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Microsoft Turns Its Back on Kin

"My understanding is that this rewrite made the Kin anywhere from one-and-a-half to three years late to market," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, pointed out. "This critically harmed the success of the device. Further, it likely made Verizon unhappy with Microsoft and probably pushed it to put even more support behind Google and Android."

Google Dances Around China Censorship Issue

"I think Google has realized that if it wants to stay in the China market it will have to cooperate with the government," Rob Enderle, a principal with the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "Microsoft went through the same phase in other parts of the world," he noted....

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Jobs, Ballmer and Obama: The Criticality of Balance

President Obama's approval rating is in the toilet, and his recent firing of his lead general in Afghanistan suggests his approval inside his administration is likely not much better than we see outside ...

Obama Administration Launches Offensive Against IP Pirates

Yet the report really doesn't seem to say much at all, according to Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group "It reads like someone was being paid by the page," he told the E-Commerce Times. "It is long on promises of improvement but very short on metrics and milestones wit...

Android Becomes Flash Mobile’s First BFF

"This addresses one of the big problems Flash has faced -- that it hasn't run very well or at all on cellphones," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "It opens up an era of cheap computing for cellphones," he said "Now, the PC will have to ...

Toshiba’s Franken-Net-Tablet: It’s Alive

"Products in this class are unique and very distinctive," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "They aren't typically sold in high volume, but they let people get hold of something that otherwise might not exist." The W100 will be released i...

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The BP Boycott, Apple, Microsoft, Google, E3 and the Art of Being Terminally Stupid

If you've been following the BP oil spill, you've seen that things haven't been going well for BP. The cost of the cleanup will likely bankrupt the firm, leaving the U.S. and individuals to pick up the slack. So, rather than assuring that doesn't happen, a bunch of rocket scientists, and I'm being sarcastic, have decided to speed up the bankruptcy by driving a boycott. ...

Nintendo Looks Forward (3DS) and Backward (Warmed-Over Wii Games)

"If there aren't compelling games the hardware won't matter because no one will buy them," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, pointed out. "Nintendo's pulling from titles that worked in the past, to try and revive the Wii, but, given that the Wii largely sold on the strength of the hardware and its sports games, I don't think there's a good match here."

Kinect Reaches Beyond Gaming – but Where’s the Blu-ray?

"This comes on top of an aging game platform, but there isn't much major stuff going on in this segment at the moment, and there are a lot of Xboxes installed and in use," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "While the Kinect may not expand ...

Who Will Own E3?

"Given that the entertainment and devices division was just blown up, one wonders how well Microsoft will deliver Natal," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld The iGames Cometh...

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How Google Exploits President Obama and the World

I played with a number of titles, including "How Google Is the New Standard Oil," "Google the new Slave Master," and "Should Google be Nationalized or Regulated?" I chose this one because it would both get your attention and address the fact that Google is taking advantage of all of us, no matter how powerful, except those who live in Turkey and China. ...

Google’s Caffeine Perks Up Search

"If folks get a strong positive experience on Google search compared to Bing and Yahoo, Google could get back some of the people it has lost to those search engines," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "As the dominant vendor, Google just has to create the impression of adequate progress to hold on to users, and Caffeine does that at the very least," he added...

Flash Flaw Gives Critics New Ammunition

"This will add fuel to the Apple fire," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Apple has for a long time complained that one of the primary problems with Flash is that it's insecure and unreliable, and this will add to that argument." Jobs ma...

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BP, Google and Apple: Who’s Evil Now?

Watching BP try to plug the biggest oil spill in history while staging photo ops for the media feels like watching a new definition of evil unfold -- until the realization sets in that we're likely watching the death of a company. ...

Would Google’s Windows Exodus Make the World More or Less Secure?

If the Financial Times report is accurate, it's possible that Google's blaming Microsoft as a cover story for its plans to move its in-house computers over to its Chrome operating system, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld Why Microsoft's D...

Google Closes the Blinds on Windows

Rob Enderle, founder and principal analyst at Enderle Group, puts the shoe on the other foot for the search company and its own negative publicity issues. "This would be like Microsoft blocking Google search internally because of privacy concerns," Enderle said "It was one thi...

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Apple Didn’t Beat Microsoft, Robbie Bach Did: Apple’s Secret 5th Column

Last week, Apple passed Microsoft in market capitalization for a number of reasons. I agree with Gary Marshall, who argues in "Apple beats Microsoft? Not so fast, Fanboys" that the two companies aren't even in the same race. I'd even add that the only reason Apple moved ahead in valuation is because we don't count stock owned by employees, and Bill alone has around US$40 billion of that. ...

OLPC to Shoot For $100 XO Tablet

"OLPC made an impressive number of mistakes, from oversetting expectations to not understanding that kids in developing countries couldn't service their own hardware, to what appeared to be a complete lack of understanding of business fundamentals," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld...

‘Farmville’ Maker Zynga Plows New Turf With Yahoo Deal

Not all observers, though, believe the benefits of the pact were so evenly apportioned. "Yahoo is trying to appear relevant again," said Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst of the Enderle Group "By connecting to [Zynga], it can appear to be relevant again by doing som...

Ballmer Takes Tiller in Foundering Entertainment and Devices Division

The shakeup could well lead to positive changes that could eventually have an impact on the larger market, Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. The entertainment and devices division was the source of many of the problems that existed between Microsoft...

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