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Google’s Jigsaw Launches Troll-Thwarting API

"Perspective is one of those things that's both fascinating and scary," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. Its potential to be used as a tool for censorship is concerning, he suggested....

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Mobile World Congress: Gigabit Wireless and the Anti-iPhone Set

One of the biggest disappointments at this year's Mobile World Congress, which opened Monday, is that the Samsung Galaxy 8 phone won't make it. The phone's official launch is scheduled for March 29 ...

Apple’s New Space Station Ready for Takeoff

The new campus will be a showpiece for the company's corporate leadership, observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group That said, "it builds in a certain amount of inflexibility as well, should the firm need to downsize or move to address changing staff needs,...

US Rep Likens Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to ‘Tyranny’

"It appears that this agency is uniquely powerful and lacks the normal separation of duties and limitations of power other agencies work under," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group The agency's duties and funding "should be folded into law enforcement agai...

Verizon Cuts Better Deal for Breach-Battered Yahoo

"I expect the folks on both sides simply want [the deal] done at this point," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, when news of the latest data breach activity broke last week In spite of that negative development, it was unlikely that Verizon would abando...

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Could IBM’s Watson Fix President Trump?

President Trump offers a good emulation for a future artificial intelligence system, suggests a column I read earlier this month, and his presidency may be an early warning of what could happen if we should fail to think through its training and information sources. ...

AWS Unveils Chime Conferencing Service

"I'm really surprised someone didn't do this sooner," remarked Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "The current tools are pretty annoying ... and particularly unreliable," he told the E-Commerce Times.

AI Deconstructs Phone Sales Pitches

"Successful salespeople optimize on closing, and regardless of approach they compensate to ensure that closing rate," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group However, the result is an optimized process based on the peculiarities of the individual salesperson...

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Tesla Goes Underground and Uber Takes to the Skies: The Birth of Magic

As in crazy short, in a very short period of time we have two very different companies looking at two very different ways to eliminate traffic. Tesla wants to tunnel under the ground to avoid traffic, while Uber wants to fly overhead. ...

Does Avaya Have a Post-Chapter 11 Prayer?

Avaya's strength lies in telephony technology, but "firms figure their aging and ever less frequently used telephony systems are either good enough or redundant," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Avaya's strength "isn't doing them much competitive good ...

Snap Seizes the Moment

"Twenty-five billion dollars is just nuts, but that's the market we're in," remarked Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "This could provide an opportunity for the big gambler investors, but better to watch for the high and then short the stock," he told the E-...

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Was Apple’s Outstanding Q1 a Fluke?

Apple had a good quarter, but if you look under the numbers there is a ton of trouble. It just dropped behind Google in brand value, and some analysts have predicted valuation will crater in a few months. ...

EC to Take a Hard Look at E-Commerce Practices

"Often geo-blocking is to ensure content is appropriate for the countries where it is offered, or to ensure that licenses, which often are geographically granted, are in place for the content being provided," explained Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "The E...

Tech Industry Reacts to Trump’s Immigration Order

It's unlikely that the Trump administration will back down on the immigration issue, despite the concerns raised by the technology industry in the draft letter that's been circulating, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "I doubt it," he told TechN...

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BlackBerry, Microsoft and the Ever-Smarter Connected Car

In a couple of interesting briefings last week, BlackBerry announced that its turnaround was finished, and Microsoft finally provided some information on its new connected car deliverables. ...

Asus Tinker Board Joins Raspberry Pi on the Bargain Table

"The Asus part is substantially more powerful and uses about 25 percent more power," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group The Asus system outputs 4K video, while Raspberry Pi uses HD, he noted....

Barra Leaves Post as Xiaomi’s International Point Man

Despite those successes, Xiaomi's decision to hire Barra was problematic, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, who described it as a "bad skill match." Xiaomi stumbled in a couple of key areas during Barra's tenure there, and it is still feeling t...

Samsung’s Note7 Post Mortem Turns Up 2 Problems

Samsung "needs to both fix the true cause of this problem -- inadequate testing -- and communicate that the problem has been fixed," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. Both the Note7 and some items in Samsung's line of washing machines have had quality...

New LinkedIn Site Design Encourages Engagement

The new desktop "seems to provide more, better information in a single glance," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "If time is important, they seem to have optimized for this," he told TechNewsWorld....

Google Gives Google+ Some Nips and Tucks

The latest changes to Google+ "should make the device more efficient," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group However, while positive, they are more "along the lines of a hotel saying they're going to repaint the bathrooms and get rid of the smell," he told ...

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