Amazon’s Online Content Delivery – Centered Around Customer & Computing
Amazon moving to content delivery and changing the erstwhile business model of the industry signifies the flexibility and scalability of the cloud which enables cloud companies. Amazon has entered the original online content sub-sector with 14 TV pilot shows out of which six fall within the genre of kids showsContinue Reading
State of Mobile Data in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand
India is still in nascent stages of Data boom with consumers having good access to 2G and 3G networks and selectively to 4G as well. Let us see what is the state of Mobile Data in other Asian countries. Indonesia – Like India the focus is on upgrading from 2GContinue Reading
The Cost of Whitebox Tablet / China Set for Your Own Branding vs Nexus / iPad / Galaxy
The Indian Market has tremendous appetite for Low Cost yet feature filled SmartPhones/ Tablets as consumers search value for money thus giving an opportunity for new class of whitebox tablets expands the global market into a new entry level tier of products for emerging markets. The whitebox tablet ecosystem beganContinue Reading
Justdial vs Competition in Local Business Search, Advertising Revenue, Ratings & US Launch
We covered on Justdial’s Local Business / Yellow Pages Search using Voice vs Web / Mobile. Today we’ll touch base upon its Competition, Advertising on Local Search Engines, Ratings Systems and its impnding Voice Search launch in the United States. Justdial vs Competition JustDial faces intense competition in the internetContinue Reading
JustDial Local Search – Internet Vs Voice Search Market Share, Listings & Campaigns
JustDial is a local search service [Yellow Pages Search] in India that allows users to access contact information of local businesses through phone calls, website and mobile applications for free. The company was established in 1996, has built a strong database of SMEs, relationships with SME businesses[Advertising], and powerful unaidedContinue Reading
Facebook Monetization – Mobile Vs Desktop
Social Networking Giant, Facebook has reported softer-than-expected advertising revenue and slower-than-expected expense growth. Most of FB’s clients allow the company to show their ads across both Desktop and Mobile, and thus this quarter’s ad revenue mix is a reflection of FB choosing to serve more impressions on mobile devices MobileContinue Reading
MediaTek Upbeat on Global SmartPhone Market
Fabless Semiconductor company, MediaTek is upbeat on the SmartPhone Market Globally. MediaTek is working to capture the steep portion of the emerging market smartphones with a product portfolio spanning a broad range of standards, price points and device form factors from 3.5″ entry level smartphones up to 10″ branded 3GContinue Reading
Will Low Cost iPhone Help Apple Fight Samsung / Android Mobiles ?
In the last 6 months the Apple Stock has fallen 40% making the case stronger for Investors to push for the Lower Cost iPhone or a SmartPhone that addresses the $300 segment. Why it makes sense for Apple for a lower cost iPhone is because of the market dynamics inContinue Reading
Idea Cellular 2G vs 3G Data Metrics – 4G / LTE Launch when Market is Ready
Idea Cellular believes that LTE is not a threat to its business model and is confident that data prices do not have scope for much reduction from current levels. Idea highlighted that globally there are 5b EDGE customers, 1b 3G customers and 0.1b LTE customers and there is room forContinue Reading