Versatile Amphibian

I’m still easing myself back into my weekly blog after a long absence. To that end, here’s a brief roundup of stories from the TMT industry that caught my eye this week. This week: Deep web trembles as Feds shutter Silk Road, Google’s transformation into design leader, Facebook Wi Fi launches, 3D printers hit UK high street, cold brew in the home finally a reality Traditional business models I like that Apple outdoes Google as Executives pick of the most innovative companies – their design dictatorship is probably more attractive to the average CEO than Google’s chaotic approach. I’d love to see who made it into the long tail of the survey. Chances are that those are the true innovators. http://www.businessinsider.com/most-innovative-companies-in-the-world-2013-9 Twitter has announced its IPO, initially for a fairly modest $1Bn. Notable that it’s still loss making despite over 200 million users. Trouble with Twitter is that it will be much more difficult to generate lo...

I’m firmly of the belief that participants in the TMT industry need to read widely in order to understand the present and future dynamics of the market. To that end, this post is a collection of the articles that have caught my eye. This week – pirates take over your 3-D printer, antivirus, military industrial complex, the EU goes 1984, the world realises that Chinese data might not be all it seems while Apple continues to take it over New business models A nice analysis of Google’s earnings, which were released late last week. The headlines are that although Android devices are being “lit up” at a rate of nearly 750,000 a day, most of Google’s mobile revenue comes from search on iOS. Google also persist in saying that Motorola will stand alone and not receive preferential treatment – not sure I buy that, but stranger things have happened! Revenues outside advertising were very low. Goes without saying... http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2012/jan/20/google-financials-android-m...