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This story was originally published on Oct. 14, 2013, and is brought to you today as part of our Best of ECT News series ...

As we're recovering from Christmas and getting ready for the big New Year's Day hangover, I'm reminded of the Chinese curse, "May you be born in interesting times," because 2014 is likely to be a very interesting year. ...

In publishing the Snapchat API and the exploits, Gibson was following common practice, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld However, Gibson's actions "seem more focused on giving [it] notoriety than on actually fixing the problem," Enderle su...

As we approach the end of the year, it is time to look back on 2013 and consider what we've learned about technology and human nature. Both Apple and Dell were massively changed; HP, Yahoo and other companies were in various stages of being turned around; and Google went from a company that wanted our private information to one that wanted our jobs...

I just finished reading a very interesting book by Intel Futurist Brian David Johnson, Humanity in the Machine: What Comes After Greed? Stock market trading systems, venture capitalists and NASCAR teams are all optimized toward a defined goal of winning, in most cases, an excessive accumulation of wealth, he argues. ...

"This is a way to differentiate Microsoft from Google," Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "Google has the corner on search, but they don't have the corner on all content," he pointed out.

"It gives them options for future revenues, including defending the patents, and ensures they have a solid patent defense if they develop something that violates competitors' patents," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "Generally...

One of the recurring themes in the technology industry is that very successful companies become arrogant and start taking unnecessary risks or abusing customers -- the two aren't mutually exclusive. That behavior can accomplish what competitors have failed to do: It can kill them. ...

"Yahoo uses Bing for their search engine, so it's unclear why they would buy a natural language technology for search because they can use Microsoft's technology," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times "[Yahoo CEO] Marissa Mayer looks l...

Threshold's contribution to serious fun might mean games will "flow more easily between the platforms so you could conceivably play Xbox games off your PC, something I'd advocated years ago -- and, at times, off your tablet and Windows phone," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld...

"We have computer systems that are fully capable of flying the devices, but the FAA doesn't want these things flying where aircraft could hit them," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "The battery life needed for a round trip is very limi...

I can hear the virtual voices screaming: "No, there is no way -- he isn't an engineer, he is an actor." Yet in a way, so was Steve Jobs. If you've read any of the stories about what he was like in person, you already know that at the start, Steve was a hippie who rarely bathed, cried a lot, and didn't like shoes. If you compare that Steve Jobs to his on-stage persona, it's clear that when he was pitching a product he was acting.

"Android numbers continue to grow, but the report does not anticipate Samsung efforts to move off of Android in terms of forecast," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "Nor does it consider profitability, which is poor on the platform, suggesting other firms may also withdraw if they can not find profit -- particularly with Google doing more and more of their own hardware."

However, game systems historically do not sell for more than $500, so the price could be a bit high for a new entry, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "The odds of this system being successful are low due to its price and the move away fro...

I got a note from a guy a few days ago who said he had an idea that would transform Microsoft, and he wanted me to introduce him to Bill Gates so he could present it. I don't do that, but he was persistent, and it got me thinking. Given that both Apple and Microsoft are based on ideas that came from outside, there is irony in the fact that both firms now have a massive wall between them and outside ideas.

"Just because you can put in everything doesn't mean you should," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "What makes the Qualcomm Toq stand out is it wasn't designed to do everything," he continued.

"No other car company would do this," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld Tennessee physician Juris Shibayama, the owner of the third Model S that caught fire, shared that sentiment....

"Unlike any other watches, it has what is essentially a transflective display," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "It actually works outside better than any other smartwatch, and it uses less power." Typical displays wash out in bright sunlight....

I went public last week with my opinion that IBM eventually will beat Amazon Web Services, even though Amazon won the first skirmish. I was referring only to the federal government, not the largely user-based market Amazon currently serves, but I was less than precise, and I can see why some took offense and disagreed with the broader statement I didn't intend to make.

"This is a value play and more for the emerging market than the developed world," Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld White-box smartphone manufacturers in Asia reportedly offer Android devices at lower prices and with more features than the...