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Philips Gets Biological With Home Lighting

"The ability to adjust color temperature means this bulb could help you sleep better," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "It adjusts gradually to wake you up, but it is also designed to help you at night," he told TechNewsWorld....

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Is Donald Trump Batman?

There's an old rather funny movie called The Mouse That Roared. Basically, it is about a little no-name country that decides to go to war with the U.S. and lose, so that the U.S. will pay it reparations. Only it somehow wins, to everyone's surprise. ...

Intel Gets Into the FreeD Sportscasting Game

The data-driven technology will fuel continued expansion of the cloud, which should drive revenue growth and profit for Intel, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Along with the server synergies, Intel's acquisition of Replay dovetails nicely with its...

LiveOps Launches Contact Center as a Service Platform

Unlike traditional contact center offerings that require a heavy upfront investment in equipment, the CCaaS option "is a service, not a product. You pay as you go and someone else takes care of all the plumbing, license management, patching and software updates, and at least some of the administration," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group...

Supreme Court Denial Closes Apple's E-Book Case

Still, "Apple has to take a reserve against a reasonable percentage of this [payout] offsetting profits," pointed out Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group. "This isn't as bad as cash, but nearly half a billion dollars won't be painless either." Apple reportedly has $215...

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One of Amazon Echo's Babies Might Outshine the Parent

Amazon launched two new versions of Echo last week: the Echo Dot and the Amazon Tap. I've actually had the chance to look at both, and they flesh out the line nicely -- but I think the Dot actually could outshine the original Echo. ...

No Man's Sky Cleared for June 21 Launch

The price tag could be especially damaging for the PC version if the game should come across as being optimized for the PS4, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "It really will depend on the level of promotion, though, and this falls in the epic game ...

Microsoft Invites Devs to Tinker With HoloLens

"Given the cost of this device, it is likely we'll see the most interest initially for business applications," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "The creation of this device was based on the need to explore Mars without having to send people to the plane...

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Google Killed the Laptop Star

Anyone who went to business school recognizes the basic tenet that you use marketing to build demand in order to sell products. Through the 1990s, there was impressive marketing surrounding laptops -- Intel's iconic Bunny People come to mind. Apple aggressively marketed this class, as did Microsoft, and it seemed every other brand on TV was trying to convince us we needed a new PC. ...

Google Gives iOS Devs Open Source EarlGrey Testing Tool

"Apple is not known for its development tools, so this should make it easier for them to develop iOS apps," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "However, over time, they will be more and more dependent on Alphabet, and Android has not proven as lucrative a...

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The FBI's iPhone Problem: Tactical vs. Strategic Thinking

I'm an ex-sheriff, and I've been in and out of security jobs for much of my life, so I've got some familiarity with the issues underlying the drama between the FBI and Apple. FBI officials -- and likely those in every other three-letter agency and their counterparts all over the world -- would like an easier way to do their jobs. Wouldn't we all? ...

IBM Watson Forks Over $2.6B for Health Data Stash

One reason is that it's a costly endeavor, especially when you factor in the countless variables such as the number of medicines, illnesses and procedures, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Building Watson was a daunting endeavor, but "IBM did it...

Unity and SteamVR Unite for Native Vive Support

For Unity's part, it's hedging its VR bets on "one of the most powerful game delivery systems," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "Unity's support of SteamVR assures they will remain a popular and powerful developer platform if and when VR becomes as pop...

Zuckerberg Aims to Set Things Right With India

The situation is "kind of interesting in that it pits Zuckerberg, who is truly a leader in Facebook, against Andreessen, who trades on the perception of similar success but has actually been more of a secret failure," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group...

Facebook Warned to Toe France's Privacy Line

Forget about going to court, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. France has "a very fast legal system," he told TechNewsWorld. "Penalties could be assessed and reach nosebleed levels very quickly, and appeals are very limited."

Keybase Releases Encrypted File-Sharing iPhone App

The system "is a lot less complex than PGP keys and far harder to compromise, particularly with man-in-the-middle exploits," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group However, sync products "are generally more convenient, particularly if you're offline a lot...

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Smart Email and the Path to Digital Immortality

I attended IBM Connect last week, where I checked out one of the most interesting products you've likely never heard of -- a new email offering called "IBM Verse." While there was a lot of discussion about how it better integrated social networking, what really intrigued me was the idea of putting cognitive computing inside an email client. ...

Google Strikes Back at Ad Blockers

The problem is a simple one from Google's point of view, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "Advertising is how you pay for Android," he told the E-Commerce Times. "If you put up an ad blocker, from Google's perspective, you're ripping off Google."

Vaio's Phone Biz to Test Windows 10's Reception in Asia

"With Sony, it's all about design, so this phone is incredibly good-looking," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. Sony has a minority stake in Vaio, which it spun off in 2014....

Microsoft Acquires SwiftKey to Advance AI Goals

"AI will initially be applied as a way to increase productivity through more effective predictive behavior," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "You could see this enhancing Outlook, Word and potentially even some of Microsoft's developer-focused products...

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