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The empire strikes …

The empire strikes …

Just a quick follow up to the post “Retail Drives Smart Home Innovation”…

One area of search where Google is being robustly challenged is product search. More consumers now initiate their search for products on Amazon than they do with Google. Think about that a minute. In fact, the CEO of WPP, the world’s largest advertising company Continue reading

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Retail drives smart home innovation

Retail drives smart home innovation

A visit to CES 2018 showed the future of the smart home really is a battle between Google and Amazon.  And made me revisit a blog post from December 2016 …


 

The popular focus on smart home technology is on home automation, such as smart lighting, environmental control, smart appliances and home security. These technologies make up a Continue reading

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0 to 60 hundred million in eight years …. The genius (AAARGH!!!) of uber

0 to 60 hundred million in eight years …. The genius (AAARGH!!!) of uber

When Uber released its financials, the reasons were political. But the results breathtaking, nonetheless. Uber was founded in March 2009 and in a mere eight years had revenues of $6.5B (gross bookings were $20B).

For context, this is comparable to where Google was eight years after inception, and significantly higher than Amazon and Facebook. Without arguing about Continue reading

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Will you walk in to my parlor, said the speaker … from Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Samsung

Will you walk in to my parlor, said the speaker … from Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Samsung

The four most valuable public companies in the world are, in order, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. Samsung is not too shabby either.  The aggregate market cap between these five companies is about the same as the combined market cap of the U.K, and exceeds that of France, Germany, and Canada.

So, what does this $2.7T of market muscle Continue reading

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