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"The bulb learning capability is unique, and a nice differentiator," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. The system is compatible with virtually any residential bulb, including dimmable and non-dimmable bulbs, incandescents, LED, CFL, fluorescent, ELV (e...

A growing group of IT managers has opted for MySQL to avoid the problems of working with a lock-in vendor like Oracle, observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. Oracle did a pretty good job of killing MySQL after buying Sun Microsystems, he told LinuxInsi...

The Pixel 2 XL uses pOLED screens, which can display a leftover image when fixed backgrounds or pictures remain on them for a long period of time, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. Anyone who has a pOLED device "should be using active backgrounds and m...

Harvey Weinstein just went from most powerful man in Hollywood to punching bag -- and while he deserved this, perhaps greater attention should go toward taking aggressive measures to prevent future Weinsteins -- and there will be future Weinsteins. ...

"People tend to find a music service they live on and probably don't switch between music services because it's a pain in the butt," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "So it's not as big a problem as you'd think," he told TechNewsWorld.

Technology companies tend to have very fickle relationships. For instance, Microsoft helped launch Apple, worked to kill the company, provided money to save it, and then got its butt kicked by it. ...

Apple's decision to release a retro version of iTunes will create confusion among some users, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Further, even with the retro version of the program, "you won't be able to access your ringtones and apps unless you use a con...

What would it take to cause Apple to fail? While Steve Jobs was alive, the prevalent belief was that it would take his removal from the company. That has happened, but Apple's valuation and reserves are higher. ...

The operating system glitches and battery life issues could prove to be a long-term problem for Apple if the company doesn't adequately resolve performance issues, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "Individually this would be painful, but the firm shoul...

Nvidia went to China last week and made a series of interesting announcements having to do with smart cities and autonomous cars. (The video is worth watching.) ...

"Shield TV really runs against Fire TV and Apple TV -- not Echo," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "It is a TV-first device, and its differentiator is performance. It was one of the first to support 4K HDR streaming, for instance," he told TechNewsWorld...

"Firms regularly use YouTube to distribute content because it's really easy," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group However, they might prefer Cloudflare Stream if they want better control over the quality and content, he told the E-Commerce Times....

Adding Linux support to SQL Server is a manifestation of the "new" Microsoft, noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "They've become operating system-agnostic when it comes to their applications and some of their platforms," he told LinuxInsider....

Microsoft has learned a lot of very hard lessons over the last couple of decades, and it continues to surprise and annoy me that other firms seem to have the suicidal tendency to learn the same lessons the hard way. ...

The public positions of various incumbent companies have varied depending on their approach to the open source community, noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "Microsoft has been pretty open source friendly of late, and their patent portfolio is mostly use...

"VR, and now mixed reality, has been gaining a significant amount of traction in most facets of design," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "The advantage of being able to create a seemingly life-size image you can explore and often place in real settings...

It fascinates me that succession from a successful CEO to the chosen successor almost always goes badly. This phenomenon isn't limited to the CEO level -- I've seen highly successful CMOs followed by handpicked successors who also seem to have no clue as to why their predecessor did so well. I think it comes down to a lack of mentoring combined with misconceptions. People with different backgrounds often think their predecessor was lucky rather than smart. ...

The pricing isn't excessive, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, because demand for e-paper displays isn't as strong as for LCD displays "You don't get the massive economies of scale that LCD displays enjoy, particularly at this large size," he told TechN...

"Anything that slows down the sales process kills sales," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "The longer a transaction takes, the more likely the buyer will lose interest, find a different product, different vendor, or even a completely different soluti...

Back when the Internet first came to be, there was the typical set of blue sky and lollipop predictions that the result would be more facts, less censorship, more intelligent discourse and less successful manipulation. ...