PRODUCTS & SERVICES
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…
Connectivity
Spotify is launching a “lite” version of its smartphone app, targeting markets where mobile connectivity is weak, or coverage is patchy. They’re launching this in 36 countries…
Advertising
Chinese group ByteDance’s app, TikTok, which is capturing massive audience globally with its short-video-clips format, is now preparing to steal advertising market share from direct…
Just 2 months after the launch, South Korean operators have now more than 1m 5G subscribers. This is a higher uptake rate than the one for 4G in 2011 (when it took 80 days to reach the…
E-COMMERCE
Food delivery has become one of the current hot areas for startups, with fresh money from VCs pushing firms to burn cash in search for market share. The latest examples are DoorDash (supported by SoftBank) and Deliveroo (supported…
RETAIL
The recently announced plans by Amazon to reduce the standard delivery times for its Prime services from 2 days to 1 day, an effort for which they estimate they’ll invest approx. $800m, shows the dimension of the challenge for other…
Cloud
Enterprise apps may be a more friendly sector for entrant startups than consumer ones, dominated by the “usual suspects”. However, life isn’t easy either for firms like Dropbox, which has…
US holiday retail sales statistics for this year are being published, and they’re giving positive signs for the economy, with total sales growing +5% vs. last year, to reach $850bn. Online shopping was a key driver, with digital sales…
Verizon keeps giving positive feedback on their recently launched 5G wireless home broadband service, which they claim is already delivering faster speeds than cable modems. They just…
French alternative operator Iliad is launching a new version of its innovative home equipment (“Freebox”) looking to stop current declines in subscriptions. The new box complements a…