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Angry Birds 2 Set for Late July Landing

While the health of the mobile market offers promise -- it amassed $317 million in June revenues -- Rovio's own figures over the past three years suggest that fans have had their fill of birds cooked 15 ways, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group. Its 16th...

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The Emperor Is Naked and We're All Idiots

An old fable keeps running over and over in my mind about the scam artist who convinced an emperor that he had created clothing only smart people could see. Everyone says they see the clothing because they don't want to look stupid. ...

Report: Android Wear Smartwatches to Get Together

Consumer excitement over smartwatch apps may be limited, because Android Wear and watchOS run on their own platforms, and their features currently don't work with each other, suggested Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group "Features that only work with one platform tend...

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Tech Tools to Make Your Next Move Less Painful

My wife and I just completed a move from California to Oregon, and it was far less painful than it could have been, thanks to technology. It used to be incredibly painful to move. While a lot of the pain is still there, technology has advanced a lot since we last moved -- about 18 years ago -- and at least some parts of the process now are far easier. ...

'Pac-Man' Satellite to Munch on Space Junk

Different items of debris travel at different speeds, and the wide variation in speed, direction and altitude also will pose problems, noted Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group. "The satellite could easily be trying to grab one thing and then be hit at speed by someth...

IBM-Led Team Pulls Off Major Chip Feat

"The higher the density of transistors, the more cores you can put in a given space," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "A very high-density part would be ideal for the cloud, which is why ARM and Intel are also chasing it," he told TechNewsWorld....

NYSE, United Shutdowns Spark Cyberattack Rumors

However, "there is something seriously wrong when you're effectively forced to shut a service like this down," remarked Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "They should have been able to roll back to the earlier version in a relatively short period of time, and...

Microsoft Cuts 7,800 as It Rethinks 'Mobile First' Strategy

However, if one takes a bird's-eye view of Microsoft's global strategy for mobile devices, it's clear that the company realizes that in order to compete in the iPhone-driven market, it has to create something new and compelling to rock the sector, much like Apple did, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group...

Raging Redditors Roar for Pao's Resignation

"A big part of the problem is that much of the company's value is provided by volunteers who aren't compensated," said Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group. "You can't just order them to suck it up and not expect things to go really badly," he told the E-Commerce Times...

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Rick Perry and the Texas vs. California Tech War

A couple of weeks ago, I was waiting to do a CNBC slot on what to expect from the Apple Watch in Asia -- the entire smartwatch class is having a lot of issues for a variety of reason -- and I ran into Rick Perry, former governor of Texas, as he was coming out of the same studio I was about to enter. ...

FBI Hunts SF Bay Area Fiber-Optic Cable Cutters

It's easy to sever cables, noted Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group Fiber-optic cables "often go through conduits and aggregate in vaults which aren't that hard to open," he told TechNewsWorld. "Then they can be cut with any simple cutting tool -- even a knife."

New Android Malware Sprouting Like Weeds

Android is a derivative of Linux, an operating system generally considered less likely to be targeted by viruses and malware. However, Android is less rigorous and less secure than other mobile platforms, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "There is much...

Microsoft Is Looking More Like the House Nadella Built

The executives "were clearly redundant after [Nadella] figured out what he wanted to do," Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "Part of the problem at Microsoft was too many independent empires that didn't play well." The Refined Nadella Visi...

ISS Cargo Lost in SpaceX Falcon Flameout

"Part of the problem here is that there's a huge focus on cost and frequency of launch," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group The failure of vessels from three entities "makes me wonder if there isn't some common problem such as a shared component, sabotage...

Uncle Sam Wants a Hoverbike

"This isn't for jungles or mountains, but could be ideal for patrols over deserts, swamps, or other open areas with mixed terrain," suggested Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group "Think of it as a potentially much faster alternative to a motorcycle that can go fast wher...

The Automobile as We Know It Is Dead

There's a massive number of efforts going on to kill the car as we know it. Among them are efforts to make it a tiny self-driving box that we'd likely be embarrassed to be seen in, efforts to make it highly customized and amazing, and efforts to change its fuel from gasoline to CNG, electricity or something else. ...

IBM, Box Team Up to Conquer the Cloud

"Both companies are getting really strong value here," remarked Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group "IBM needs to appear as more of a cloud player, and Box needs to move upmarket," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Just the announcement will do more for IBM than it will f...

Oculus Rift: This Is My Final Form

It's exciting to see how the hardware has materialized and the experience improved, remarked Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group I'm disappointed "that we are still going to have to wait until next year," he told TechNewsWorld. "This whole area is getting reall...

3D Printing Could Resurrect Custom Carmaking

Divergent Microfactories literally rethought how to manufacture cars in low volume, and cheaply, noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group "This approach could return us to the 1930s, where there were a lot of small profitable custom carmakers in the market," ...

Samsung Jams Up Windows Security Updates

The executable "could result in consumer groups red-flagging Samsung products because this practice puts users at risk," suggested Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group Further, the action might be a violation of Microsoft's OEM license and "will work against Microsoft'...

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