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Avnet "isn't the first to do this," remarked Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research "Microsoft's doing something, and so are other companies, where the digital assistant is really targeted towards the application or the area of expertise that they're looking for,"...

"This could have huge implications for companies providing services over the Internet, especially if they compete with the carrier/service provider in any way," noted Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research "It may also allow the carrier/service provider to hold com...

On a positive note, "it is an intriguing technology that holds potential for ferrying passengers over long distances," suggested Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research "However, this is the combination of a new technology and infrastructure project, which means a...

It's not likely that the new privacy objective will harming Google's ability to generate revenue, said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "Google gathers tons of information from other sources," he told TechNewsWorld, "and already has massive amounts of dat...

The VR180 format has applications in various segments, such as demo videos in the real estate and art fields; as productivity tools for remote workers; and perhaps gaming, as part of a mixed reality platform, said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research The ease of...

There is little doubt that the Internet -- especially Amazon -- has altered the way U.S. consumers think about shopping. ...

"By implementing AI into the process, I perceive it is a way for Google to familiarize users with what will be a core technology for the company," Fuller said."You have to wonder what took Google so long to do this," remarked Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research.

The president's attempt to give the nation's tech industry a bigger role in transforming federal IT has promise, said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research "Past administrations have told the tech industry, 'we want your guidance,'" he told TechNewsWorld. "This i...

"It's smoking," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, said of the One X's performance. "They went for the most performance they could possibly get out it," he told TechNewsWorld.

The acquisition "is a good fit, not only for SoftBank's Robotics group, but also ARM," noted Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research SoftBank "is already invested in robotics and has a great vision for technology and a track record for investing in critical technolo...

The acquisition of Hexadite provides Microsoft with important resources for enterprise security based on AI, said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research "Hexadite appears to provide multiple benefits to Microsoft," he told the E-Commerce Times, including "a secur...

"Like any product Apple introduces, it will have unique features because Apple controls everything from the hardware design to the service," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research However, "consumers will likely pay a premium in one form or another," he told t...

The strength of the Apple brand alone would provide the company with a competitive advantage with fans of the company, noted Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research However, unless the company were willing to open the platform up to third-party developers and hardwa...

Just when PCs looked to be dying a slow, painful death, they became interesting again. As expected, this week's news coming from Computex in Taiwan is flush with new PCs and PC technologies, but is it enough to reinvigorate a market that has faced declining sales since 2011? ...

"Nvidia's partnership with Toyota is huge," noted Jim McGregor, a principal analyst at Tirias Research Nvidia has automotive certification for infotainment systems but not for control systems, and the partnership will help it get that certification, he told TechNewsWorld....

"It's a great teaching and development tool, but we need to understand its limitations," observed Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research "With limited processing performance, you will only be able to perform certain functions on the device," he told LinuxInsider.

The electronics industry over the past several years has made tremendous strides in creating artificial intelligence in a manner imagined by Allen Turing in the 1940s. The convergence of algorithmic advances in multilayer neural networks, the evolution of PC graphics processing units as massively parallel processing accelerators, and the availability of massive data sets fueled by the Internet and widely deployed sensors -- big data -- has enabled a renaissance in software neural network modeling techniques commonly referred to as "deep learning," or "DL." ...

"The Windows 10 S strategy is interesting," said Jim McGregor, a principal analyst at Tirias Research "It is targeted at heading off the growing threat from Chromebooks," he told the E-Commerce Times....

Kalanick, 40, isn't alone in his damn-the-rules management style, noted Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research "There's a new batch of CEOs we're seeing, especially in the tech industry, that think they can do whatever they want to do," he told the E-Commerce Times...

"To do that in the way they did it was too much," remarked Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "I've never been big on boycotts," he told CRM Buyer, "but after seeing the video, I think consumers should boycott the airline."