Re:Amazon and Google are on a collision course
by mcintyre1994 on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @02:37PM
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Are companies being so hugely stretched over multiple billion dollar markets a by-product of the web, or is there some precedent? I mean, of course they're all on a collision course because once they get large enough they seem to find their way into every market.
Another example is Facebook, which obviously competes with G+ but also things like Youtube with a pretty serious video player - a more social take on that seems to have caught everybody off guard. They also seem to be positioning themselves for eCommerce too with recent(?) gift voucher presents etc.
Even looking at younger companies like Dropbox and a push into Email, Twitter and Vine.. collision seems inevitable when the rules seem to, at some point, become do everything you can remotely link to your core product.
Another example is Facebook, which obviously competes with G+ but also things like Youtube with a pretty serious video player - a more social take on that seems to have caught everybody off guard. They also seem to be positioning themselves for eCommerce too with recent(?) gift voucher presents etc.
Even looking at younger companies like Dropbox and a push into Email, Twitter and Vine.. collision seems inevitable when the rules seem to, at some point, become do everything you can remotely link to your core product.