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"This is clearly a commercial effort, and you can't blame Facebook for wanting to make sure they get whatever revenue results," said Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group. "However, lock-ins like this don't force the company to make their core offering compelling. You h...

"Every time [Samsung tries] to bring the Tizen smartphone out it doesn't get great reviews, primarily because there are no apps for it," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told LinuxInsider. "Samsung's never been good with developers." Tizen "is reasonably ro...

Microsoft uses verification codes to prevent illegal copying of its software, and using such codes is not anticompetitive, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times Microsoft intends to address any concerns the Chinese government has, Angi...

"At this phase, it is largely theoretical, but the technology does look very promising, and our ability to manufacture things out of carbon that are very small -- like nanotubes -- has increased exponentially," said Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group. "This is both l...

Skully had its coming-out party last week, and while the name unfortunately sounds like the nickname for any number of comic book villains -- from Skeletor to the Red Skull -- it is actually a firm that makes a pretty incredible high-technology motorcycle helmet, with technology similar to Google Glass. ...

"The limitations of the tablet are creating a longer use cycle," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "It seems to be increasingly purchased like an appliance -- meaning you only need a new one when the old one breaks." Also, consumer...

This new strategy "anticipates the world of tomorrow," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "As we go forward, mobile platforms will gain more capability, and much more emphasis will be placed on the cloud," he pointed out. "In the developed...

"Like the other platforms, it is designed as a front end to the company's back-end services, and Amazon's services are competitive," said Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group. "In addition, it clearly has a shopping focus. That and Mayday are likely the phone's most di...

CEO Tim Cook "seems to be increasingly focused on the competition, while Apple's success under [the late Steve] Jobs had the competition focus on Apple," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group told the E-Commerce Times "Apple is a better leader than a follower, a...

The news should not impact last week's announcement of an Apple-IBM team-up to target corporations, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "Part of the reason the two firms are getting together is so that Apple gets help in addressing these is...

"If you were in areas where cellular coverage was very poor or nonexistent, or were concerned about the network going down at a critical time, this could give you peace of mind if you and your family all had the device," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld...

Microsoft last week announced a large staff reduction tied to the acquisition of Nokia. There is actually a science to how to make layoffs, but much of that appears to have been lost over the last couple of decades. ...

"IBM effectively did this in the 1990s, but it is neither trivial nor easy," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "People don't like to change." Altering the culture "generally requires large changes in staffing, particularly focused ...

Wico has "done a nice job anticipating where the next iPhone will go," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told LinuxInsider The Wico's rounded corners make it look thinner than it is, as well as more comfortable to hold, Enderle said. Both are changes "Apple ...

Microsoft just announced the release of the Dragons Adventure World Explorer, or DAWE for short. It is actually very cool and well-timed, because for any of us who have tried to go on a long trip in a car, this should keep the little tykes engaged and quiet ...

"It's really bad for the consumer," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "I was testing it myself and you can get up to (US)$200 in expenditures for a game that would typically cost $15 to $18." Amazon is "really screwing the customer...

"This is often the problem when the very rich get out of touch with the working class," growled Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "They have no recollection of ever worrying about money and make stupid suggestions like this as a result." Given Google's push...

Perhaps they have a point: "Google seems to be behaving like a kid who, when ordered to clean his room, turns on a garden hose to do so to show up his parents," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times Critics point out that Google can ref...

A small, handheld scanner like SCiO eventually could be used in any area that requires quick chemical analysis, Enderle Group analyst Rob Enderle noted "Say if your kids or pet eat or drink some unknown substance and you wanted to know whether you needed to rush them to get m...

"They should probably delete the whole damned lot," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "It's spying on U.S. citizens who are not terrorists." The report "shows willful ignorance on the part of the NSA," remarked Daniel Castro, senior analy...