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"Over 80 percent of Windows phones are made by Nokia, so the company is critical to that platform right now," Rob Sanfilippo, a research vice president at Directions on Microsoft, told the E-Commerce Times. "The acquisition confirms that portion of Windows Phone is not at risk."

"Anytime we are forced to pay a lot more for programming, it will have a long-term impact on customers' bills," Maureen Huff, a Time Warner Cable spokesperson, told the E-Commerce Times "This was a far more protracted dispute than anyone at CBS anticipated," Les Moonves, presi...

"This revolution of personal manufacturing will only expand with each year, and I have seen the buzz and growth of this market over social networks, media, and download indicators," Nahmias told the E-Commerce Times One marketplace and community for buying, making and selling ...

Aio will add brick-and-mortar stores in other markets, company spokesperson Kathy Van Buskirk told the E-Commerce Times AT&T has for some time offered no-contract plans under the "Go" brand, but Aio takes a leaf out of T-Mobile's book, letting customers bring in their own un...

Aio will add brick-and-mortar stores in other markets, company spokesperson Kathy Van Buskirk told the E-Commerce Times AT&T has for some time offered no-contract plans under the "Go" brand, but Aio takes a leaf out of T-Mobile's book, letting customers bring in their own un...

"It is an extremely smart way of generating attention for the platform, which appears to be targeting to the right type of investors for tech commercialization." Swart told the E-Commerce Times. "It will help the platform attract attention of investors. This is the Achilles heel of crowdfunding -- entrepreneurs are always going to be seeking investors. The challenge is to attract investors to participate on a funding platform." ...

Much of this shift was preordained by consumers, Clark Fredricksen, a vice president for eMarketer, told the E-Commerce Times "Facebook along with many other major Web platforms have seen a dramatic shift in user behavior in the last two to three years, in which they moved fro...

Barra's departure will further weaken Android, which is reeling from the news that Samsung and HTC are looking aggressively at other platforms, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. What's a Xiaomi?...

"Because of the NSA Prism disclosure, there is a sudden and significant demand, particularly in China and Russia, for solutions that don't originate in the United States," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times HTC "would want a good v...

"Given the size and growth of Twitter recently, looking at e-commerce is a natural progression," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Hiring one executive to look at partnering is a very low-risk way to experiment." One way the company could help expand its commerce platform is by u...

"Our seamless one-click experience leads to higher conversion and more satisfied customers," Amazon spokesperson Rena Lunak told the E-Commerce Times. "When consumers are mobile, they want the fastest, easiest way to shop and make purchases." One-click functionality simplifies...

"The announcements so far appear to be reasonable extensions to the products they have rather than breaking new ground," Kusnetzky Group founder Dan Kusnetzky told the E-Commerce Times "VMware appears to be watching what Citrix and Red Hat and other competitors are doing, an...

"Without a doubt, budget pressure has pushed agencies to prioritize spending, to focus on mission-critical investments and keeping the lights on," Kyra Fussell, senior research analyst at Deltek, told the E-Commerce Times. Because its forecasting methodology covers a broade...

"Microsoft desperately needs a visionary leader who will help the organization think differently -- and not just keep doing things better," David Nour, CEO of The Nour Group, told the E-Commerce Times "Microsoft isn't nearly as agile as it needs to be to match evolving market ...

"I believe their shared systems are structural points of exposure that take customers all down together," Brian Hierholzer, CEO of Artisan Infrastructure, told the E-Commerce Times Networking and system design can be choke points in large distributed systems such as Amazon's...

"I met with Steven Sinofsky several times and had hallway conversations with him, and he was very curt and condescending in his manner," Roger Kay, principal analyst at Endpoint Technologies Associates, told the E-Commerce Times. "I can see how people could have trouble with that."

"Microsoft was in need of a refresh and direction," Craig Stice, senior principal analyst at IHS Electronics and Media, told the E-Commerce Times. "They've obviously received a lot of criticism for their lack of innovation in recent years and inability to see ahead of the mob...

"I think you could argue that one to two years into a five-year turnaround they should have already set the team they needed," Kugele told the E-Commerce Times. "This looks like they are still trying to get the recipe right, but the stock was acting like it was already done. Investors were willing to give the company the benefit of the doubt on its restructuring progress years ahead of a revenue recovery, but that euphoria is finally wearing off."

The main takeaway for Canonical from the Ubuntu Edge campaign is the interest it saw from consumers and enterprises for a mobile device that could double as a PC, Victor Palau, a vice president at the company, told the E-Commerce Times "Going forward, we remain focused on brin...

"Customers can simply open the app and check in to the nearby business they're visiting, then simply say their name at checkout to pay," she told the E-Commerce Times ...