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A7 Patent Suit Loss Could Cost Apple $862M

Apple "could appeal, and they do have one of the best legal teams in the business, but ideally they should just license this, as the other party's an educational institution and not a patent troll," suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. Apple has bee...

Twitter Slashes Workforce as Dorsey Aims to Restore Confidence

"Cuts always weaken a company over the short term, and there is a high risk that one or more of the people you let go may be that person who has the idea or skill that saves the company," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "That's why you don't want to...

Acer Trots Out New Windows 10 PCs

"Acer builds interesting hardware they can't afford to market, and their prior success came from doing things like stuffing the channel," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group HP and Dell have stepped up their PC efforts, and Microsoft has "doubled down on S...

Ex-Maintainer Bemoans Linux Kernel Community's 'Toxic Background Radiation'

The issues Sharp raised aren't limited to the Linux kernel community. They're a problem in the tech sector in general, and the larger Linux community in particular, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group The Linux community is less a hotbed of revolution...

Dell, EMC Merger Creates Storage Behemoth

The situation might not be quite as bleak as painted, because both Dell and EMC "have decided to sell into the cloud -- not compete with it, like IBM is doing with SoftLayer," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Dell resells Azure, he noted....

Sony Shears PS4's Price

All else being equal, offering a higher-price console would hurt sales during the gift-giving season, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "Otherwise, people follow the games to the console as long as prices are close," he told TechNewsWorld. "With Microsof...

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Common Bonds: Jobs, Torvalds and Bad Behavior

I can understand Linux in the 1990s. It was backed largely by folks who didn't do well with others. The fights between the Linux and BSD folks were as legendary as they were juvenile, and Linux's existence seemed defined entirely by the revolt against Microsoft. ...

Musk Draws Barbs for Mean-Spirited Dig at Apple

"This isn't a smart comment to make because it is actionable," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group It is never a wise move to attack ex-employees individually or even collectively in the media as it could reflect badly on the firm, he told the E-Commerce T...

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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