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"Google's free WiFi service will be a boon for the millions of Indians who travel by train daily, but it also should reinforce the company's brand among those consumers and business users," said Charles King, principal analyst atPund-IT Robust Railway...

There are an estimated 300 million Skype users worldwide, many of whom depend on the service for a variety of personal and business calls, noted Charles King, principal analyst for Pund-IT "Those who are affected by the outage will feel some pain," he told the E-Commerce Times...

"The Fire tablet may not be for everyone, but anyone who uses a tablet primarily for content consumption and entertainment is well-advised to consider it--hard to find a bigger bang for the buck," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT For families that really want to...

"The Disney effort is fairly limited in terms of performance, but other projects suggest that broadband quality data transfer performance is possible, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "The real issue driving VLC is the pervasiveness of the base technology," he ...

"Like many other cloud-focused vendors, Salesforce sees developments around IoT as a key business opportunity," said Charles King, principal analyst atPund-ITPund-IT "That's because the company assumes that as the market develops, its clients will begin to leverage solutions t...

Assuming the rumors are true, most publishers likely will react positively to the news, noted Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. Apple and Facebook already dominate many of their markets. While they themselves are highly profitable, the revenues flowing to the conten...

"The main goal is to minimally disrupt the existing Wallet ecosystem and user base, though the company's approach seems a bit confusing to me," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT How the New Wallet Works...

"The addition and availability of the new touchscreen should help to simplify both the programming and use of Raspberry Pi devices across a range of solutions, including Internet of Things, home automation and education," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT Display...

Verizon may have motives for its announcement other than its desire to be a technology leader, noted Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "Verizon needs ways to differentiate itself from more aggressive wireless competitors," he told TechNewsWorld. "This is primarily a p...

"Samsung's push into the IoT space is intriguing, but the new solutions the company introduced have -- at least on the surface -- many similarities with other vendors' offerings," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. "That may simply reflect the nature of the cons...

Original programming would allow Apple to compete on both fronts, while allowing it to rely less on its competitors' content distribution platforms. Exclusive content also would help the company differentiate Apple TV from the rest of the crowd of streaming devices and services, said Charles King, principal analyst for Pund-IT...

The plan is attractive, and it would be an intriguing offer from any of the U.S.' top wireless carriers. However, as Sprint moves to shake things up a bit, it will need to make sure it has covered all its bases, noted Charles King, principal analyst for Pund-IT "Whenever a ven...

"Reaching a billion people in a single day is nothing to sneeze at, but in many ways Facebook simply represents another successful step in the evolutionary journey of automated mass communications technologies," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "What the company...

Thoth's proposed embodiment of a space elevator is "an intriguing, promising concept because a successful design would hugely reduce the fuel required to put a vehicle into space, thus lowering costs and increasing the feasibility of commercial space travel," said Charles King, principal analyst for Pund-IT...

Smart City "invested in their own proprietary networks and hoped to profit from their systems, but blocking people from legally using their phones and access to cellular networks they already pay for isn't just illegal -- it's deeply stupid," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT...

Advertisers and broadcasters have worked together to ensure DVR customers still get a healthy dose of ads, despite having the option to skip through commercials. While there are some similarities shared between ad blockers and DVR technologies designed to skip ads, the former can be considered "active" and the latter "passive," noted Charles King, principal analyst for Pund-IT...

Pew's study offers interesting insights into how Web and mobile technologies continue to evolve as platforms for communications, according to Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "The study is really about communication, and how kids adapt to and bend the limitations of ...

Autodesk appears to have checked off every box for a next-generation game engine. It already has succeeded in the computer-aided design market, but now it has to answer the question, where will it go next? suggested Charles King, principal analyst for Pund-IT "3D gaming's sizz...

"Actually, it seems fairly easy [to keep Firefox], especially since upgrading to Windows 10 doesn't uninstall third party apps, including browsers," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "That said, users who want to use Firefox, Chrome or others as their default bro...

"This move signals that sales of the watch to dedicated Apple users has probably reached a saturation point, meaning that the company needs to seek out new buyers if it wants to keep sales momentum," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "This point squares with anal...