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Tesla is trending to fail spectacularly. (CEO Elon Musk actually has an impressive failure history.) Tesla has been burning cash at an unsustainable rate, and it keeps making avoidable mistakes that weaken it. ...

Apple is one of the most popular and powerful companies in the United States, and last week it became the most valuable as well. That news brought back some personal memories of my time at IBM, when it was the most powerful and valuable technology company in the world. For a long time, it seemed virtually untouchable. ...

The iPad "is better for entertainment -- but if that's what you want, I'd suggest the large Amazon Kindle is a far more economical choice than either," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "This Surface Go is far closer to what people seem to want in a smal...

I just finished The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity, and it was one hell of a read ...

For pretty much my entire career, CEOs have been almost invulnerable. Even when Steve Jobs, Apple's founder and lead spokesperson, tried to get then-CEO John Scully fired from Apple, he lost and got fired himself. ...

The first versions "will have issues that make them more niche than mainstream," predicted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "A lot of stuff needs to get resolved -- battery life, durability of the screen, and how well the device morphs between smartphone and...

"Most of the new wireless speakers we have seen of late have digital assistants built in," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group For example, Sonos recently launched both standalone speakers and a soundbar with digital assistant support, he told TechNewsWorl...

Microsoft Inspire is taking place this week in Las Vegas, and a huge number of my personal friends and I were prebriefed on what the big announcements would be. Strangely, the embargo on the news lifted last week, so I'm not going to get in trouble for sharing some of the revelations. ...

"On paper it is like Amazon for merchants, and it could go a long way to making distributors obsolete," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "We used to call this 'disintermediation,' and if executed well, it would better allow merchants to compete with Ama...

"Google sells information, so that makes them money," remarked Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "Apple generally doesn't, but it may depend on their relationship with carriers, who increasingly are selling this information," he told the E-Commerce Times....

It's interesting to compare Google and Amazon -- two of the most incredibly powerful companies in the world. Amazon brings out product after product, with more successes than failures. Google largely buys companies and then loses interest in what they do. ...

The indication that businesses owned by women use social media more "identifies a known personality difference between men and women," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "By nature, women tend to be more social," he told the E-Commerce Times....

Tech companies have been going through a lot of CEOs of late. Prior to its split, HP had a revolving door for CEOs with mistake after mistake. Yahoo's board kept making choices that made things worse, Uber's CEO almost took the company under (granted, he was a founder), and CEOs fired for ethical lapses jumped a whopping 36 percent. Intel's CEO was fired for an ethical lapse.

Apple also may be adding noise cancellation to AirPods' repertoire because in their current state they don't stack up well against competing premium products from Bose and Plantronics, which do offer noise cancellation, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group...

By now most of you know that the last presidential election had more to do with Russia and Facebook than pure voter preferences. Many of those who might have been inclined to vote for Clinton were discouraged from voting. Trump was cast in a more attractive light, and those who were impressed by him were motivated to vote. ...

To say we live in troubled times would be an understatement. It often feels like the politicians and executives who surround us are interested only in who can tell the biggest whopper while lining their own pockets and leaving their constituents and customers to pay the bills. ...

USB Restricted Mode "supports our right to privacy," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "For some screwy reason, the U.S. principle for cellphones and technology in general is that if it could help convict a criminal it's OK to put the billions using...

The chances of success for the marketplace are "very good," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "The customer backing alone gives it legs," he told the E-Commerce Times....

"Sony's aggressive [virtual reality] position is allowing them to stand out," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Meanwhile, "Microsoft has disappointed, because they have signaled they are moving to VR but have focused on PC VR first," he told TechNewsWor...

Dell's most forward-looking people spoke about the future at Dell World a few weeks ago. One of the sessions I attended dovetailed with something that appears to be glaringly obvious -- to me, anyway -- which is that is that robots likely will be the next big technology wave. ...