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"If the show draws controversy, and even if a lot of folks don't watch it, it will carry the message that Amazon Prime has programming you won't see anyplace else," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "This is called brand building,...

Professional-quality drones are "arguably safer than helicopters because they represent far less danger of injury if they fall, and they are both far less expensive and more maneuverable as well," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group. "The end result is...

"What I have heard is that it is pushing for a breakup in order to bring the asset price up," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. That is standard operating procedure for many institutional shareholders, he said. Spike the price of ...

Uplinq, Qualcomm's big -- and it was big -- developers' conference, took place last week. There were two parts that were particularly interesting. One was its new robotics effort, and the other was the announcement that it's pushing Vuforia, its augmented reality platform, into wearable head-mounted displays (think Google Glass on steroids). ...

The new tablets "are quality products at very aggressive prices right before Christmas, when most tablets are given as gifts," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "When you're buying for someone else, price becomes a much more powerful differentiator."

One failing Sony had as it approached the mobile market was that it was involved in too many areas but wasn't funding most of them to succeed, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. The upshot was that instead of contributing to the bottom line, those efforts drained resources. ...

The real problem with the XSS scripting flaw is that Amazon "has not addressed this issue in a timely fashion," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. That's where the situation could cause Amazon grief, because that "makes it look like they...

Taken separately, last week's announcements from Apple, Intel and T-Mobile were impressive. Intel and T-Mobile basically announced they were going to explode the existing mobile market, changing it dramatically from what it is today ...

"It makes sense to charge those that use more capacity more, so people can better control what they spend and more dollars are focused on building out higher network performance," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld Will the Protest Work?...

"I've been [covering the] Apple [event] but I actually think the Intel stuff was more interesting," remarked Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Putting on the A-Wear Ritz...

"Celebrities are stupid" seems to be the message Apple delivered last week as it attempted to recover from the release of an impressive number of nude pictures of celebrities on the Web. Fans of BlackBerry, which used to be the preferred platform for celebrities, had a field day over this. ...

"If they couldn't electronically repair and update it, the rover likely would have become a nonmoving piece of history some time ago," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Being able to perform OTA maintenance "ensures robots and other devices can stay in...

"Many are shy about being flamed by their followers or being unfollowed, so they play it safe," suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "Social media does attract a lot of people who go with the flow, [and] folks that constantly fight it are eventually called trolls and blocked."

A very interesting book just hit the market. Written by Martine Rothblatt -- apparently she is America's top paid female CEO -- its title is Virtually Human: The Promise -- and the Peril -- of Digital Immortality. The subject is digital clones, and Rothblatt goes into depth about what they are, when they are coming, and the likelihood they eventually will have equal human rights. ...

"If the information fed to the robot is accurate and complete, it will find the best solution based on that information, but all information has some inaccuracies in it, and those ... will likely lead to mistakes," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld...

To create and install lasers like this in quantum computers, we "would be talking about a massive increase in computing performance and computers that could be far more flexible and handle a massive number of parallel computations in much smaller form factors," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld...

We were treated to the customer support call from hell earlier this month when a couple of well-connected bloggers taped their call to Comcast, attempting to disconnect from the service, and posted it online. Apparently, there has been a sequel. The clear lesson from both calls -- particularly the second -- is that if you talk to Comcast support, you need to record the call if you don't want to get screwed...

"It's an impressive effort, but even if they take a beachhead, they can't hold it," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "Amazon can easily afford to counter them if they need to, and it is more likely to run them out of business more quickly," he told Tech...

The HTC One (M8) "is one of the best phones on spec in the market, but it has been overshadowed by Samsung's offering," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Samsung can afford to spend far more on marketing. Microsoft will help market this phone, and HTC needs all the help they can get."

"You want your customers to obtain all their services from you," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "To do that, you need to be a comprehensive provider. Otherwise, someone that has a mail solution may introduce a storage solution and suddenly you find ...