Winners and losers in the post-coronavirus world. The future of tech as a tool to solve global challenges. The acceleration of the Cloud wars
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Videogames
Unity confirms its role as a key tool for video game developers to create content across different platform, now with a valuation of $6bn after its last funding round. The company claims…
Applications
Snap presented yesterday a set of excellent 2Q19 results, that are pushing up the company’s share price (+12% after hours). The big driver was a +8% annual increase in daily active…
Devices
Apple keeps hiring talent from Tesla, feeding rumors that the company will finally enter the car industry. After getting Tesla’s former chief engineer, now another engineering VP, in charge…
RETAIL
E-Commerce
Currently under regulatory scrutiny on the (potential) use of their dominant position as an e-commerce platform to build their own products, Amazon has now been revealed to have a program for third…
Video
Netflix published yesterday their worst quarterly results ever, with a decline (-130K in 2Q19) in US subscriptions, apparently linked to recent price increases. Total net adds where +2.7m…
Enterprise — Cloud
IBM has announced a big cloud deal (“worth billions”) with AT&T, that would include the shift of the carrier’s systems to the cloud, and would leverage the recent acquisition of…
Amazon is holding its annual “Prime Day” today, looking to increase the number of Prime subscriptions, a “vital tool” that is increasingly at the core of the company’s strategy, as a way to increase loyalty and customers’ lifetime value…
Content
Content wars are about to become more intense for video streaming applications, as a logical consequence of the increasing competition in the market, with both Disney and AT&T’s Warner…