Mergers and Acquisitions
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Microsoft Buys Nuance, Understanding Nuance, In the Loop
Microsoft’s Nuance acquisition gets the company winning technology and access to health data it would be locked out from otherwise.
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Spotify Acquires Locker Room, Anchor Versus Clubhouse, Spotify’s Threat
Spotify has acquired Locker Room, the sports-centric Clubhouse competitor. Clubhouse should be very nervous.
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Twitter Acquires Revue, Twitter’s Opportunity, Twitter’s Achilles Heel
Twitter’s acquisition of Revue points to a huge opportunity for the company; can the company execute well enough to take advantage?
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Intel Follow-up, Qualcomm Buys Nuvia, Netflix Earnings
That Intel is built to be integrated is precisely the problem, why Qualcomm bought a CPU team, and Netflix controls its own destiny.
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Salesforce Acquires Slack, Salesforce’s Reasoning, Salesforce’s Opportunity
Salesforce’s purchase of Slack is a great outcome for the latter, and has huge upside for the former. There is, though, commensurate risk.
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The Idea Adoption Curve
Mapping the technology adoption curve to ideas gives insights as to which business models work on which parts of the addressable market.
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Spotify Buys Megaphone, Spotify’s Podcast Strategy, Spotify’s Megaphone Strategy
Spotify has acquired Megaphone, which brings clarity to its podcast advertising ambitions.