Michael Sippey at Twitter (@sippey) has blogged about the forthcoming changes to the Twitter API. For developers working with the API these are important changes. The Boston quadrant is particularly significant. It is worth listening to what Sippey says there: “we’re trying to encourage activity in the upper-left, lower-left and lower right quadrants, and limit certain use cases that occupy the upper-right quadrant.” In other words, bring your Continue reading
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Apple switches to own mapping
Mobile search is a fluid battleground. Apple just opened a new front by switching from Google to its own mapping. That means that they are going to be in the business of serving their own search results. Apple doesn’t own its own search technology, so who is going to provide these? Bing? Related articles Apple is About to Reduce Google’s Revenues Apple Is Going Full Throttle To kill Google Maps Continue reading
Facebook IPO – the hunt for a scapegoat starts
You had to be quick to short Facebook. Only a couple of hours on Friday did it stay above the offer price. Morgan Stanley and others supported it for a while on Friday. Now it is down 10% at around $34. Pundits are blaming Morgan Stanley for pushing the stock to the top of the estimates and releasing more equity than originally intended. I blame the numbers – Zerohedge has Continue reading
Eight reasons to short Facebook
Facebook is looking to raise up to $16bn from the markets at a valuation of up to $104bn, money that will allow it to do amazing things. But the valuation it is seeking is based on it already having done those amazing things. And it simply hasn’t. Here is a researcher’s perspective on the IPO. 1. Facebook advertising must be a great revenue driver right? No. Click-through rates on advertising Continue reading
Tesco – a reputation melts down in real time [Updated]
It was reported 24 hours ago that Tesco were advertising night shift staff jobs for expenses only (plus government job seekers’ allowance). They have denied it and attributing the advertisement to an IT error. The Guardian has since identified similar advertisements elsewhere, casting doubt on this explanation. In the meantime they are getting roasted on Facebook and Twitter. On Facebook commenters are noting that their remarks are getting deleted. When Continue reading
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