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Retiring in Sanctuary Belize: Renewed Hope

After my Belize retirement update appeared last week, a number of things happened. Most initially were rather painful, but eventually I was placed on the phone with Rod Kazazi, the project CFO who is based in the United States. Since we both had a financial background, he was able to address most of my concerns by informing me of solid programs that ensure the project will be completed. Had I met him sooner, I doubt I would have had to raise the alarms in my column, as there have been a number of recent improvements that put my mind more at ease about the project. ...

All Eyes May Be on Security in Samsung's S5

"We're seeing a race among manufacturers, particularly between Samsung and LG in Android phones, which are inherently secure, and between Apple, BlackBerry and Samsung on the others," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Samsung has been particularly aggressive." ...

Amazon, LLBean Tie at the Top for Customer Satisfaction

To be sure, such a company would have to be ferociously devoted to customer excellence, for that is the common denominator between Amazon and L.L.Bean, said Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group "They both have made a point on focusing on post-sale customer service," End...

Sony Banks On Life Space UX to Regain Faded Glory

"Cisco tried to go into this five or six years ago, and they fell flat on their face because the stuff was too hard to use," Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Making it easy to use and affordable have been two big problems." ...

CES 2014 Trends: The Weird and the Wonderful

"The toothbrush is handy because it reminds you not to push down too hard," remarked Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Gotta Do More...

Canon's PowerShot N100 Puts the Photographer in the Picture

"There's no reason to carry a camera if you've got a smartphone, and if you're not going to carry a camera, why buy one?" Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "SLRs will probably be around for a while because of professional a...

LG Bets on WebOS for New Smart TV Line

TVs "have to run like appliances -- there's not much money for technical support or anything else," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld With webOS, LG can "keep the costs down, and webOS is already developed so they don't have to develop one...

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Retiring in Sanctuary Belize: Tarnished Dreams

As many of you know, I've been executing on a long-term dream of first creating a vacation home, then retiring in Belize ...

Eye-Controlled Gaming May Be Closer Than It Appears

An eye tracking gaming peripheral "will make targeting in first-person shooting games far quicker and far more fun," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld SteelSeries will announce further details about the partnership and products over the ne...

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It's the Tech Wave You Don't See That Will Get You

This story was originally published on Oct. 14, 2013, and is brought to you today as part of our Best of ECT News series ...

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4 Unsettling Prospects for 2014

As we're recovering from Christmas and getting ready for the big New Year's Day hangover, I'm reminded of the Chinese curse, "May you be born in interesting times," because 2014 is likely to be a very interesting year. ...

Security Firm Spills the Beans on Snapchat Vulnerabilities

In publishing the Snapchat API and the exploits, Gibson was following common practice, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld However, Gibson's actions "seem more focused on giving [it] notoriety than on actually fixing the problem," Enderle su...

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Was 2013 the Run-Up to Nineteen Eighty-Four?

As we approach the end of the year, it is time to look back on 2013 and consider what we've learned about technology and human nature. Both Apple and Dell were massively changed; HP, Yahoo and other companies were in various stages of being turned around; and Google went from a company that wanted our private information to one that wanted our jobs...

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What Comes After Greed in Technology?

I just finished reading a very interesting book by Intel Futurist Brian David Johnson, Humanity in the Machine: What Comes After Greed? Stock market trading systems, venture capitalists and NASCAR teams are all optimized toward a defined goal of winning, in most cases, an excessive accumulation of wealth, he argues. ...

Microsoft Takes New Photosynth Out for a Spin

"This is a way to differentiate Microsoft from Google," Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "Google has the corner on search, but they don't have the corner on all content," he pointed out.

EC to Nokia: Don't Even Think About Patent Trolling

"It gives them options for future revenues, including defending the patents, and ensures they have a solid patent defense if they develop something that violates competitors' patents," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "Generally...

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Google's Death Wish

One of the recurring themes in the technology industry is that very successful companies become arrogant and start taking unnecessary risks or abusing customers -- the two aren't mutually exclusive. That behavior can accomplish what competitors have failed to do: It can kill them. ...

Yahoo Buys SkyPhrase in Surprising Search Play

"Yahoo uses Bing for their search engine, so it's unclear why they would buy a natural language technology for search because they can use Microsoft's technology," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times "[Yahoo CEO] Marissa Mayer looks l...

Microsoft Sets a New Threshold for Windows Development

Threshold's contribution to serious fun might mean games will "flow more easily between the platforms so you could conceivably play Xbox games off your PC, something I'd advocated years ago -- and, at times, off your tablet and Windows phone," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld...

The Sky Is Falling - No, Wait, It's Just a Package From Amazon

"We have computer systems that are fully capable of flying the devices, but the FAA doesn't want these things flying where aircraft could hit them," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "The battery life needed for a round trip is very limi...

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