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IBM Begins New Email Chapter With Intelligent Verse

Social email experiments "usually have tools customized for a customer," noted Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst of Tirias Research "Any time you try to customize solutions, it becomes a nightmare," he told the E-Commerce Times. "You're better off using off-the-shelf...

Microsoft Widens Skype World

In any case, while Skype's availability through the browser "may be of interest to people not already using Skype or other messaging/communications apps," it doesn't really offer any advantage to mobile users or to anyone who has already downloaded Skype on their PC, Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld...

Bankrupt Sapphire Supplier Blasts Apple in Court Document

"When Apple was approaching companies to make a sapphire display, several of them didn't think it was possible or didn't want to invest in it," said Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research "Whether this bankruptcy puts a damper on it permanently or for t...

NTSB Gives Last Press Briefing on SpaceShipTwo Crash Investigation

"From my perspective, knowing about the space industry, this [crash] isn't unexpected, and it won't be the last," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "These companies are going through the learning curve the aerospace companies did in the 60s and 70s."

Elon Musk Calls for Preventive AI Demon Wrangling

IBM, Google, Facebook, Twitter and other high-tech companies are investing heavily in AI, but "you're talking about code and algorithms written by humans and essentially running on a bunch of transistors, which are little more than switches," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld...

Hybrid IKEA Desk Could Get You Off Your Duff

Adjustable desks have been around "for quite some time, and it has always proven to be a very niche market," said Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research "It is nice that you can do it with the push of a button, but it's a rather plain desk -- I guess ...

Technology Taxes Come at a Steep Cost, Report Finds

Still, taxes on technology "typically only delay the development of the market, not the long-term trend," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times What the ITIF Study Posits...

Robots Gearing Up to Join Ebola Front Lines

"Unless Ebola continues to thrive through human transfer, I doubt that they would even have the time to build all these robotic solutions, and there will be many taxpayer dollars wasted on this effort," cautioned Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research "Given that...

Skype Qik Video Chat: Shoot, Send, Vaporize

"Microsoft is trying to make Skype more interesting because Skype has lost some of its luster," suggested Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research "Microsoft is typically behind the curve of everyone else. They're trying to get back in the game by making ...

August Smart Lock Gets Key Exposure in Apple Stores

"I view it as an expensive toy," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "So, in that respect, it is a perfect fit in the Apple Store." In its current implementation, the device "does not appear to be any better than a standard de...

Samsung Plots Foray Into Speedy 60-GHz WiFi Market

Samsung is one of the first companies to push toward 60 GHz, because it wants to be one of the first companies to market with a product, noted Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research Going for 60 GHz...

Google’s Doctor Is In

"This is really just leveraging social networking for the purposes of medical assistance, but it is an important step to providing 24/7 access to medical providers, and it could provide access to doctors anywhere in the world, eventually," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research...

Tech Execs Issue Dire Warnings on Impact of NSA Surveillance

The hue and cry is all about politics, remarked Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "Every government does this, so it should be no surprise -- but the politicians are using it as a battle cry, especially politicians abroad," McGregor told the E-Commerce Time...

Thync Scores $13M for Foggy Brain Project

"After looking at the little information they provide, I have more questions than answers," remarked Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research What Thync Offers...

Next Fashion Trend: Phabulous Phony Pockets?

In general, technology is becoming fashionable, Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld "Not only are fashion companies redesigning their clothing lines to accommodate current devices, but they are designing technology into their c...

The Sky Is Droning

The FAA and local governments "really need to do more to establish regulations around the use of drones, because they are coming whether we are ready or not," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "Everyone from film crews to ho...

HP’s ‘Chromebook Killer’ Delivers a Jolt of Sticker Shock

The Stream's price is competitive with Chromebooks with 13- and 14-inch displays, said Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research HP currently offers a Chromebook for $299, he pointed out....

What Lies Beneath Social Media Users’ Self-Censoring Ways

"I don't lend that much credibility to these results," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "If someone has a strong opinion, they'll say what they want where they want." More on the Study's Findings...

Robo Brain Teaches a Robot to Fish

"The more data you feed into an AI algorithm, the better the intelligence," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "However, you must remember the term 'garbage in, garbage out.'" Trouble in the Wind?...

Scientists Zap Diamond With Laser to Record Quantum Behavior

"Quantum computing is still pretty much pie-in-the-sky technology, but the manner in which it leverages physics and the world around us ... holds huge potential," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld "The potential for quantum technology is th...

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