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Asus Cross-Breeds Phone, Tablet and Notebook to Create PadFone

Nevertheless, PadFone is addressing a market need, according to Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group. "There's been a long-term interest in a modular approach to the problem," he told TechNewsWorld "The reason for that is you get one data plan, i...

Nasdaq Stewpot Coming to a Boil

"This has gone from annoying problem to catastrophe very quickly," Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times Nasdaq did not respond to our request to comment for this story.

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The Problem and Promise of Windows 8

Windows 8 is a make-or-break platform for Microsoft and likely the most complex operating systemlaunch ever attempted. It comes at a time when Microsoft is losing share on both operating systemsand browsers, when Apple has once again replaced Microsoft at the top of the tech heap, and manywould argue Google is on a fast path to second place. Microsoft is bringing out its big guns, but itis far from the user-focused company it was when it rose to dominance. Still, it has far moreresources...

Epic Revs Up PC Gaming With Unreal Engine 4

"It doesn't look like the current consoles can run Unreal 4, so it begs a console upgrade cycle, and it won't run on smart TVs, so the available market is likely mid-to-high-end PCs for the near term," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "...

Best Buy or Best Sell? Departing Founder Weighs Options

"He could be seeking to do a leveraged buyout to take more control over the company," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "Often a founder will try to come back and save the firm they created." While the drive of a founder is an undeniab...

Oracle's Cloud Rolls In

The cloud announcement "is a modification of Oracle's existing strategy, and this strategy will likely evolve annually going forward," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, suggested Oracle's Approach to the Cloud...

Microsoft's SmartGlass Opens Windows All Over the Living Room

SmartGlass is both an app and a platform for media and games, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at The Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. Apps built on top of the SmartGlass platform will function within a number of Microsoft products. If Redmond executes its plan correctly, SmartGlass "could be the proverbial killer app because it's likely people will become addicted to the idea of moving seamlessly between the digital products they buy."

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How Windows 8 or Android Could Beat Apple's iPad

Any vendor can be beaten, and Apple was beaten badly in the years between Steve Jobs' terminationat the company and his triumphant return. On the other hand, Apple continues to execute very well,even though Cook is making what appear to be critical early mistakes in terms of priorities ...

Facebook, Google Vie for Vevo

Right now, Facebook has a surplus of cash at its disposal thanks to its IPO, noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Also, Vevo is closer to Facebook's primary mission, he said....

Microsoft Puts Windows 8 Up for Another Round of Show and Tell

"There will likely be a huge number of fixes after this latest drop because most of the applications that will run on the platform, and virtually all of the hardware that will release with it, don't exist yet," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld...

New Google Feature Points Out Holes in China's Firewall

"It is generally not a good idea to bait any government, but doing it with a superpower could turn out to be incredibly foolish," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group. "Recall the U.S. with WikiLeaks effectively labeled that organization a terrorist organization, locking out most of its funding, and China doing the same thing with Google could result in some rather draconian penalties which could be triggered anytime the top executives found themselves in a state friendly to China or in international waters or air."

Growing Pains on the Horizon as Internet Traffic Surges

Cisco is "basically saying that the entertainment industry's efforts will be ineffective, and on a macro scale, they largely continue to be," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, said. "On the other hand, projections like this are based on current trends and tend not to take into account future unmeasured events like increased electronic enforcement and prosecution, so they are likely overstated. They also don't take into accounting throttling or data limits, both of which are gaining momentum right now."

Dell's New XPS All-in-One Jousts With Apple

Apple's rumored to be working on a new iMac built around Intel's i7 processor as well, but "the fully loaded XPS should be competitive with the coming iMac and should be faster than the one currently on the market," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, remarked...

Facebook's Barreling Full Steam Ahead to Unknown Destination

"Likely, this will be another face plant," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "However, Opera has a strong mobile presence and may look attractive to Facebook." Still, getting a European acquisition to work is daunting for U.S. Companies -- even those th...

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Facebook Is a Fraud

I've been up to my armpits talking about Facebook for most of this month, and maybe because I'munusually dense, just realized that Facebook is a new kind of dot-com. By this I mean its revenue andprofit are based on a series of false beliefs. ...

iPad-vertising Is Taking Off

"Tablets, unlike traditional PCs, are still largely used for leisure, which means ads should have higher conversion rates per view than they do on PCs," Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "This means tablet users are more likely in a shop...

A Chosen Few Escaped Facebook's IPO Fumble

"Whether SEC rules were violated or not, telling buyers one thing while believing another is simple fraud," Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "Allowing them to continue to believe something false once you have determined it is fa...

Yahoo's Axis Strikes Alliance Between Desktop and Mobile

"I think [Yahoo] actually gets Bill Gates' multiple screen vision of nearly a decade ago better than anyone else at the moment," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Creating a common experience which usurps the existing browsers is an excellent idea." ...

Motorola Dreams Up a Sweeter TV Interface

"Cable providers are [Motorola Mobility's] likely initial target because they haven't shown well against [Verizon Wireless's] FiOS or [AT&T's] U-Verse in terms of user experience, although they're better in terms of bandwidth," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "This could help them close a significant usability gap."

Google Gets Motorola's Patents - and Problems

"Software companies running hardware companies haven't exactly been that successful," Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "The two engineering types don't work well together, and Google isn't that experienced doing big acquisitions like th...

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