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Amazon’s Bold Indian Strategy

"It appears that Amazon is seeking to build an infrastructure just for the India market, which is good strategy given the regulatory challenges of being a foreign entity and the different e-commerce environment," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research The inv...

Rubin Sees AI Quantum Computer Running the Show

"Yes, we're moving towards intelligent solutions, some of which will be locally controlled and others network controlled, on the edge of the network or in the cloud," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "But that intelligence just applies to the function ...

Google’s Magenta AI Tickles the Ivories

"If you have the processing power to analyze color and note patterns, you'll come up with stuff that's unique and will be of interest to a wide range of people," said Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research. "Then you can take the art or music produced ...

OnePlus Offers Free Headsets to Lure Crowd to VR Smartphone Launch

The move "is an innovative way to generate press and consumer interest in the event and the new smartphone," remarked Jim McGregor, a principal analyst at Tirias Research "It is really difficult to stand out from the smartphone crowd in today's market, ... so this could help r...

Google to Dim Flash Player in Chrome Browser

"The industry is moving to new technologies, which provides higher security," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research Google's move is more forgiving than the way others have treated Flash, he told TechNewsWorld. The technology still will be supported in Chrome...

Facebook Looks Into Bias Claims

"Doesn't every person, company and news agency have a bias?" asked Jim McGregor, a principal analyst at Tirias Research. "Hell, yes." Editors "must make choices on what news to cover, and that goes for anyone covering the news," he told TechNewsWorld. "Unfortunately that leads...

Google Gives iOS Users 1st Crack at Gboard App

"They may be saving Gboard as part of an Android upgrade," suggested Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research Google also might be trying to gain insights into iPhone users that it otherwise can't get.

Air Cargo Deal Gives Amazon More Control Over Deliveries

"I'm rather amazed at how aggressive Amazon is about building its long-haul distribution network, especially with fairly expensive planes," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research "However, as long as Amazon can utilize the resources, this should reduce their t...

IBM Extends Open Invitation to Play With Its Quantum Computer

Think of quantum computing "as deep learning on steroids," suggested Jim McGregor, a principal analyst at Tirias Research Researchers are expected to be able to write their own papers and publish the results, Vu said. "The goal is to share results and learnings amongst the com...

New Facebook Stock Class to Keep Zuckerberg in Driver’s Seat

However, the new stock structure might not be the best long-term move for the company, according to Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research "Everything goes through lifecycles, including companies and industries, and what you often find is that the management that ...

Intel Pivots From PCs to Cloud

The 12,000 figure stunned a few people in the industry as whispers initially had suggested 1,000 to 2,000 and kept growing in the weeks leading up to the official announcement, said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research "I think people were shocked not just at the...

Apple Snags Hotshot Engineer, Former Tesla VP, for Project Titan

"Hiring a senior person away from Tesla, which has been the center of the universe for new vehicle technology as of late, is a major achievement and demonstrates how serious Apple is about competing in this segment," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research "Ho...

Google Calendar Offers Life-Coaching Goals Feature

Goals "could be an interesting feature, especially if they allow developers to tap into it for other devices and applications," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "Everything I do these days is electronic." Planning for a goal is "sometimes the most diffi...

ESPN Adds Drone Racing to Its Summer Schedule

"It really is amazing what a good pilot can do with these drones, and it should be even more exciting with several drones battling side by side," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research Americans "seem to like any king of race, even when it's watching cars go a...

Samsung’s AR Vision Includes Smart Contact Lenses

"Much of this is tied to augmented reality," noted Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research "If virtual reality and augmented reality take off, there's good potential to see products in the next two years," he told TechNewsWorld. "I'm optimistic that VR and AR will t...

Twitter Upsets Rivals to Win Thursday Night Football Streaming Rights

It's not clear how the NFL deal would improve Twitter's relationship with its user base, according to Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research "Broadcasting NFL games is definitely something new and unique, but it may be too far of a stretch and not really the intera...

Lawrence Livermore Lab Buys Brainy IBM Supercomputer

"Think about this as a learning supercomputer that can change and adapt in real time to changes in the information it's receiving without the input of humans," noted Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research We're still in the early stages of developing electronic sys...

Scientists Track Sloshed Tweeters in Real Time

"The more interesting information that could be derived from this study is not the location tracking, but the personality links between those that post frequently and their drinking habits," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst atTirias Research "The potential information that...

Google’s AlphaGo Thrashes Go Master

The AI solutions Google has been working on through deep learning "were very good at stuff like Pong, where you had to do an action right then, but didn't do so well in games like Pac-Man, where you had to plan something out, because the learning solutions they have so far were based around reaction and not planning," observed Jim McGregor, a principal analyst atTirias Research...

Artificial Intelligence Learns the Ways of Minecraft

It's a game, with several modes and common video game conventions -- but it's more than that, maintained Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research Minecraft is a platform, he said....

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