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Stanford Researchers Build a Better Battery

"At this phase, it is largely theoretical, but the technology does look very promising, and our ability to manufacture things out of carbon that are very small -- like nanotubes -- has increased exponentially," said Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group. "This is both l...

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The Skully Augmented Motorcycle Helmet Would Make Iron Man Jealous

Skully had its coming-out party last week, and while the name unfortunately sounds like the nickname for any number of comic book villains -- from Skeletor to the Red Skull -- it is actually a firm that makes a pretty incredible high-technology motorcycle helmet, with technology similar to Google Glass. ...

Global Tablet Sales Go From Surge to Shuffle

"The limitations of the tablet are creating a longer use cycle," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "It seems to be increasingly purchased like an appliance -- meaning you only need a new one when the old one breaks." Also, consumer...

Microsoft's New Direction: One OS to Rule Them All

This new strategy "anticipates the world of tomorrow," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "As we go forward, mobile platforms will gain more capability, and much more emphasis will be placed on the cloud," he pointed out. "In the developed...

Amazon Fire Phone Wins Respect, if Not Raves

"Like the other platforms, it is designed as a front end to the company's back-end services, and Amazon's services are competitive," said Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group. "In addition, it clearly has a shopping focus. That and Mayday are likely the phone's most di...

Apple May Have Ordered a Big Boatload of Big iPhones

CEO Tim Cook "seems to be increasingly focused on the competition, while Apple's success under [the late Steve] Jobs had the competition focus on Apple," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group told the E-Commerce Times "Apple is a better leader than a follower, a...

iOS Insecurity - Designed by Apple?

The news should not impact last week's announcement of an Apple-IBM team-up to target corporations, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "Part of the reason the two firms are getting together is so that Apple gets help in addressing these is...

GoTenna Makes Wireless 'Magic'

"If you were in areas where cellular coverage was very poor or nonexistent, or were concerned about the network going down at a critical time, this could give you peace of mind if you and your family all had the device," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld...

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Layoffs: There's a Right Way

Microsoft last week announced a large staff reduction tied to the acquisition of Nokia. There is actually a science to how to make layoffs, but much of that appears to have been lost over the last couple of decades. ...

Microsoft CEO Nadella Hones His Axe

"IBM effectively did this in the 1990s, but it is neither trivial nor easy," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "People don't like to change." Altering the culture "generally requires large changes in staffing, particularly focused ...

Android Sets iPhone Cloning Factory in Motion

Wico has "done a nice job anticipating where the next iPhone will go," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told LinuxInsider The Wico's rounded corners make it look thinner than it is, as well as more comfortable to hold, Enderle said. Both are changes "Apple ...

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Augmented Reality Future: How to Train Your Dragons on Vacation

Microsoft just announced the release of the Dragons Adventure World Explorer, or DAWE for short. It is actually very cool and well-timed, because for any of us who have tried to go on a long trip in a car, this should keep the little tykes engaged and quiet ...

FTC Goes After Amazon for Fleecing Kids

"It's really bad for the consumer," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "I was testing it myself and you can get up to (US)$200 in expenditures for a game that would typically cost $15 to $18." Amazon is "really screwing the customer...

Larry Page: Less Work, More Play and All Will Be Well in the Garden

"This is often the problem when the very rich get out of touch with the working class," growled Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "They have no recollection of ever worrying about money and make stupid suggestions like this as a result." Given Google's push...

Europeans Want Right to Be Forgotten - but Not for the Other Guy

Perhaps they have a point: "Google seems to be behaving like a kid who, when ordered to clean his room, turns on a garden hose to do so to show up his parents," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times Critics point out that Google can ref...

Tiny Spectrometer Tells You Exactly What You're Eating

A small, handheld scanner like SCiO eventually could be used in any area that requires quick chemical analysis, Enderle Group analyst Rob Enderle noted "Say if your kids or pet eat or drink some unknown substance and you wanted to know whether you needed to rush them to get m...

NSA's Eyes Trained Less on Terrorists Than on Average Joes and Janes

"They should probably delete the whole damned lot," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "It's spying on U.S. citizens who are not terrorists." The report "shows willful ignorance on the part of the NSA," remarked Daniel Castro, senior analy...

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The Social Media Fraud

I spent much of last week talking about Facebook's infamous study of nearly a million customers and the company's attempts to make half of those customers (Facebook friends) happier and the other half more depressed. ...

Civil Liberties Board Takes Heat for NSA Spying Report

The report "focuses on the adequacy of controls over the acquisition of data and not on the effectiveness of the program," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "Generally an audit like this won't identify any actual wrongdoing unless the aud...

Google's in the Mood for Songza

"I would argue this is more about music sharing than streaming and about improving the competitive position in music in general," Rob Enderle, principal at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "At their scale and power they should be more relevant, and this was done to help build that relevance."

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