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Amazon’s Kindle Oasis: Lightness of Being at an Unbearable Price?

"I'm not sure they hit the right mix here," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group The ePaper products typically have been toward the bottom of the price range -- not toward the top, he pointed out.

Officials Named in Panama Papers Cower Behind China’s Great Firewall

"There's clearly a willingness to take the risk of getting caught in China," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "There are simply too many connections between the West and the East for a strategy like this to work." Beijing's best strategy would have be...

Zuckerberg Launches Remodeled Messenger

Despite the ambitious plans, it may prove difficult for Facebook to get a large number of customers to switch from their existing messaging habits, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "This is where Facebook's lack of marketing skills will likely hu...

Marketers Poised to Run the Customer Experience Show, Survey Says

Marketo is "way aggressive in terms of the timeline," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "To get where they say companies will be by 2020, we have to be much further than we already are. The direction is correct, but the timing's off by an order of mag...

Publishers Put Brave Ad-Blocking Browser on Notice

"What Brave intends to do is technically theft, but the laws, as they currently exist, don't clearly make that same determination, and Google has clearly been getting away with very similar behavior," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "However, Brave...

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Learning to Love Virtual Reality

At Nvidia's GTC, GPU Technology Conference last week, I saw a variety of new technologies showcased. From deep learning systems -- computers that arguably are smarter than we are -- to self-driving cars that can drive better than we can, the technological advances on display made me feel just a tad inadequate. ...

Report Throws the Book at Yahoo

As a legacy Internet search and content provider, Yahoo has developed a recognized brand name and does generate revenue, observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. The firm also has managed to keep a large number of loyal customers for several of its Web b...

Vivaldi Flaunts Its Plus-Size Browser Attributes

Still, the browser "is a 1.0 product suitable for folks who are willing to take some risk," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "I expect the 2.0 version will be far more mature and acceptable to more users," he told TechNewsWorld....

Facebook AI Fills In the Photo Blanks for Blind Users

Facebook's technology "layers on top of a massive self-learning AI capability that has been advancing incredibly quickly," remarked Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "For instance, this week Nvidia announced a massively improved AI processor and AI server to specifically do work like this and make this kind of capability possible."

Microsoft Guns for Cloud Devs at Build 2016

After attending a Starter Kit tutorial and "learning to program one myself, I think that kids should get these to learn from instead of iPads," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "You'd end up with some rather valuable basic programming skills that would ...

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The Hololens Academy: How I Became a Novice Wizard

At last week's Microsoft Build conference, I attended the Hololens Academy -- a whirlwind effort to turn me into a master programmer able to create things out of thin air. It failed. Apparently it takes longer than an hour to teach someone who hasn't coded in decades to be a master programmer -- go figure. ...

That Time When Instead of Saying ‘April Fool!’ Google Had to Say ‘Sorry!’

"You never mess with what someone uses to get work done," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. Send and Mic Drop "was ill-considered," he told TechNewsWorld. It was the kind of prank that "might be fun in a department, but one that would always be a disa...

Foxconn Finally Wrangles Sharp Deal

However, Apple needn't worry about Foxconn's acquisition of Sharp just yet, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "Right now, Sharp mostly exists in areas that Apple isn't focused on, and Apple still buys from Samsung, who has been a far bigger probl...

Stakes High as Tesla Gets Ready to Pull the Wraps Off Model 3

The Model 3 could change that, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "This is Tesla's first affordable car falling into a segment and size far more attractive to a far wider range of buyers," he told TechNewsWorld....

CNBC’s Password Security Lesson Fails Spectacularly

"No IT guy would ever do this," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "It would not only be a job ender, it would be a career ender. You're literally told on Day 1 to never ask anyone for passwords, because the liability's too high." It's possible to provis...

Microsoft Tells Devs to Talk to the Bots

"In terms of artificial intelligence, this is what many of us think is the future of computing, and Microsoft's focus on the category seemed light," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "With these announcements, Microsoft is showcasing they don't just want...

Oracle Ups Java Damages Demand to $9.3B

"Java's still in relatively wide use, and if Google's seen as infringing, then it's likely Oracle will go after others," suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group For example, an Oracle win could open the door to massive judgments against other Linux deriva...

Dell Sells IT Services to Raise Cash for EMC Deal

"NTT wants to move out of Asia more aggressively, and this would appear to be a ready-made way to do so," suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Dell Services was acquired from Perot Systems to give Dell the services scope it needed, he told the E-Commer...

Oculus Rift Offers the Best VR Experience Yet, Reviewers Say

An upgrade may be in order for a fully immersive experience, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "It plays best with two external cameras and two VR controllers. It ships with one external camera and an Xbox controller, which cripples the experienc...

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A Dramatic 16 Years for 4 Tech Titans

Following Apple's announcement last week, I noticed a number of reports on how disappointed customers were that there was nothing they wanted to wait in line for hours to buy. I personally thought they should have been excited about that, because I hate to stand in lines. I've never really figured out an Apple fanatic's penchant for pain. ...

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