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Big Players Scored in the E-Commerce Battles of 2017

"It underscored the returning value of content as a means to drive Web traffic audiences for advertising," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. Rise of Millennials...

2017 in Tech: The Year of Foreshadowing Big Things to Come

On the other hand, "certain kinds of IoT -- mainly industrial deployments and applications -- mostly left the hype behind and began looking commercially sustainable," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "There's still more than a little hype around the IoT category...

Most Marketers Struggle to Reach Targeted Customers

A new generation of consumers likely will be targeted through their voice-controlled devices, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-It. "Traditional email use is on the wane," he told the E-Commerce Times, "so perhaps by the mid-2030s, smart speakers like Google Home a...

Creatives Not Likely to Blanch at iMac Pro’s $5K Price

"Apple is mainly targeting creative professionals with workstation-class requirements," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "That includes people who regularly create or edit 3D and 4K graphics, and those involved in artistic tasks where speed and performance is a ...

Google and Amazon Square Off, Ignoring Customers in the Middle

On the other hand, it could be Amazon's ambitions that have kept it from reaching a deal with Google, observed Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. "The problem apparently began with a disagreement over Amazon's implementation of YouTube on its Echo Show devices but h...

New Open Platform Helps Enterprises Manage Their Own Cloud Services

The Tectonic strategy fits the intent of the open source movement. The value of any new technology depends on factors that include flexibility, ease of use, and the ability to be easily adapted to existing compute infrastructures and platforms, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT.

Major Players Roll Up Sleeves to Solve Open Source Licensing Problems

"The previous guidelines allowed a certain amount of flexibility that caused confusion among some folks and allowed others to feather their own nests by questionable enforcement actions," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "The new model is more fixed for both com...

Facebook Messenger Promises Speedy Delivery of 4K Pics

4K is becoming table stakes for high- and mid-tier smartphones, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "It's what people are coming to expect when they plunk down nearly (US)$1,000 for a phone, so handsets that don't support 4K will increasingly stand out as second ra...

Google Gives Job Searchers Salary, Location Details

It makes sense for Google to add functionality that will make the job search tool more helpful to users if it hopes to attract customers who otherwise might go to a dedicated career site, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. "Google isn't the only company aiming ...

New Firefox Runs Like a Rabbit

Quantum could do more for Mozilla than just prevent Firefox defections, maintained Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. "Quantum seems to be designed to bring former users, who mostly abandoned Mozilla for Google Chrome, back to Firefox," he told TechNewsWorld....

Facebook Messenger Jumps to Business Websites

Customer Chat's initial attraction may be to the Facebook faithful, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "The strongest interest is likely to be among businesses that are already using Facebook to engage with customers," he told CRM Buyer....

IBM Launches Private Cloud to Ease Public Cloud Transition

The Cloud Private program is the "newest example of how IBM embraces modernization technologies," Pund-IT Principal Analyst Charles King told the E-Commerce Times, "to ensure the continued relevancy of its various platforms and services." ...

iPhone X Delivers on Apple’s Promises and That’s Plenty, Say Reviewers

Although Apple fans had to wait longer to get their hands on a X than for the other iPhone models announced in September, many of them evidently thought the wait was worth it, noted Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "Apple promised game-changing technologies with the ...

New Search Tool Helps Firms Find the Best B2B Software Fit

"At its core, Siftery is aiming to reduce the complexities of an increasingly complicated B2B software market," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "With some 40,000 B2B software applications currently available, if a company decides to adopt a new program or migr...

AWS Offers Aurora Cloud DB Service Compatible With PostgreSQL

The added compatibility will give a sizable boost to Amazon's competitive position among cloud database service providers, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "It puts AWS onto an equal footing with competitors," he told LinuxInsider....

Google Aims to Turbocharge Online Checkout

"Customers can direct payments from any of the credit cards they have registered with Google companies, including Chrome, Android Pay, YouTube and Google Play," noted Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "Plus, they don't have to fill in numbers or address lines, thus sp...

Linux Foundation Launches Open Data Licensing Agreements

"The new Community Data License from The Linux Foundation reflects the growing importance of information as a resource for big data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. "In essence, data provides the fuel r...

Report Probes Social Media’s Threat to Democracy

Omidyar does a good job laying out some of the election-related problems with social media, but the solutions offered, while well intended, miss the mark by a bit, observed Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. "Though he's spot on in criticizing how online media can be...

Google Assistant Shines in Pint-Sized Home Mini

"One of the most interesting aspects of the recent Home Mini launch was how it reflected Google's growing presence in smart home infrastructures," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT "That's sizably different than Amazon's play in tying Echo devices to its shopping...

Android Devs May Follow Apple’s Face ID Lead

"Facial recognition will likely become table stakes for high-end Android phones, including Samsung's Galaxy Note and Google's top-line Pixel," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. "It will also open significant opportunities for biometric ID companies and entrep...

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