Hulu’s new tricks to narrow the gap with Netflix seem like too little, too late
Just days after expanding its roster of British shows dramatically, BGR sister site Variety reports that Hulu is considering an ad-free service that could be a …
Tero Kuittinen
After launching mobile game company SpringToys tragically early in 2000, Tero Kuittinen spent eight years doing equity research at firms including Alliance Capital and Opstock. He is currently an analyst and VP of North American sales at mobile diagnostics and expense management Alekstra, and has contributed to TheStreet.com, Forbes and Business 2.0 Magazine in addition to BGR.
Articles by Tero Kuittinen
How does an app about falling in love with the doctor who killed your mom influence global sales charts?
Japan. It’s those wacky Japanese consumers who are now starting to sway the global top-10 app sales charts. According to brand new App Annie August …
Thursday night slaughter — broadcast television takes another beating
Changes in American consumer behavior were on full display as most network shows had gruesome season debuts on Thursday. Glee was down 35% from last …
The wild $5 billion Candy Crush Saga IPO and its implications
UK-based King, the creator of “Candy Crush Saga,” has filed for an IPO in the United States. Expected valuation tops $5 billion. King is the …
Four reasons why messaging is now the most important trend in mobile
Mobile apps linked to messaging services are taking over the two most important Asian app markets, Japan and Korea. Today, nine out of the ten biggest revenue generators …
Netflix gloats as broadcast television ratings continue to horrify
Netflix’s share price ticked up 2% on Thursday as ratings for one of the most important days of the new television season came out. Wednesday …
Nokia would like to remind you that Motorola’s Sanjay Jha received $47M following Google’s buyout
Nokia’s vice president of Media Relations has reached out to BGR and pointed out that “our non-Finnish speaking audience would appreciate balanced coverage.” Nokia would like …
Finnish media: Nokia pleads with Elop to accept smaller bonus – Elop claims he needs full $25M for his divorce
According to the early Wednesday morning edition of Finland’s biggest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, Nokia has pleaded with former CEO Stephen Elop to accept a smaller bonus in order …
Are privacy concerns killing the mobile location-based services market?
The latest Pew report on mobile behavior offered one fascinating contrast. Video calling on mobile phones is finally going mainstream, with usage increasing from 7% of cell …
Would weak iPhone 5c sales even be a problem?
Very soon after Apple had triumphantly announced it sold 9 million new iPhones through the first weekend of availability, speculation started percolating about whether the sell-through …
Strong early Android demand for BBM is rare bit of good news for BlackBerry
Yes, 2013 has been a hellish ordeal for BlackBerry. The saga may soon be over if the $4.7 billion Fairfax deal happens, but in the …
Tough times ahead for LG and Sony
Apple’s announcement of selling 9 million iPhones during the debut weekend of 5c and 5s is a bit of a nightmare for Asian vendors who …
Google Play app revenue rockets to more than half of iOS in August
Distimo’s new August survey offers yet another snapshot of just how quickly Google Play is narrowing the gap behind iOS in app revenue generation. Last …
iPhone 5c could spell serious trouble for Apple
The first projections covering iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s launch-week sales are in — and they seem to indicate that Apple’s worries about cannibalization are …
Broadcasters staring down the barrel of a gun as tablet video consumption explodes
The new video report from Ooyala gives us a glimpse of how rapidly the American consumer’s habits are changing. As broadcast television continues its slow …
Will Twitter go as ad crazy as Facebook after its IPO?
Facebook has discovered that pushing ads aggressively on its users works well, even if people complain about the strategy. After Twitter goes public, it will …
How Apple mismanaged the iPhone 5c launch
It’s possible Tim Cook will turn out to be a great product manager. But by now, it has become obvious that he is a disaster …
Terror of cannibalization now rules Apple
Fear is a good servant, but a terrible master. And fear now clearly rules Cupertino — the fear of cannibalization. Apple is already receiving a master …
Norwegians just launched the iPad browser Apple couldn’t build
Damn Norway. That smug little frozen Hobbitton is floating on oil money. It owns a $750 billion sovereign wealth fund and keeps buying up half-billion …
Consumer interest in Kik and Viber explodes as BBM fades
It’s no surprise that the messaging app behemoth WhatsApp generates 95 times as much Google search volume as BlackBerry Messenger. But what’s pretty fascinating is …
Apple’s share price may skid after Tuesday
Before 2012, Apple’s share price fared notably well after the summer or early autumn iPhone announcements. Predictably, this led to investors bidding up the share …
HTC’s infernal autumn
This week brought two calamitous developments for HTC, the hottest Android phone brand of 2011. The August revenue decline was a stunning -45% year-over-year. The …
A brief history of Nokia: When the future was Finnish
For a few of years around 1996-1998, Nokia reigned briefly as the most electrifying technology company in the world. This was such an unlikely development that most Finns …
What on Earth will Microsoft do with 200 million feature phones a year?
The timing of Nokia’s handset unit sale to Microsoft came as a profound shock. In the spring quarter, Nokia’s Lumia volumes grew by more than …
The iOS app market faced radical change in July
The new App Annie statistics from July show how volatile the global messaging app market is. In just one month, WeChat has soared from No.17 to …
You won’t believe how massive ‘Candy Crush Saga’ has become
The latest Onavo engagement data is a bit of a stunner. It shows that more than 20% of American iPhone owners used the “Candy Crush …
Despite his missteps, Ballmer was Henry Ford compared to Ed Zander
Microsoft’s share price has barely budged in a decade, its massively expensive smartphone project has yielded only a few percentage points of global market share and the …
Amazon looks to the sky in quest for complete control of content
A report Thursday night from Bloomberg stated that Amazon has been testing Globalstar’s wireless satellite network in order to determine if it could build a wireless service …
BlackBerry Messenger eclipsed by a messaging app from… Waterloo, Ontario
It was tough for BlackBerry Messenger fans to watch cross-platform apps like LINE and Kakaotalk hit hundreds of millions of downloads globally as BBM has stalled …
Chinese takeover rumors now swirl around HTC
An extensive Bloomberg article published on late Wednesday afternoon examined the likelihood of HTC getting bought by ZTE, Huawei or Lenovo. According to recent speculation, …
