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"Content is the top of the value chain stack in terms of priority and revenue," said Jim McGregor, principal at Tirias Research. "In addition, content and applications are the strongest tie to services. Songza buys Google another content option to add to its portfolio. I dou...

Indeed, "advancements continue to be made in the area of robotics, but robotics is very complicated," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. ...

"This is an overreaction to natural changes that come with the information age and the Internet," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "Eventually, these concerns will fade as social norms change and the social networking generation has more political influence."

"What IoT should do is use technology to improve efficiency and quality of life, like most technology," said Jim McGregor, principal at Tirias Research. "However, the term and concept have grown so large that it incorporates pretty much everything related to technology. The ...

"Unfortunately, the market is becoming very crowded. There are so many fitness devices that it is difficult to keep track of them. The CES showroom floor was filled with these devices," said Jim McGregor, principal at Tirias Research. "If that's not difficult enough, categor...

"With the recent court defeat, I do not believe that targeting the FCC with this letter is an effective channel to promote Net neutrality," Jim McGregor, principal at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "More will need to be done in Congress to alter future legal decisions and provide the FCC with greater leverage to enforce such rules."

"Having a smaller version may broaden its appeal to other consumers and make it look and feel more like some of the smaller tablets in the market," said Jim McGregor, principal at Tirias Research "However, the size alone is not enough to energize the Surface product line. Surf...

Atom is really "an upgrade to other text editors that have been around for many years," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research, told LinuxInsider. "It is built modular to allow for easier add-ons and intended to be a more user-friendly environment." ...

This technology "is aimed at applications that require high density, which could range from specialized servers to mega data centers," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld "It would be particularly suited for applications that eith...

"This is rather interesting," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "It is taking a technology typically associated with one type of sensor -- image sensors -- and enabling it with other types of sensors, such as gyros and accelerometers."

"In computing, the more pixels and attributes you compare, the more accurate and complex the algorithm," Jim McGregor, principal at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. Generally speaking, a simpler algorithm would lead to faster processing, lower power consumption and longe...

"It is common practice to have redundant systems for communications and financial systems," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "I would expect major customers to demand some level of proof that [backup] systems are in place." Samsung SDS di...

"Anyone could do this with today's technology," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "Just think of the facial recognition database Facebook could assemble. So, anyone that posts pictures up on the Web really shouldn't be complaining about privacy," he add...

"I would look for someone more familiar with the embedded world, because that's where the industry is heading with Internet of Things applications," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld The Damping Down of Firefox...

"There is so much in the letter," Jim McGregor, principal at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "I think the most important points are AWS and the things they are doing to improve the business from software to distribution centers. I do think Mayday is a differentiator and one that we are likely to see in future platforms and from other vendors going forward. However, I still think the use of drones is too far out to predict at this time." ...

"The government should take a good, hard look at this deal," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "At the end of the day, companies will look to maximize their profit, so you need to ask what kind of investment they plan to make and what they plan to charge consumers."

"This is like a lot of things Microsoft does; it's two years too late," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld "Google has tried to get into this. Intel has tried to get into this. It's hard to get in when you're late to the party be...

"We are really just at the initial stages of VR development," said Jim McGregor, principal at Tirias Research. "This surge of investment -- combined with the latest graphics, processing, display and audio technology -- is enabling the development of VR solutions that we could...

"You may be connected to a person by Bluetooth or WiFi that is less than 30 feet away from you, but chatting with others that are outside that radius because of the network created by all the connections combined," Jim McGregor, principal at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "The advantage is that you don't worry about cellular or Internet connectivity, but you are limited by distance and the number of people that are logged into the application at the time."

Eich's personal and political views should not influence his appointment as CEO unless they impact on Mozilla's internal culture or business practices, contended Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research "We live in a free country that encourages personal freedom, in...