Tag: strategy

• Snaptu gets snapped up by Facebook

  Last Sunday, London based mobile developer Snaptu confirmed that it had been acquired by Facebook in a $60-$70m deal. Looking into this, I learned that this move is all about Facebook wanting to expand its presence and usage across a number of mobile platforms. Snaptu specialises in online solutions for mobile phones (particularly for “feature”…

  marcabraham

  March 23, 2011

  Mobile, Social Media

  Facebook, LinkedIn, mobile, socialmedia, strategy

• How robust will Netflix’ business model turn out to be?

  The acquisition of Lovefilm by Amazon has really got me interested in this business of online DVD rentals and video streaming. It’s fair to say that Lovefilm’s key metrics are completely gazumped by Netflix’ numbers, its US competitor: 1.6m European subscribers (Lovefilm) vs.19.7m US subscribers (Netflix). But even a successful business like Netflix is not…

  marcabraham

  February 8, 2011

  Digital Strategy, Online Trends

  Amazon, Lovefilm, Netflix, strategy

• Becoming a business-critical tool: LinkedIn’s next steps

  It has been quite a week for LinkedIn. First it introduced two cool innovations as a result from their monthly developer ‘hackdays’ and it then announced an IPO, to take place later this year. To start off with the innovative part; I learned about “InMaps” and “Swarm”, two interactive ideas that aim to do more…

  marcabraham

  February 1, 2011

  Social Media

  LinkedIn, socialmedia, strategy

• Amazon and its quest into the online video market

  Earlier this month Amazon, the world largest online retailer, acquired Lovefilm which specialises in online DVD rental, either via post or through streaming films online. Even though Amazon already owned a minority stake, this still is the kind of acquisition that grasps my imagination. It makes me wonder about things like ‘strategic motive’ and next steps.…

  marcabraham

  February 1, 2011

  Startups

  Amazon, Netflix, strategy

• The cloud saga continues: IBM tries a different approach

  This ‘storing data in clouds’ thing keeps fascinating me. Maybe because the cloud seems so intangible and yet so appealing to a growing number of providers and corporate clients alike. In a recent post I looked at the flexible nature of cloud based computing, making large scale and complex IT infrastructures redundant. However, particularly large…

  marcabraham

  November 15, 2010

  Cloud

  Cloud, IBM, strategy