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QuizUp Branches Out Into Social Territory

However, a social element isn't needed for every app, noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. For focused apps -- ones that don't require input from others -- a shoehorned social component can even feel silly, he suggested....

Russia Aims to Build US-Free Mobile OS

Shifting Russian users to a government-mandated OS would entail numerous challenges. For one, Russian leaders would have enact laws requiring use of the OS and impose penalties for using iOS or Android, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "I doubt the...

Popcorn Time Offers Smooth-as-Butter Streaming

"They seem to be able to move their servers fast enough that they can't be shut down," remarked Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group. "There have been efforts to block them at the ISP level, but these have proven less than successful, as you have a lot of technical folks who know how to get around blocks."

Cossacks 3 Could Revive RTS Game Genre

"With games like this, it really depends on how well the game plays," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group The realism of the graphics and the relevance of the material are crucial, he suggested....

Coherent Navigation Buy May Not Unmuddle Apple Maps

"Google "took the leadership position on GPS navigation" after buying Waze, no doubt irking Apple, which developed Maps because it didn't want Google to have that advantage, observed Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group Apple's also looking to the future, when wearable ...

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The Future According to Qualcomm

I was at the Qualcomm Internet of Things event in San Francisco last week during what was a major IoT event in the city. What is kind of amazing is the larger event was just a small part of the applications show that used to go on at the same time. This year it is twice the size of that older show. Companies are flocking to this IoT concept like ducks to water. This means in a few short years we are going to be up to our ears in connected things. ...

Consumer Group Worries Over Safety of Google’s Self-Driving Cars

Self-driving cars "don't overdrive their capability and can't get distracted, so it's nearly impossible for them to cause an accident," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "If they see the car in front behaving badly, they would likely slow down, pulling t...

Arduboy Could Spark Retro Gaming Revolution

"Sometimes simple, inexpensive and robust is very attractive, and that is showcased in the Arduboy," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Arduboy is an open platform. The games are built upon the Arduino chipset....

Facebook’s Instant Articles Raise Troubling Questions

"Granted, like any partnership, someone [in the Instant Articles program] wanting to bash Facebook will likely have a few extra hoops to jump through," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. If publishers are making money from the arrangement, "they likely ...

Swiftkey’s Clarity Keyboard Puts Auto-Correction in Context

There can be advantages to being reactive rather than functioning in real time, noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "A reactive system can be better at looking at context and suggesting the appropriate word if two similar sounding words are spelled differ...

$9 Debian-Based C.H.I.P. Computer Is a Kickstarter Smash

"This is for hobbyists, but the number of folks that can actually take a product like this and turn it into something interesting is impressively large," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "It's pretty raw at the moment, so this would be for the most ad...

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3 SciFi Technologies That Are About to Get Amazingly Real

Lisa Su, the talented new CEO for AMD, last week gave a pitch on the future to get people excited about where AMD is going. Based on the stock performance after her talk, she and her team knocked it out of the park. However, they also got me thinking about some technological advancements that have been quietly percolating, which likely will form the basis for a revolutionary announcement in the next few years. ...

Splatoon: Nintendo Hits You With Its Best Shot

While Splatoon may enjoy remarkable success, Nintendo looks like it will continue treading water until it releases a new console, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Nintendo had an opportunity to really capitalize on the exercise genre, with titles l...

Twitter’s Timid Anti-Trolling Tweaks

"Their problem right now is that people are leaving Twitter because of the abuse they face, so they feel the need to address that issue," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. Twitter "needs to figure out a solution before attorneys figure out how to s...

Everybody Loves Salesforce

Oracle "needs [Salesforce.com] more than Microsoft does, and already has a large investment in them, so the additional cost to Oracle would be lower," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Further, Salesforce "would make Oracle more trendy and would give th...

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Holy Crap: Microsoft Is Building Tomorrowland!

One of the movies I'm really looking forward to this month is Disney's Tomorrowland. My first real job was at Disneyland, and I was so in love with the place I often would come back and work a second shift for free. Epcot, the city of tomorrow, was supposed to be Walt's final legacy but his untimely death ended that vision. That city of tomorrow never came to be, except finally -- at least in concept -- in the Tomorrowland movie. ...

Microsoft Offers Devs an Edge

Edge is designed to be a Chrome killer, said Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group "I've been using Edge for some time, and one of the interesting things is that for websites that identify the browser and [tailor] what they present based on the browser they see, many see...

When Elon Met Larry

"Google has been looking at getting into the car business for some time, and Tesla basically borrowed the Apple model and moved it to cars," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "Since Google partially copied the Apple model as well, and clearly has the fun...

VMware Draws on Open Source to Manage Cloud Micro Services

These are aggressive programs designed to undercut competitors and reverse a revenue growth slide, but they will also erode margins, noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "They are apparently willing to take the margin hit in order to restore top-line grow...

Treyarch: Black Ops III More Ambitious Than World at War

Black Ops III is completely untethered from the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. That and the three-year cycle have enabled Treyarch to give the game the attention it needs, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "They want to make sure it's compelling and not a m...

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