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SideCar’s “Innovation”, Facebook Stadium and Twitter’s Conundrum, Tidbits

Posted onThursday, January 21, 2016Sunday, March 25, 2018 Author by Ben Thompson

SideCar feels that Uber was unfair, but the truth is the company didn’t understand that product matters more than technical expertise. Plus, why Twitter doesn’t have an natural acquirers, and several other tidbits from this week.

WhatsApp Drops Subscription Fee, Messaging’s Monetization Potential, GM Acquires Sidecar Remnants

Posted onTuesday, January 19, 2016Wednesday, March 21, 2018 Author by Ben Thompson

WhatsApp unsurprisingly dropped their subscription fee and, paradoxically, increased the services value. There are much better ways to monetize messaging. Plus, why it doesn’t matter what car makers do.

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