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Apple also may be adding noise cancellation to AirPods' repertoire because in their current state they don't stack up well against competing premium products from Bose and Plantronics, which do offer noise cancellation, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group...

By now most of you know that the last presidential election had more to do with Russia and Facebook than pure voter preferences. Many of those who might have been inclined to vote for Clinton were discouraged from voting. Trump was cast in a more attractive light, and those who were impressed by him were motivated to vote. ...

To say we live in troubled times would be an understatement. It often feels like the politicians and executives who surround us are interested only in who can tell the biggest whopper while lining their own pockets and leaving their constituents and customers to pay the bills. ...

USB Restricted Mode "supports our right to privacy," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "For some screwy reason, the U.S. principle for cellphones and technology in general is that if it could help convict a criminal it's OK to put the billions using...

The chances of success for the marketplace are "very good," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "The customer backing alone gives it legs," he told the E-Commerce Times....

"Sony's aggressive [virtual reality] position is allowing them to stand out," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Meanwhile, "Microsoft has disappointed, because they have signaled they are moving to VR but have focused on PC VR first," he told TechNewsWor...

Dell's most forward-looking people spoke about the future at Dell World a few weeks ago. One of the sessions I attended dovetailed with something that appears to be glaringly obvious -- to me, anyway -- which is that is that robots likely will be the next big technology wave. ...

Investors seem to have confidence in Chime's business model because "it's very clean with extremely low overhead," remarked Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "Chime also appears to be where other banks need to go, and investors tend to invest in the future,...

The most popular show on ABC was canceled last week because the star of the show, Roseanne Barr -- known for saying and writing stuff that would get most of us fired -- did exactly what she was known for doing and got fired. ABC now looks like it is run by idiots because, really, who didn't see this coming? ...

"Apple has built one hell of a speaker, but it's for a market that wants one hell of a digital assistant," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Siri-ously Challenged...

I got a view of the future when I visited HP's Innovation Center in Barcelona, Spain, last week. The company has made some aggressive moves to blend its printing and imaging technologies to create products that will redefine our near-term future. ...

Google "has a reputation of taking excessive risks with people's data," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. However, Google Cloud does not have access to the data users bring to it, Google's Corkery pointed out. That data "is contro...

"Offerings that are more enterprise-focused -- like Microsoft Azure, IBM SoftLayer and Dell Virtustream -- should have a significant advantage because of their higher focus on security," observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group On the other hand, smaller co...

Cisco has reduced the poaching of endangered rhinos in Africa by a whopping 96 percent. This success comes at a time when kids appear to be increasingly at risk from rogue school shooters and the United States government seems deadlocked on gun control. ...

"Particularly as we move to technologies like virtual reality, gaming can be one of the few ways a disabled person can step away from their disabilities, depending on what they are," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "For instance, someone without legs o...

"The expectation was that they would likely shift the offering's iPad-focused products to Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor to be more in line with their Always Connected PC efforts," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "However, I was expecting this to hap...

I've become convinced that too many of us don't prioritize our employment choices properly. What recently drew my attention to this was a conversation I had with Dell's CFO Tom Sweet at Dell Technology World. We were chatting about Dell's problem attracting employees. Because Dell is a private company, few employees get stock or stock options -- they get cash instead. It seems that has put Dell at a disadvantage when competing for top folks. ...

Spotify "is more aggressively deciding what to promote, and have clearly decided they will not promote artists they believe behave badly," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. Crackdown on R. Kelly...

"Google is making the product far more user-friendly and directly addressing at least some of the problems associated with smartphone addiction," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group That strikes a contrast with Android's chief competitor, iOS.

I recently attended Dell Technology World in Las Vegas, which shone a light on one of Michael Dell's passions: addressing the lack of gender diversity in the tech industry. Some time back he asked the most powerful woman at Dell, Chief Customer OfficerKaren Quintos, to spearhead an effort to fix the problem. ...