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For HP, this is nothing short of a catastrophic turn of events, Andreas Scherer, managing partner ofSalto Partners, told the E-Commerce Times. "This is a major black eye for everyone involved -- for HP's board, which should have been alarmed by the rumors at the time of the ...

"The general consensus is that this change is being pushed by the board of directors, who aren't happy with Intel's progress in the mobile market," Turley told the E-Commerce Times. "Intel has almost no chips inside mobile devices, and it's beginning to worry the people in charge. This isn't the 1980s anymore. PCs are not where it's at. Mobile gadgets are where it's at, but that just isn't Intel's strength." ...

"Showrooming is all about price," Greg Petro, CEO of retail analytics provider First Insight, told the E-Commerce Times Up to 59 percent of U.S. smartphone owners practice showrooming, Petro reckons. However, on-the-fly price-matching isn't the answer, in his view -- retailer...

Only a small percentage of its employees are participating in the strikes, Walmart says in a statement provided to the E-Commerce Times by Kory Lundberg, director of media relations "The super majority of our 1.3 million associates are excited about Black Friday and are ready ...

"Analytics are essential to Facebook advertisers," she told the E-Commerce Times. "Most of our clients have found external solutions to track the sales made from their ad campaigns. I believe this new service will certainly benefit smaller companies. It's simpler and easier to have everything in one place -- inside Facebook."

"United has had nothing but computer issues since they merged with Continental," Andy Abramson, CEO of Comunicano, told the E-Commerce Times. "If this was an isolated problem it would be one thing, but this is a regular occurrence." United is now a tarnished brand as far as Ab...

"Tablet cannibalization, weak macro, disappointing Ultrabooks, and inventory burn into Windows 8 now make 2012 look on pace for the PC's biggest decline in 20 years," Rob Cihra, analyst at Evercore Partners, told the E-Commerce Times. "PC weakness is likely news to no investors at this stage, but looks brutal nonetheless."

"What few know is that while the larger and more expensive Kindle didn't sell as well as the original size, the users were far more active and loyal," Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "Keeping your most loyal users happy is a good strategy for any vendor."

"What was surprising was the difference. The person who is not shopping across all channels is going to spend half as much as cross channel. It's not just a better customer you're getting -- it's a significantly better customer," she told the E-Commerce Times Retailers that ho...

"If this bill was proposed to maintain momentum for better IT management anticipating a change in government, the succession of the Obama administration makes that goal less imperative, so I would not rush to adopt the Issa bill in its present form," Steve Charles, founder and executive vice president of immixGroup, told the E-Commerce Times...

"Windows Phone 8 is the big wild card here," Colin Gibbs, analyst at GigaOm Pro, told the E-Commerce Times. "Nokia once again is backing the platform with multiple new handsets, and HTC's Windows 8X is getting positive reviews." The phone makers who are lower on the list have...

"It was an unexpected increase because a stock's price usually drops when so many shares come on the market," Andreas Scherer, managing partner of Salto Partners told the E-Commerce Times There are a lot of reasons that didn't happen, starting with Facebook's already-low pri...

"Good people stay with companies that are in growth mode and if they have the opportunity to make an impact," he told the E-Commerce Times. "If none of that holds true, they move on." 'A Maniacal Focus on Female Gamers'...

"There's really no substitute for having a well placed, well-reviewed app featured prominently in the store," Ross Rubin, research director for Inside Network, told the E-Commerce Times. "We're not advocating that developers abandon that." Developers benefit from promotions i...

"A move like that could lead to a precedent," Peter Toren, an attorney with Weisbrod Matteis & Copley, told the E-Commerce Times. On one hand, it could be an easy way to define FRAND terms to come up with a reasonable license fee. On the other hand, it could lead to increase...

"Scott Forstall's recent departure from Apple, due at least in part to his role in the iPhone Maps fiasco, is a good example of this," King told the E-Commerce Times. Fall of the Heir Apparent...

"We are testing a new format for comments on Page posts," Facebook spokesperson Jessie Baker told the E-Commerce Times. "As part of this test the most engaging comments appear higher up. You will also be able to reply to individual comments as well as the original post." Curre...

"In an odd way, it could wind up even having some positives for the product line," Testa told the E-Commerce Times. "After all, what do they say? ' There's no such thing as bad publicity.'" The events could wind up evoking feelings of familiarity with the McAfee brand among c...

"Continuity should favor continued reform for IT. Any residual wait-and-see postures at the agencies won't fly very well as the administration pushes forward on improving IT performance," Steve O'Keeffe, founder of MeriTalk, told the E-Commerce Times Emphasis on IT Execution...

"This autumn has been filled with multiple mobile phone launches, as many companies have introduced new hardware," Fogg told the E-Commerce Times. "It has been a very congested period, and there will be less noise from the competition around their launch. It might have been their intention, but they could benefit from having to delay the platform's launch."