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Handmade at Amazon Could Needle Etsy

Amazon's move could force Etsy into a deal to be acquired by eBay, speculated Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group However, Etsy provides some personal touches that Amazon cannot provide, he told the E-Commerce Times....

Verizon Supercookie to Let Advertisers Gorge on Customer Data

"This is a huge privacy problem, but carriers have never really cared that much about customer satisfaction," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at theEnderle Group Verizon won't use information about the location of users' mobile devices, it said -- but AOL might....

App for Rating People Draws Withering Scorn

"For public people, this could be a nightmare," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Further, it's highly likely that reviews on the app would trigger intense reactions, and that "could make the problems we've seen on Yelp -- such as lawsuits brought by sub...

Microsoft Throws the Book at Apple

The Surface Book is "arguably the most powerful thin laptop on the planet," remarked Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "It uses Intel's Skylake and Nvidia graphics to get there." It is one of the first products out of Microsoft's new conjoined lab, Enderle ...

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So What’s Really the Best Smartphone?

The best smartphone on the market is the iPhone, right? That is the conventional wisdom. However, if I were to ask about the best shoes, shirt, car, boat or TV, the answers likely would be all over the map -- not just on brand but on type. ...

Microsoft and Google End Hostilities, Partner Up

The peace treaty between Google and Microsoft may have benefited from time, and it might have been born of it as well. Time may have caused the company to forget the strains of litigation, and it might have cause both parties to grow tired of the litigious life, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group...

Microsoft Pushes Deeper Into Linux, Containers, IoT

"The value for IoT is in control, data collection and analysis, and Microsoft is apparently building a cloud service that can do all three, and wrapping it with enterprise-level security," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Microsoft announced a new open ...

New Sonos Speaker Costs $500 but New Smart Tuner Is Free

"Trueplay is kind of handy, especially if you're using one of their surround-sound setups," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "Since the speakers are connected to a home network, calibration can be done automatically," he told TechNewsWorld. "It's much...

Amazon Flexes Its Muscles in Crowdsourced Delivery Space

"What they want to do is control the overall customer experience," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle group. Rival Delivery Services...

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Two Risky Strategies Could Threaten Apple’s Long-Term Survival

One of the ironies of my technical career is that when I first went to work for a tech company, I specifically wanted to work for a firm that was breaking the mold -- not representative of it. So, in my initial interview, I was concerned that IBM was going to buy the firm because it was the mold at that time. ...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Timeline

Timeline "is the ultimate Big Brother utility," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group It lets Google "basically create a complete record of any place you've been and link pictures you've taken to that event," he told TechNewsWorld....

Tests, Lies and Volkswagen

"Basically, it sensed when a machine was plugged into the OBDII port and then immediately turned on the smog systems and then turned them off when the plug was pulled," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "They could have simply used a contact switch and h...

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Carly Fiorina vs. Donald Trump: The Fascinating Difference

Watching the Republican debates has been a fascinating experience for me, because I started following Carly Fiorina when she first took over HP. I thought then and I still think that Steve Jobs was the only one to match her on-stage presence and skill set. ...

The Unsinkable Kim Dotcom?

"I think he's likely looking at a Pirate Bay kind of model, but one that better anticipates the problems Pirate Bay had and deals with them up front," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "The amount of money we're talking about likely exceeds by at least...

Will the IoT Be Held for Ransom?

Still, hackers are more likely to target IoT devices "in order to disrupt or cause a significant failure as part of an attack right now" than to install ransomware," said Rob Enderle, principal analyts at the Enderle Group "There's just not enough IoT devices in the market, an...

Nintendo Inaugurates New President

The attention now turns from Kimishima's resume to results -- the ones he'll have to produce from a strategy he has adopted, noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "This is one of the worst problems for a new CEO, as they are basically on rails with regard t...

Google, Twitter Forge Open Source Publishing Partnership

"It is Google's business model to be open source by nature," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "It might very well be that Google is worried about being left out of the publishing traffic," he told LinuxInsider, but "with its size, any space it enters ge...

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Apple Figures Out Where Steve Jobs Got It Wrong

My big takeaway last week, when Apple launched the iPad Pro, was this: Apple just admitted Bill Gates was right and Steve Jobs was wrong. You see, years ago Steve Jobs went on about how the early Windows tablet, which was designed for work and had a stylus, was stupid. Steve was not a fan and pretty much dissed the entire tablet idea and then again dissed the whole idea of a stylus when he launched the iPhone. ...

Acer’s Revo Build Is a Puzzle of a PC

"IBM has tried to build a modular PC at least twice that I know of, and neither made it to market," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "Toshiba actually did create a modular desktop for business, but that went so badly they exited desktop PCs altogether...

Microsoft Spiffs Up Skype Mobile Apps

"Typically, Microsoft designs the UI to match the OS, but in looking at the two versions, both are very similar to the one I have on my Windows phone, suggesting Microsoft focused at least as much on keeping them largely consistent across mobile devices," remarked Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group...

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