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Mag Publishers Cozy Up to Android, Leave Apple in the Cold

"The most immediate thing is, this is a 'screw you, Apple,'" Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times. "They're telling Apple it's not the only game in town and they'll go elsewhere." Apple did not respond to requests for comment by press time....

Global Smartphone Sales Sizzle as Android Climbs to No. 2 Perch

"RIM is going to have to work harder to keep its existing customers and expand," Laura DiDio, principal analyst at ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times. "RIM is challenged now to raise the bar and come out with an exceptional feature or look. They will have to work with carriers o...

Google API Powers Global SCVNGR Hunt

"It might be very challenging for them to go into China, but hopefullythey have a plan," Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, told TechNewsWorld."Still, we don't know if there's anything in China right now thatrivals SCVNGR." SCVNGR has raised about $5 million in all, with a consor...

ATG Swept Up in Oracle Spending Spree

"The buying spree continues. [Oracle CEO] Larry Ellison has laid out a short-term tactical, as well as a long-term strategic, battle plan," Laura DiDio, principal analyst at ITIC, told CRM Buyer. "He's up to almost $40 billion in the past four or five years. He is not a shy or modest man."

Myspace Rearranges Furniture, Slaps On Fresh Coat of Paint

"My initial thought is this is too little too late," Laura DiDio, principal analyst at ITIC, told TechNewsWorld. "They became dethroned by Facebook three years ago and they have done nothing noticeable to retain users. You need more than a redesign and new logo when Facebook has become so entrenched."

Google to Big 3 TV Nets: Tear Down Your Walls

There have been reports that CBS content can be viewed, noted ITIC principal Laura DiDio, even though the network is supposedly blocking its Web-based programming from Google TV viewers Hulu and Google are currently in discussions to bring Hulu Plus subscription serv...

HP Serves Up Windows on a Slate

"There's no special promotion for the enterprise, so for $799 you're just getting a bare-bones product here," Laura DiDio, principal analyst at ITIC, pointed out. "You could say it's an enterprise tablet so there's no need to provide incentives, but look at what HP and IBM are doing to lure Sun customers away from Oracle -- they're doing deals," she told TechNewsWorld...

IBM Rolls Windows Into Its Cloud Security and Dev Toolbox

The focus on Windows with these tools is hardly a surprise, Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times. "Both of these offerings are very spot-on with the trends in the marketplace, but with Windows in particular." What IBM is doing is keeping pace with the new ...

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Windows 7’s First Birthday, Microsoft’s Midlife Crisis

Windows 7 is now officially a year old. Since it was released October 22, 2009, Microsoft has sold more than 200 million copies of the operating system -- approximately seven copies per second. That makes it the fastest-selling operating system in Microsoft's -- or any vendor's -- history. Windows 7 sales could top 300 million within the next six to eight months.

Teen Texting Fever May Rage On Into Adulthood

"What they take into adulthood is habitual texting," Laura DiDio, principal analyst for ITIC, told TechNewsWorld. "If they're continuing to text on the job, it could have serious consequences." Another potential hazard for high-texting teens is physical well-being.

AOL, Yahoo May Cling to Each Other in the Same Small Lifeboat

Perhaps even more crucial is the fact that companies in the Internet realm no longer have time to grow organically, Laura DiDio, principal analyst with ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times "If you're going to compete head-on and be a top player in a chosen market like this one," sh...

Google Dabbles in Robotics With Self-Driving Cars

At the heart of the self-driving technology is robotics, and advances in robotics could be a road to profit, observed Laura DiDio, principal analyst at ITIC. "The greater story here is that Google is at least flirting with robotics," she told TechNewsWorld. "The self-driving ...

Will Microsoft and Adobe Square Off Against Google?

"This is an intriguing rumor. Microsoft would get Flash," Laura DiDio, principal analyst at ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times. A merger would also change the chemistry among the tech giants.

Logitech Raises Curtain on Google TV With Mixed Revue

"In this day and age, the price for the Logitech Revue is high," Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, told TechNewsWorld. "Will consumers consider the Revue too expensive?" she asked "Logitech's solution may be the best way of getting videoconferencing in the living room, but there...

Google TV Sweetens Its Fall Lineup

The differences between the offerings are more than slight, according to Laura DiDio, principal analyst at ITIC. "Google TV is in stark contrast to what Apple TV is doing," DiDio told TechNewsWorld. "Apple says they will provide only a limited part of the Web."

Microsoft Slings Patent-Infringement Accusations at Motorola

"It's all about Google, but they're going after the hardware maker. Except for Oracle, very few have targeted Google," Laura DiDio, principal analyst for ITIC, told LinuxInsider. "Going after Motorola may be easier than going after Google these days. I expect to see more of these suits."

New WebP Image Format Could Send JPEG Packing

"We are all virtual packrats. The amount of unstructured data is exploding," Laura DiDio, principal analyst at ITIC, told TechNewsWorld. "If WebP reduces file size by 40 percent compared with JPEG, myself and other consumers will be all for it." Whether or not Google gains wid...

Your Android Apps May Be Sweet-Talking Advertisers Behind Your Back

News that some Android apps are surreptitiously sending out user information is "very disturbing, and customers should be on their guard," Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, told LinuxInsider Concealing that information is "at the very least hoodwinking by omission," DiDio pointe...

Visions of Autonomous Search Dance in Schmidt’s Head

"This takes me back to the 1970s -- there was that song 'In the Year 2525' by Zager and Evans," Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, told TechNewsWorld. That song paints a dystopian future in which machines do everything for humankind Further, Schmidt's vision sounds quite Google-c...

Facebook and Skype Link Arms Against Google

"There is a lot of money in click-through ad revenue and in licensing," Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times Most of all, the partnership would likely grow both companies.

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