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Although Alibaba is a huge company that does a ton of different things, I feel like this article went out of the way to avoid mentioning that companies like Goo
by podman 12y ago
Although Alibaba is a huge company that does a ton of different things, I feel like this article went out of the way to avoid mentioning that companies like Google and Amazon (as well as Microsoft and Apple to a lesser extent) come close to checking all of these boxes. The other thing to point out is that Alibaba owns stakes in many of these companies and doesn't really own them outright.
As others have already pointed out how Google compares, take Amazon for instance:
Online Payments - Amazon Payments
Cloud Services - Amazon Web Services
Mobile Apps - Amazon AppStore
Mobile OS - Amazon FireOS
Maps and Navigation - Amazon Maps API
Retail Outlets - N/A
Group Buying - Amazon Local
Cloud Storage - Amazon CloudDrive / Amazon S3
Mobile Messaging - N/A
Car Service, Ride Sharing - N/A
C2C e-commerice - Amazon Services/Amazon WebStore (not quite the same, but close)
Online Travel Booking - N/A
B2C e-commerce - Amazon.com
E-Learning - http://www.tenmarks.com/ http://www.tenmarks.com/ (owned by Amazon)
Microblogging - N/A
Music Streaming - Amazon Cloud Player
Streaming Video - Amazon Prime Instant Streaming
Money-market funds - N/A
12/18 isn't bad.
- gitah 12y agoAlso Amazon and Google does a lot of stuff Alibaba does not do. * Self-service warehousing and distribution (Fulfillment by Amazon) * Package Delivery (Google Shopping Express, AmazonFresh) TV setup box (Amazon FireTV) * Search Engine (Google Search) Web Browser (Chrome) * Laptop/Desktop OS (Chrome OS) * Wearable Tech (Android Wear, Google Glass) etc. Also for many offerings like Aliyun and Aliyun OS pale in comparison in the features offered by AWS or Android. I went to an Alibaba presentation in the US awhile ago. They want to pursue the same strategy as Google and focus deep on big data and Machine Learning rather than building out huge logistic infrastructure like Amazon. This is probably a good idea since the margins are better.
- est 12y agoAlibaba owns UCWeb is top 1 mobile browser since Windows Mobile ages.
- joshlegs 12y agoYou know, you could have just gone the extra step and simplified to 2/3. Then you'd have had a lock on that age-old aphorism
- notahacker 12y ago>The other thing to point out is that Alibaba owns stakes in many of these companies and doesn't really own them outright. On that basis Yahoo's stake in Alibaba has got to be 18/18, plus content publishing, directories, email and search.