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There are things about working with large companies that can be really frustrating. For instance, when both Windows Vista and Windows 8 were coming to market, a number of us pointed out that things needed to be fixed before the product was released, but we were ignored, with catastrophic results. ...

The automotive market is an inbred industry, which poses "a significant problem for adopting any technology," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Those that have been successful, like Nvidia and Qualcomm, have developed nearly complete solutions. That app...

While starting as a niche product, that could change over time, noted Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group "This could evolve to become far more useful and encompassing as designs make it more attractive and its features become more broadly appre...

Yet if the rumor should turn out to be true, the Android OS may be the big winner -- and Nintendo's decision to embrace the mobile OS might even be a bad thing, said Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst of the Enderle Group, in a discussion prior to Nintendo's rebuff of the Nikkei rumor...

I was at Dell's analyst conference last week and HP Discover is this week. As I was considering the contrast between the two companies, I started to think the contrast between Apple and HP is greater. ...

If there is one vendor on the planet that has the capability to fight Apple -- on paper, it is Lenovo. Lenovo this week will hold its annual Lenovo Tech World event in China, showcasing the company's new breadth. ...

"Let's step back from intent -- just because the Five Eyes agreed not to spy on each other doesn't mean they themselves can't be hacked or their methods used by others, both domestic and foreign, who are not a part of this arrangement," said Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group...

However, a social element isn't needed for every app, noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. For focused apps -- ones that don't require input from others -- a shoehorned social component can even feel silly, he suggested....

Shifting Russian users to a government-mandated OS would entail numerous challenges. For one, Russian leaders would have enact laws requiring use of the OS and impose penalties for using iOS or Android, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "I doubt the...

"They seem to be able to move their servers fast enough that they can't be shut down," remarked Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group. "There have been efforts to block them at the ISP level, but these have proven less than successful, as you have a lot of technical folks who know how to get around blocks."

"With games like this, it really depends on how well the game plays," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group The realism of the graphics and the relevance of the material are crucial, he suggested....

"Google "took the leadership position on GPS navigation" after buying Waze, no doubt irking Apple, which developed Maps because it didn't want Google to have that advantage, observed Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group Apple's also looking to the future, when wearable ...

I was at the Qualcomm Internet of Things event in San Francisco last week during what was a major IoT event in the city. What is kind of amazing is the larger event was just a small part of the applications show that used to go on at the same time. This year it is twice the size of that older show. Companies are flocking to this IoT concept like ducks to water. This means in a few short years we are going to be up to our ears in connected things. ...

Self-driving cars "don't overdrive their capability and can't get distracted, so it's nearly impossible for them to cause an accident," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "If they see the car in front behaving badly, they would likely slow down, pulling t...

"Sometimes simple, inexpensive and robust is very attractive, and that is showcased in the Arduboy," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Arduboy is an open platform. The games are built upon the Arduino chipset....

"Granted, like any partnership, someone [in the Instant Articles program] wanting to bash Facebook will likely have a few extra hoops to jump through," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. If publishers are making money from the arrangement, "they likely ...

There can be advantages to being reactive rather than functioning in real time, noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "A reactive system can be better at looking at context and suggesting the appropriate word if two similar sounding words are spelled differ...

"This is for hobbyists, but the number of folks that can actually take a product like this and turn it into something interesting is impressively large," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "It's pretty raw at the moment, so this would be for the most ad...

Lisa Su, the talented new CEO for AMD, last week gave a pitch on the future to get people excited about where AMD is going. Based on the stock performance after her talk, she and her team knocked it out of the park. However, they also got me thinking about some technological advancements that have been quietly percolating, which likely will form the basis for a revolutionary announcement in the next few years. ...

While Splatoon may enjoy remarkable success, Nintendo looks like it will continue treading water until it releases a new console, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Nintendo had an opportunity to really capitalize on the exercise genre, with titles l...