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Yahoo Buys Blink Team, App to Go Dark

"From what I can tell, Blink doesn't have any valuable intellectual property; nor does it have a significantly large user base to be of interest to Yahoo," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Given that the competition for experienced developers in Silicon Valley is fierce, Yahoo probably views Blink's price tag as a signing bonus for the team of Meh Labs." ...

Microsoft Dis-Kinects Xbox One

"When Sony announced the price for the PS4, it was a glaring obstacle for the Xbox One, which had a $100 higher price point," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Xbox One and PS4 had successful launches, but PS4 has taken the lead in sales by multiple millions of consoles, and the...

EU Court Hands Google a Missing Links Quandary

"This, and other legislation that's coming down the pipeline ... is bad news for Google, Facebook and others who rely on getting personal information and direct marketing to consumers," Darren Hayes, a professor at Pace University's Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, told the E-Commerce Times...

AT&T May Be Suiting Up to Battle Comcast

"The DirecTV acquisition would give AT&T a steady revenue stream and more customers to upsell other services to present a suite of entertainment and broadband offerings that can help in its battle with Comcast," he told the E-Commerce Times. The regulator issues could take a ...

AT&T May Be Suiting Up to Battle Comcast

"The DirecTV acquisition would give AT&T a steady revenue stream and more customers to upsell other services to present a suite of entertainment and broadband offerings that can help in its battle with Comcast," he told the E-Commerce Times. The regulator issues could take a ...

GOVERNMENT IT REPORT

GSA Follows Corporate IT Procurement Playbook

"We could do both. With category management, we are identifying core categories of businesses around which to develop higher levels of expertise to direct and guide buyers to the best solutions -- whether it's a GSA contract vehicle or otherwise," Mary Davie, assistant commissioner of GSA's Office of Integrated Technology Services, told the E-Commerce Times.

FCC Chair Changes Tune on Net Neutrality

"Wheeler's original proposal was clearly in the comfort zone of telcos to the point that many thought he was acting as little more than their shill," Charles King, principal at Pund-IT, told the E-Commerce Times. "Wheeler may be setting his eye on life after the FCC, but acti...

Google Picks Up Appetas

"I ... can't imagine an easy website creator with a few basic integrations being something Google needed to buy versus build themselves," he told the E-Commerce Times However, the acquisition could fuel Google's ambitions to become a bigger presence in local businesses and mar...

Nintendo’s Plan B

"The emerging markets opportunity is significant, so I understand Nintendo's desire to get a foothold," Ted Pollak, senior analyst for the gaming industry with Jon Peddie Research, told the E-Commerce Times "The Wii U is too expensive for many of these consumers, and also many...

Netflix Newbies Hit With Steeper Price

"This is far less confusing, and while no one wants to pay more, the grace period eases the pain for existing customers who are unlikely to go elsewhere," Greg Scoblete, editor at RealClearWorld and RealClearTechnology, told the E-Commerce Times "This time, Netflix said they ...

Tech Industry Leans on FCC in Net Neutrality Clash

"With the recent court defeat, I do not believe that targeting the FCC with this letter is an effective channel to promote Net neutrality," Jim McGregor, principal at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "More will need to be done in Congress to alter future legal decisions and provide the FCC with greater leverage to enforce such rules."

Apple v. Samsung: Honey, I Shrunk the Damages

This latest courtroom verdict is unlikely to break the cycle, Francis Petit, associate dean for executive programs at Fordham University, told the E-Commerce Times. "Both sides, in my estimation, must have that empty feeling of a tie score in an athletic contest," he said.

Facebook Seeks Better Fit With Small Biz

"There's an enormous growth opportunity in that gap," Greg Sterling, an analyst with Internet2Go, told the E-Commerce Times "If Facebook can bring a portion of the 25 million into the advertiser category," he continued, "then they stand to potentially make a lot of revenue and...

Alibaba’s Treasure May Not Open Doors for Yahoo

Yahoo "has very big problems with no easy solutions," Charles Sizemore, a portfolio manager on online investing market Covestor, told the E-Commerce Times. "Its share of the online ad market has fallen to 1 percent, while Google has 51 percent and Facebook 11 percent, [and it] is competing for ad dollars with the likes of Twitter and every other social media startup."

ISPs Put the Squeeze on Content Distributors, Level3 Charges

"Traffic volumes are becoming problematic," Mike Jude, Stratecast program manager at Frost & Sullivan, told the E-Commerce Times. "Significant delay can be experienced even now, and it will only get worse." The Gist of Level3's Accusations...

Google Now Could Turn E-Commerce on Its Ear

"It's a win-win situation," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Google Now is the next evolutionary step to building on other services that allow Google users to list their services, such as Google Places for Business." It's another way to make Google an indispensable product, whet...

Amazon Rolls Its Shopping Carts Onto Twitter’s Turf

"Twitter offers a great environment for our customers to discover product recommendations from artists, experts, brands and friends," Amazon spokesperson Julie Law told the E-Commerce Times. "Customers are in the mindset of discovery when they are on Twitter," she continued.

White House Urges Big Data Privacy Legislation

"As the proliferation and use of Big Data increases, so does fear and misunderstanding," Mark Parker, senior product manager at iSheriff, told the E-Commerce Times. Members of the retail industry, perhaps because they have had to confess to so many wide-scale breaches, are pa...

MIT Goes Bitcoin-Wild

Neither Rubin nor Elitzer has any connection to Bitcoin in any way. "Our investment is simply in our time, and belief in the benefits cryptocurrencies could bring to society," Rubin told the E-Commerce Times They will work with professors and researchers across MIT to study ho...

GOVERNMENT IT REPORT

Feds Weigh In on Cybersharing Antitrust Issues

"The FTC/DoJ policy is significant because, as was noted in the document, the nature, complexity and number of threats have changed since the Justice Department issued the EPRI letter, and it is important to know that the agencies still believe the EPRI analysis is valid," Intel's Hoffman told the E-Commerce Times. ...

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