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    • Feb 13, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    Latest episodes from Techonomist (techonomist.email)

    #40 Shopify's platform strategy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2021 15:30


    0:25 The Bulletin TikTok sale paused, Tesla buys Bitcoin, Microsoft/EU support pay for news, Bumble IPO and earnings (Twitter, Uber, Softbank & Affirm) 6:34 The Feature "Shopify's platform strategy" Links and images mentioned in the episode are available in the email edition of the newsletter, subscribe at techonomist.email

    #39 The Bezos era of Amazon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2021 15:13


    0:30 The Bulletin Apple on Facebook and data privacy, earnings (Alphabet, Amazon, Alibaba, Snap, PayPal...) 5:32 The Feature "The Bezos era of Amazon" Links and images mentioned in the episode are available in the email edition of the newsletter, subscribe at techonomist.email

    #38 Search, social and the news business

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2021 14:31


    1:03 The Bulletin Stonks! (GameStop, Reddit & Robinhood), Ant Group's ambitions reined in & earnings (Apple, Microsoft, Facebook & Tesla) 6:29 The Feature "Search, social and the news business" Links and images mentioned in the episode are available in the email edition of the newsletter, subscribe at techonomist.email

    #37 Is Tesla a platform?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2021 10:57


    0:34 The Bulletin Netflix, Intel & IBM earnings, and Google Search threatens to leave Australia 3:43 The Feature "Is Tesla a platform?" Links and images mentioned in the episode are available in the email edition of the newsletter, subscribe at techonomist.email

    #36 Social, regulation and moderation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2021 13:43


    1:04 - The Bulletin WhatsApp new terms, Parler disconnect & Airbnb cancels Washington guests 4:50 - The Feature Social, regulation and moderation Links and images mentioned in the episode are available in the email edition of the newsletter, subscribe at techonomist.email

    #35 Smartphones, platforms and neobanks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2021 10:19


    0:34 - The Bulletin De-platforming Trump, China tech drama & more 3:34 - The Feature Smartphones, platforms and neobanks Links and images mentioned in the episode are available in the email edition of the newsletter, subscribe at techonomist.email

    News: Week 51

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 7:09


    SolarWinds hack, the EU publishes proposed new laws for tech companies, and Apple's new privacy labels.

    DoorDash: how it dashed past Uber and won America

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 12:34


    By going public, we get to see a detailed case study of the food delivery business model.

    News: Week 50

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2020 7:53


    Airbnb & DoorDash IPOs pop, breaking up Facebook and Google Search 2020 in review.

    Google Pay, Plex and the future of banking

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 15:34


    Big tech is building the new interface of banking, and bringing the banks along for the ride.

    News: Week 49

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2020 11:21


    Salesforce confirms Slack deal, Zoom & Snowflake earnings, Stripe Treasury and Shopify beats out Amazon for Black Friday sales.

    Affirm

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 10:29


    America's horse in the buy now pay later race is going public

    News: Week 48

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2020 7:31


    Salesforce eyes Slack acquisition, Musk overtakes Gates & is Microsoft spying on you?

    Airbnb, Inc.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 11:03


    A public recovery.

    News: Week 47

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2020 10:01


    Airbnb, DoorDash & Affirm publish S-1s, Zuckerberg and Dorsey face the senate on election content moderation and Twitter launches ‘Fleets'.

    An ode to operations

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 7:22


    For the likes of Amazon, Uber and Airbnb, the biggest problems to solve are human, not software.

    News: Week 46

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 7:19


    Another Apple event, Lyft turns to food delivery and the market reacts to progress on a vaccine. 

    Twitter's unfulfilled potential

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 9:13


    Now may be the time for Twitter to test new business models.

    News: Week 45

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2020 6:59


    Ant's IPO suspended, Uber drivers are not employees and tech earnings from Square, PayPal & Peloton.

    Ant Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 9:17


    What the West can learn from the biggest fintech on Earth.

    News: Week 44

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 6:48


    Earnings earnings earnings. Oh and Ant will be the biggest IPO ever.

    Snap Inc.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 7:03


    Snapchat has quietly built a Gen-Z and Millennial media empire.

    News: Week 43

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2020 6:22


    Growth slows for Netflix, Amazon wants your shopping receipts, and Paquiao boxes his way into payments.

    Invisible giants: the age of the API economy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 8:59


    How Google Maps, AWS & Twilio are making the Uber experience possible.

    News: Week 42

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2020 6:06


    The iPhone 12, Amazon Prime Day and the new Monzo for wealthy people.

    Crowdfunding: ordinary folks funding unicorns

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 7:49


    With Crowdcube and Seedrs announcing an intention to merge, let's look back at how they helped create and grow the products we love.

    News: Week 41

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 5:26


    Venmo launches a credit card, Square buys bitcoins and James Bond kills the cinema industry.

    News: Week 40

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2020 7:09


    Uber gets the green light in London, Amazon wants to read your palm and Coinbase goes apolitical.

    Summer's bar tab - did we spend it wisely?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 11:56


    The furlough scheme, government backed loans and what's next for “zombie companies” as the winter plan waters down stimulus.

    News: Week 39

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020 12:09


    Government stimulus, TikTok and the new Cold War.

    Apple One and the bundling dilemma

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 7:44


    Apple and Amazon are bundling more services together which has fuelled anti-competitive claims, but the market has proven specialists can still prevail.

    While Zoom's on a pandemic land grab, Slack is building its moat

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 7:58


    The market punished Slack for not taking advantage of the pandemic, but they appear focussed on the long game.

    Square is coming for PayPal & the banks

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 8:18


    Venmo & Zelle have had a stranglehold on American P2P mobile payments, but Jack Dorsey's Square is making a serious challenge with Cash App.

    Everyone is (shopping) online, but what new trends will last beyond the pandemic?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 9:57


    Amazon, Shopify and Etsy have empowered a new economy of at home sellers.

    Buy Now, Pay Later is booming, but is that a good thing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 9:50


    Companies like Afterpay & Klarna are eating the traditional credit card market with better buyer experiences while avoiding regulation.

    Tech is making home fun, but what does that mean for cities?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 8:13


    How companies like Netflix, Peloton and Deliveroo have brought the enjoyable things about cities into your home, wherever you may live.

    Will the Wirecard scandal make fintechs think twice about white-label banking?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 9:01


    How one of Germany's biggest post-war accounting frauds will impact the banking as a service industry.

    Banking: a return to the incumbents?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020 7:15


    As the pandemic and government stimulus runs riot on the credit industry, we may see businesses seek the safety of traditional banks.

    Techonomist (Trailer)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2020 0:27


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