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"We don't really have a great way to ensure a user is who they say they are, definitively, without using a credit card," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Bill Gates had suggested levying micro-charges for each post tied back to a valid credit card or P...

"You can collect a massive amount of data very quickly across a broad sampling of users," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group However, "the collection process isn't statistically valid. A self-selecting sample like this one isn't representative of a popula...

Whether this tactic pans out to solve the growing friction within the Linux kernel commuinity remains to be seen. This kind of effort tends to shift power from the individual to those who enforce the code, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "You ...

Before 5G is realized, the telecommunications industry first will need to come to an agreement over what it is, observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "It's turning into a hodgepodge of mutually exclusive characteristics," he told TechNewsWorld. "It's g...

"Since then, there have been huge efforts to get women into technology," said Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group "Sentiment is moving solidly toward women in this industry," he told the E-Commerce Times. "No one want to be on the wrong side of ...

Broad censorship is not the answer, because "it gets really hard to draw the line, particularly if you try to identify groups through obscure behaviors and not by overt acts like threatening murder," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld Twitt...

The OS "appears to address a number of concerns with broad strokes, and should be very well received," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told LinuxInsider Keeping RHEL 7 Atomic Host Secure...

Nextdoor has an advantage in attracting investors because it is localized to work with tightly knit neighborhoods, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. Vendors in the community do not get lost in the crowd of large regional vendors "Everybody can s...

China "is currently being a bit more overt [than the U.S.], but since Snowden's revelations, it's virtually impossible for the U.S. to take the high road here," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "President Obama should look at the clandestine efforts of ...

Still, Twitter is only doing what it should be doing as the provider of a microblogging service that's open to the public, contended Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "The provider of the service has the responsibility to ensure its customers are safe," he to...

"These are beautiful phones, and the use of BlackBerry to help with security is inspired," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "Collectively, they are an impressive feature set, but folks will likely not see any of these advantages as groundbreaking," he...

Don't you just love big industry events like Mobile World Congress? I mean, you've had whole weeks to enjoy the new phone you got last quarter, and now you'll hear about a bunch of incredibly wonderful stuff that will make that new phone look like your grandmother's favorite car -- you know, the one she fell in love with in the 1960s. ...

Google is taking control of the situation before it gets out of hand, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. Google is simply too exposed in too many areas to what third parties can do on its properties outside of Google's control, he told TechNewsWor...

"What Snowden did was clearly illegal, but he also clearly showcased that the government was acting illegally on a massive scale," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "I think that most of the effort should be to ensure someone like Snowden, who discove...

"The issues are generally a number of things -- from who owns the licenseto how much it costs, and whether there is any money to market theresult," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "Microsoft had a set of these games they used to sell for cheap on theXb...

"What goes around comes around," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "The EU focus on Microsoft -- which got the EU looking at U.S. technology companies in the first place -- was partially funded by Google." The Europeans forced Microsoft to unbundle Inte...

The Equation disclosure "creates a huge cloud over U.S. technology," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Even U.S. firms don't want this kind of exposure." Further, "given how attractive the U.S. is as a target anyway, and the damage it is...

While working on a piece about bad decisions recently, I revisited Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's decision not to hire Academy Award winner and successful lifestyle author and blogger Gwyneth Paltrow for a lifestyle editing position...because she didn't have a college degree. ...

"This could be a huge privacy and trust breach," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld Samsung could also end up shooting itself in the foot because "it could end up placing ads on top of ads, which could annoy the user to unacceptable levels...

In recent years "the idea of a store where you specifically go to get occasionally bought items is largely obsolete, thanks to Amazon and other online retailers," added Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "It is now easier to figure out what you want online and just have someone send it to you."