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In a driverless near future, things would have played out a little differently than the test car crash. Had both the bus and car been manned by machines, it would have made fault-finding a lot easier, suggested Charles King, principal analyst for Pund-IT "It also brings up iss...

The announcement is an interesting move that says as much about Facebook's growing stature and influence as it does about the increasing overlap between technologies and vendors' market strategies, according to Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "An ongoing problem in ...

The effort comes down to maximizing the productivity of Facebook's drone-based wireless service, said Charles King, principal analyst for Pund-IT "The Earth is a huge place, and blanketing the entire planet with wireless would be enormously expensive and unproductive," he told...

Financial institutions have faced challenges in the past over how to promote various payment options, while preserving security, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "Traditional methods are not as successful as they might be, mainly because so many consumers opt fo...

"The FBI insists that it's not making a blanket request covering all iPhones, but simply [seeking] Apple's assistance unlocking one device," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "Since that would require Apple to break what it says is an unbreakable security technol...

Releasing EarlGrey as open source is a positive move that follows considerable efforts by Google in various open source communities, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "It simplifies iOS development tasks. Overall, it should be a welcome addition to iOS developers...

Neverware's product will allow users looking for a pure Chrome experience to achieve that without investing in Chromebook hardware, noted Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "If a school district or individual institution had numerous legacy Windows desktops and laptops...

Leap Motion's progress in making VR hands free is a laudable effort, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "Not only has the company made the leap -- pun intended -- from PC-tethered devices to mobile VR, but it has also significantly upgraded overall performance and...

The combination of speed and security in IBM's x13s will provide a level of protection and efficiency for mid-sized companies that normally is not available in one package, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "Since IBM z system products perform encryption apart fr...

"Overall, it sounds as if SourceForge's new owner, Bizx, understands the damage that DevShare has done and is actively repairing things," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "Whatever future business models the company explores, bundling adware with project install...

"Yahoo seems to be in freefall, despite the continuing efforts and investment strategy," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. "Mayer has become a target for some of her actions and attitudes, but I think it's important to ask her critics what they would have done ...

The stickiness of online piracy may have something to do with the notion that digitized content should be freely available -- a concept that has been around since the early days of the commercial Internet, remarked Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "You could argue th...

"Amazon initially positioned Echo/Alexa as a sort of affordable home assistant for managing simple repetitive tasks tied to various Amazon entertainment and retail services," noted Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, "but at CES 2016, a number of companies were leveraging Amazon's solutions as an interface for managing smart home tasks."

LinkedIn's problems stem from issues that will impact the company long term, said Charles King, principal analyst for Pund-IT "The falloff in revenues apparently occurred due to economic problems in overseas markets where LinkedIn has been concentrating growth initiatives," he...

It's hard to understand why Turing would swap out the mature Android distro it originally promised. Sailfish is too new to know how it will perform, according to Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "Turing claims it's the fastest mobile OS in the market. That may matter...

Market cap is more a reflection of investor sentiment than a company's true value, observed Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "Alphabet's rise to the top of the market cap heap suggests that investors approve of the company and its management," he told the E-Commerce ...

"Water is a far more efficient cooling medium than air," Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, pointed out "Temperature regulation is obviously a critical factor," he told TechNewsWorld....

Open sourcing OneOps could be a gift that keeps on giving for Walmart. If OneOps develops a significant user and contributor base, the company can shed at least part of its reputation as an old-school retail colossus, according to Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "Th...

The proposal is an interesting one, coming during the presidential election cycle, observed Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT The $20 billion in set-top box rental fees are "essentially bogus charges," he told the E-Commerce Times....

The companies renewed discussions in 2015 but failed to reach agreement amid Sharp's concerns about how Hon Hai would manage its patents, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT Sharp Decline...