google maps integrates with Ola, Hailo, and other ridesharing services to go beyond Uber, who has been a traditional partner (Google owns a large equity stake in Uber).
Google Maps is becoming a platform for mobility services… and paving the way for Google’s autonomous car fleet — Curated by Joachim Renaudin
Google reportedly is working on building its own Uber competitor, and while some believe this will come in the form of…techcrunch.com
Google is reportedly building a rival to Amazon Echo, and Google Health is coming back to fight Apple’s Heatlh kit.
In its attempt to disrupt all industries, Google is not willing to let any of the other GAFA launch a new service without fierce competition. — curated by Legrigeois Laurent
A pair of trademarked healthcare-related images have appeared in the USPTO registered by Google this week. Both of…www.slashgear.com
Investors saw Uber’s success as a template for Ubers for everything. But Uber’s success was in many ways unique.
On-demand platforms are rising prices, some of them are closing down or struggle to raise funds, are we witnessing the end of the on-demand dream? — Curated by julien breitfeld
Before we get to why many on-demand apps have struggled to achieve mass-market prices, it is important to remember why…www.nytimes.com
AWS reaching 10bn$ revenue as fast as Facebook, Long term growth before profits, bigger than Walmart… Here is a curation of 17 powerful graphs that explain how big amazon is. — Curated by Louis Moullard
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