- Welcome Guest
- Sign In
- Welcome Guest
- Sign In
"It's just a cosmetic move," Jim McGregor, a founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times SkyDrive, which competes with services like Dropbox, iCloud and Google Drive, has been rebranded "OneDrive." The renaming was announced in January. It was...
"The hardest part is to get people and companies to change their behavior," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld "It'll take a global consciousness -- or, more likely, pain in the form of higher electricity and other bills -- to ch...
"It's all about the potential return," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "Like any business, you need to consider the potential customer base, competition, pricing, etc. However, another key consideration is the ability to acquire...
"You need both wireless carriers and consumers to agree to install access points and share bandwidth, even through devices users are carrying," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "But this would still not eliminate the need for cell towers as a means for back-haul connectivity...
Indeed, "my first thought is, 'it's about time someone added some bling to wearable tech,'" agreed Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research. "The obvious target market for these first products is women, which is a wise move from both a sales and adopt...
"Everything has changed," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "The preferred devices are now mobile. As a result, the content, service, and method of accessing the information all needs to be targeted at those platforms," he said.
"[Foxconn] needs to automate its facilities to deal with rising labor costs," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times, "and since Foxconn is the world's largest electronics manufacturer, it provides a high-profit opportunity for Google. Also, the fact that low-skilled labor is still being used for assembling some of the most advanced electronics devices is a bit ironic."
"From what I understand, quantum dots can improve the color accuracy, providing for a richer experience, but on mobile devices, this is splitting hairs. There is only so much the human eye can detect," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "The display tech...
There are so many over-the-top Internet solutions these days that "it's becoming difficult to determine which one is better," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld "You have solutions like Roku that are really Internet OTT set-to...
"I really believe that this will eventually steer Microsoft towards cloud content and services, despite other comments I have seen from him indicating that Microsoft will remain focused on devices," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Reseach, told TechNewsWorld. "The ...
"This is really about opening it up for other applications all together," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "Gaming is just a natural place to start when you think of the possibilities with augmented reality," he said. "Also, ...
"I think it makes it more attractive to consumers that have glasses, but the price and battery life are still unreasonable," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "It will attract a few more geeks, but most of those that want Google Glass pro...
"Thus far, 3D printing has been viewed more as a prototyping tool," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "By being able to modify the chemical composition of the material during the printing process, the new Stratasys printer can not only o...
"These are the areas most likely to benefit from -- and generate revenue from -- AI," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "However, the expertise and algorithms could be used in many other areas. Just think of the potential in medical applications, where a computer could learn from millions of scans and tests to better diagnose ailments."
"You could easily justify that Google Glass is no more than a simplified smartphone," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "So, if people can look, call, or text on their smartphone -- and yes, I know some states are passing laws against thi...
"When integrated with other health monitoring solutions, [smart contact lenses] could eventually provide a much happier and healthy lifestyle," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "When it comes to healthcare and health monitoring, the entire concept of ...
"This is pretty cool," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "You could embed a transmitter in a USB dongle or memory card or mouse plugin or USB plugin ... . There are lots of places you could hide it." Guerilla Radio...
"APUs already integrate the CPU and GPU cores on the same chip, but this generation integrates AMD's latest [Graphics Core Next] graphics architecture in an HSA configuration, which essentially allows applications to access the GPU cores just like they would the CPU cores," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld.
Energy-harvesting solutions from companies like Freescale are an ancillary technology that "will enable IoT solutions without batteries, or with batteries that last for years," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld The frenzy is being fueled by...
"Offering two parts which are pin-compatible is a very smart strategy," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "OEMs can design mobile devices with the 32-bit version and swap them out for the 64-bit version when the software is more mature." T...
Loading ...
