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Foxconn Jumps on Firefox OS Bandwagon

Indeed, "the carriers are always complaining that they want another source and how it's difficult to go up against iOS and Android," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld Foxconn is going to offer devices running Firefox OS together with servic...

AMD Stakes Out Mobile Territory With New Low-Power Chips

"This is a new generation of processor cores that are more power-efficient than anything AMD has produced," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "However, it isn't just about the CPU, it's about the entire chip, especially the graphics." Details of the New ...

Qualcomm Puts Super High-Res Mirasol Magic on Display

"This technology is an alternative to LCD displays and works best under natural light, but most of us don't sit and work under natural light any more," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld Its power efficiency is "a significant tradeoff" for c...

IBM Suits Up Watson to Tackle Thorny Customer Service Problems

"We use automated calling solutions today," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "Using Watson technology just takes it one step closer to an artificial intelligence model." IBM representatives Alicia DiGennaro and Alison Meyerstein pointed TechNewsWorld to...

Teenager’s Power Storage Project Lights Up Science World

There's been speculation that the supercapacitor might be able to recharge a cell phone battery rapidly, but "this advancement is not really about charging mobile solutions, it's about power storage," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "Perhaps instead of two batteries or cells, you might have a single battery or cell with something like this capacitor to recharge the battery."

Google+ Photos Get the Pinterest Touch

Consumers will like the photo features "because they combine the functions of Picasa but make these almost invisible to the user," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "Combine this with more free storage space and the ability to store the high-resolution version of our photos and you have a really cool solution."

Google Takes Maps to Next Level

"Google is improving its strengths and using other in-house innovations to improve its offerings," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "Ultimately most applications will be in the cloud in some form, so the more you can offer and the better experience you can provide, the better positioned you are for the future."

HP Launches Split x2 Win 8 Laptop-Tablet

"With its price and performance, the Split x2 fits into the high end of the hybrid line, almost on par with Ultrabooks," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "I'm glad they're using full-sized keyboards; nothing's worse than trying to use a small keyboard."

Intel Focuses Iris GPUs on Gaming, Video

"Intel's gunning for the high-end gamer market," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "It's trying to enhance its processors to include 3D and other enhancements supported by discrete solutions from Nvidia, AMD and other players." The chip gi...

IBM Builds Traffic Cop for Internet of Things

"These solutions are being designed to handle the massive amounts of data that will be generated," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research told TechNewsWorld. "Whether third-party services will be required is still open to question, but handling the data can and will be a challenge. We are moving to a connected world, and that's really going to stress out our bandwidth and spectrum-constrained networks."

Google Now May Find Its Way Home

Including Google Now on the Google home page "would drive PC users to the homepage rather than have them just using the tool bar, and to provide mobile information with more information just by clicking on Google, or on the browser feature if the homepage is set to Google," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research...

Provo Is Next Stop on the Google Fiber Express

"Having Google involved is a huge benefit [because it] has money and expertise, and is looking to grow outside of its existing business models," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "Google also manages to offer services much cheaper than others, or free."

Mighty Microbattery Delivers Lightning-Fast Charge

"Advancements in battery technology are critical, especially as we face challenges in continuing Moore's Law in silicon and other parts of the system, such as the displays, consume more of the overall energy budget for mobile devices," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "We cannot continue to improve performance while reducing power, [and] battery improvements will help offset these challenges while also enabling new form factors such as wearable electronics."

Dish Stirs the Pot With $25B Sprint Bid

"AT&T and Verizon already offer combined services and have done so for years," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "If anything, Dish/Sprint would be the latecomer. It would make [the combination of] Dish and Sprint more competitive, but that does not guarantee success."

The Smartwatch’s Time May Be Nigh

"This is a key direction of technology," said Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research. "Just because the past solutions have sucked does not mean that we may not eventually get it right as the market, technology, and ecosystem evolve. Just consider th...

Brainwaves Could Make Passwords Old School

"This is one of those interesting technologies that could be used for more than password protection," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld "It could be used to control peripherals or input/output functionality, and could eventuall...

HP Targets a Cloud-Friendly Future With Moonshot Servers

"No one really knows what the game will look like in the future, so HP is trying to make the widest bet possible," said Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research. "They are trying to create the most flexible platform for whatever direction the industry and the technology go. At the same time, they are addressing three of the major issues -- power, cost and size/form factor."

Samsung to Hang Its Shingle Inside Best Buys

"All this is probably good for Samsung," Jim McGregor, founder of TIRIAS Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "If Best Buy has that much extra space to give away, that doesn't bode well for them." It might be a smart strategy for Best Buy to sublease their space to consumer el...

News Corp. Goes Back to School With a Teacher-Friendly Tablet

Given its features, it's difficult to distinguish the Amplify tablet from the competition. "There's going to be no significant benefit for people to use the News Corp. tablet over other tablets in schools," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld...

Microsoft Tweaks Kinect to Add More Gesture Recognition

Using hand gestures "would be great for content creation and simulation," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Researchsuggested. "Imagine the potential for analyzing motions or simulating those motions into computer-generated characters." The technology could "bring us further towards making animation very close to reality."

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