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In recent years, several foldable designs have aimed to capture a sizable portion of the mobile phone market in this category. However, despite their potential, foldables' market share has remained in the lower single digits compared to non-foldable designs ...

Young entrepreneurs have been drawn to the health care industry in recent years for many reasons, explained Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research in San Jose, Calif "The industry's vast potential for innovation and disruption offers young visionar...

The business and content production worlds quickly embraced tools like ChatGPT and Dalle-E from OpenAI. But what exactly is generative AI, how does it operate, and why is it such a hot and controversial topic? ...

Companies typically change their branding to stay relevant in a dynamic market, attract new customers, and differentiate from competitors, explained Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research in San Jose, Calif "Branding updates can also reflect a shif...

It's not exactly a revelation to state that gaming tech solutions are often suitable for work-related activities due to their inherent features and functionalities ...

"Threads does have a bona fide 'work in progress' feeling, which could inhibit its broader adoption, particularly with highly popular influencers," observed Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst with SmartTech Research in San Jose, Calif "The inability to edit posts an...

Since the first smart gadgets started to surface a few years ago, the fabled smart home of the future has been edging closer to being a realistic, everyday reality ...

Apple finally drew back the curtain Monday on the Vision Pro headset at WWDC 2023, and the leadership team dedicated some serious time to explaining how the device functions and how to use it ...

The long-anticipated product met expectations, noted Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research in San Jose, Calif "This is a spatial computer that you wear on your head," he told TechNewsWorld....

Qualcomm has aggressively developed and integrated generative AI capabilities across its extensive semiconductor line for the past few years. For those few people who have been entirely off the information grid, AI uses intelligent algorithms to produce new and original material, such as photographs, images, movies, and music, based on data already present...

Every six months or so, I re-evaluate the configuration of my home office workstation for improvements and enhancements. Admittedly, my specific requirements skew to the higher end of what the typical home office worker needs. I conduct a video podcast every week and need simultaneous and convenient access to both my MacBook Pro and Dell minitower ...

OpenAI has stated that it takes privacy seriously and implements measures to safeguard user data, noted Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research in San Jose, Calif "However, it's always a good idea to review the specific privacy policies and practice...

Let's get something straight: if someone had time traveled to 1995 and told me that AMD might be able to "save" the laptop market from Apple with their chips in 2023, I would have immediately asked them how many drinks they had consumed ...

"Telly is one of the more intriguing attempts to address the market of users who are willing to give up their data in exchange for a free TV," added Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research, in San Jose, Calif "This could be attractive to a non-trivi...

Calix is a leading provider of broadband communication access systems and software that helps broadband service providers (BSPs) offer internet-related services to homeowners, renters, and businesses ...

Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research in San Jose, Calif., acknowledged that there are certainly market vulnerabilities that exist when social media posts run amok and cause bank runs or even push stocks higher or lower However, he maintained that...

Infineon Technologies last week introduced the automotive industry’s first LPDDR Flash memory to support the development of new E/E (electrical and electronic) systems for semi-autonomous vehicles. Safe, dependable, and real-time code execution, which is essential for automotive zone and domain control, is provided by the Infineon SEMPER X1 LPDDR Flash solution...

The use of "chat" in a generative AI like ChatGPT can also confuse execs who are nimrods to AI. "They confuse generative AI with simple chatbots commonly used for customer service on websites," observed Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst with SmartTech Research in San Jose, Calif...

Investment scams have existed since the invention of currency. According to Mark N. Vena, CEO and principal analyst at SmartTech Research, the web makes investment scams particularly easy on the unsuspecting That happens because many individuals fail to research investments an...

This is yet another building block in Apple's long-term marketing strategy to extend favorable "rewards" programs to help keep Apple customers firmly ensconced in its ecosystem by adding financing and credit element capability to its bag of marketing tools, suggested Mark N. Vena, CEO and principal analyst at SmartTech Research...