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"This is actually the first time I've seen Facebook introduce something and I didn't cringe," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "If nothing else, [it shows] Facebook is listening to its users and trying to make its site more useful, and is applying some po...

It's very difficult to convince teens and adults who already are using other social networking sites to switch to Google, noted Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research "So, Google is attempting to target the next generation of users, which is what App...

"Apple's actions are a good first step, even if they were taken in response to pressure from environmentalists," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. Strangers in a Strange Land...

However, "manually rebooting millions of routers is not an easy task, nor one that many companies have worked into their maintenance schedule, because they did not know when they would be affected," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "In h...

What Viv is targeting is "more advanced commands that require more depth or analysis," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "In other words, figure out how to do what I ask." Improving artificial intelligence is "an evolutionar...

"What about the memory and interface technology?" asked Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "I'm not really sure how this would be used if it does not require much memory or external communications." The processors might be used as controllers "for anything fr...

"It's interesting technology, but with very limited application -- at least at the moment," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "The only application that comes to mind is surveillance." The researchers have suggested the technology might be...

"So much for being secure," remarked Jim McGregor, principal analyst at TIrias Research "If you were using Tor for classified communications and data, this could be very serious," he told TechNewsWorld....

"This is serious cool, and I'm considering doing it with my sons," raved Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research More About LittleBits...

"No one's getting squeezed out of the market, because the market is still growing," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst with Tirias Research "Eventually you'll see some leaders emerge, but we're not at that stage yet," he told the E-Commerce Times....

"This is a natural additional [service] to combine with YouTube because it adds more unique content that is more attuned to the Internet generation," said Jim McGregor, principal at Tirias Research. "It also creates a link to possibly a stronger foray into gaming. I don't see...

"This is an interesting concept," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "It's like a walkie-talkie on steroids." The device uses BlueTooth LE to pair with a user's smartphone.

"Facebook has everything to gain with this, including a cut of the revenue from sales, advertising dollars, and even additional data from user responses to ads," said Jim McGregor, principal at Tirias Research. "In other words, there is no down side for Facebook. However, I t...

"To me, Jibo is more of an intelligent computing/networking interface," said Jim McGregor, principal at Tirias Research. "You could integrate all of the features minus the motion into any computing platform, including a smartphone," he told TechNewsWorld.

"There are two key factors to the success of wearables," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "They have to be fashionable, or they have to be invisible. A lot of the products out there today don't really fit either one of those."

"Drones are a sticky issue at the moment, with many municipalities putting their own restrictions on drones," said Jim McGregor, principal at Tirias Research. "I'm not sure if the FAA will consider this request, but they should. It would be much better to work through the sti...

It's not likely that these 18-inch screens will be used for TVs, "because you won't achieve the same resolutions and brightness that you have with traditional LCDs yet," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "The best applications for these are commercial applications."

"In three or four years, cloud gaming and streaming is going to really take off," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "If Microsoft has the ability to be a major source for providing game solutions in the cloud, that could be a real revenue generator for it."

"First we had concerns about privacy, now we have concerns about censorship," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times "While I do believe that Google thinks the legislation is foolish, I do not believe its actions are intended to play game...

"This is a great topic and some really cool technology," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "I think that this technology will eventually be huge with consumers, and something used in grocery stores and restaurants as an added service or differentiator."