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Given that the pieces were in place, "there was a degree of surprise here that the deal has fallen through," Ramon Llamas, research manager for mobile phones at IDC, told the E-Commerce Times. "What happened to the $4.7 billion deal, we'll never really know "Instead, BlackBerr...

"This could be more of an attack on the foundation of Google," Michael Morgan, senior analyst of mobile devices at ABI Research, told the E-Commerce Times Rockstar owns thousands of patents previously owned by Nortel, the telecommunications firm that went bankrupt. The consort...

"This program can go a long way towards enhancing Amazon's brand image in the marketplace," Abdul told the E-Commerce Times. "Charities have had major success and growth by selling on eBay or other e-commerce platforms in recent years. This illustrates clearly that consumers respond generously if they are shown that their money will go to help others."

"Just because you build it doesn't mean they will come, but it is always a step in the right direction and this will help Sprint as far as building out its network," Blasi told the E-Commerce Times. "It's good to be the one who builds something that makes the competition have to react." ...

"Third-quarter results were strong across the board, driven by increased usage, greater engagement and higher monetization," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Instagram monetization and introduction of video ads on Facebook are near-term growth drivers." Keeping Kids on Board...

"Those are all people interested in joining the team, either part-time or full-time, in exchange for equity," Dirk Ahlborn, CEO and cofounder of JumpStartFund, told the E-Commerce Times. Most are engineers, though marketers and businesspeople are applying too.

So far, Adobe's investigation has confirmed that the attackers obtained access to Adobe IDs and what were at the time valid, encrypted passwords for approximately 38 million active users, the company said in a statement provided to the E-Commerce Times by spokesperson Marissa Hopkins...

"This is a great way for Disney to gauge which way the wind is blowing and experiment with their delivery channels," he told the E-Commerce Times. "It has the potential to work very well. Portable media is taking over for this age group, because now they can watch from places like the backseat of the minivan, on a small screen around the house, or in a doctor's waiting room, for instance."

IDC surveys have found that Wii U owners are "pretty happy with it," Ward told the E-Commerce Times, "but the company has gone in a unique direction, and that has consequences. " 'Too Early to Make a Call'...

"Michael has his hands full to be sure," he told the E-Commerce Times. "There will be four categories of computing power in the world -- corporate PCs, consumer tablets, consumer smartphones and home desktops and servers that are powerful enough to be the hub for everything else and have massive storage. Dell today addresses half of these markets. He claims he wants to make largely an enterprise company, but he needs the cash generation of the rest of the business to fund it." ...

"I would be surprised if Netflix became a movie studio, given the costs and complexities, but then they have proven that they can produce quality original content for TV, so perhaps it's no longer as big a stretch," Greg Scoblete, analyst for Digital Tech Consulting, told the E-Commerce Times...

"Agencies must focus on vigilance instead of compliance. Cybersecurity is not a one-size-fits-all check box; it is a discipline. If we empower cybersecurity professionals to respond to the challenge with vigilance rather than paperwork, agency culture -- and end user behavior -- will follow," O'Keeffe told the E-Commerce Times...

"We've made significant changes to address the EC's concerns, greatly increasing the visibility of rival services and addressing other specific issues," Google said in a comment provided to the E-Commerce Times by spokesperson Niki Fenwick. "Unfortunately, our competitors seem less interested in resolving things than in entangling us in a never-ending dispute."

"It'll be interesting to see what, if anything, Google's up to," Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, told the E-Commerce Times. "On the plus side, I doubt it'll be used to promote a new smartphone or tablet." However, given that the ante is continually upped when it co...

"Facebook clearly has to monetize Instagram, both to justify their (US)$1 billion purchase price and to continue to meet stock market expectations," Tobin told the E-Commerce Times How successful that monetization process will be depends on how well Instagram can draw advertis...

"The average investor is most often hurt when buying 'familiar' brands without a deep understanding of the potential monetization strategies of those brands," Chris Silva, founder and principal analyst at High Rock Strategy, told the E-Commerce Times. "It's the reason Apple stock sees such wild fluctuation the day of an announcement, whether popular or not."

"Revenue growth was especially strong in Microsoft's enterprise software offering segments, which includes their cloud computing efforts," Covestor model manager Barry Randall of Crabtree Asset Management told the E-Commerce Times Meanwhile, "the company's core PC software bus...

"We have we seen more LPTA type procurements. However, we see that is not always in the best interest of the customer in the long run. Given the long-term budget challenges, it makes sense to consider what is the best value over time," Cisco's Payne told the E-Commerce Times H...

"As AT&T's basic feature phone base becomes smaller, it could reduce the smartphone adds," he told the E-Commerce times. "However, AT&T still has feature phone subscribers in its postpaid subscriber base which will be enough to fuel smartphone subscriber adds for at least another 12 months."

"As AT&T's basic feature phone base becomes smaller, it could reduce the smartphone adds," he told the E-Commerce times. "However, AT&T still has feature phone subscribers in its postpaid subscriber base which will be enough to fuel smartphone subscriber adds for at least another 12 months."