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A search engine that delivers answers might appeal to older folks, too, noted Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTechResearch in San Jose, Calif "In general, users are beginning to get weary of Google's search algorithms as being biased, deterministic, and s...

"The Apple Watch has morphed into a digital-health wearable solution," Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTechResearch in San Jose, Calif., told TechNewsWorld The watch, as well as the new iPhones, also has a new crash-detection feature. When a crash is dete...

Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTechResearch in San Jose, Calif. agreed that conditions are becoming onerous for newbies to the market "It's difficult for companies who don't have a history in the gaming space to be seen as credible, since so many of the ...

"This report from Apptopia must be devastating to Netflix senior management," observed Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTechResearch in San Jose, Calif "It confirms what many industry experts have long suspected: gamers do not see the Netflix brand as even...

While agreeing that better analytics will help eliminate false alerts, Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTechResearch in San Jose, Calif. maintained that AI will ultimately do the best job of mitigating false alerts. "It will allow cameras to 'learn' about a homeowner's specific environment," he explained...

"Netflix is grasping at straws. Its brand isn't built around livestreaming," added Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTechResearch in San Jose, Calif "I think many of the mistakes Netflix is making are self-inflected wounds," he told TechNewsWorld. "Livestre...

Glow is an unusual videoconferencing solution, noted Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTechResearch, a technology advisory firm in San Jose, Calif "Unlike other video conferencing solutions, its dual-screen capability has a built-in screen for the remote ca...

Right now, Apple is riding a wave of success, but there could be storm clouds on the horizon, asserted Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTechResearch in San Jose, Calif. "Most of Apple's sales have always been at the high end of the market," he explained, "but with inflation and the high price of gas, the Apple brand could be really tested in the coming months. ...

Not only did the growing PC market juice Edge usage, but it has also benefited from steady improvements, observed Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst of SmartTechResearch in San Jose, Calif. "Edge has materially improved in overall functionality, performance and extension flexibility over the past several years," he told TechNewsWorld...

Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTechResearch in San Jose, Calif., called Ohanian's forecast "wildly optimistic." "I'm highly skeptical of the 90 percent figure," he told TechNewsWorld....

A new attitude toward pricing has contributed to the company's success in wearables and in other areas, maintained Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research, a technology advisory firm in San Jose, Calif "A large part of their success is they've gotte...

"With these MacBooks, Apple is getting more ambitious with their silicon," added Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTechResearch, a technology advisory firm in San Jose, Calif "They're competing very strongly against x86 processors," he told TechNewsWorld. "...

A lot of attention is being paid to the Ultra model, noted Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTechResearch, a technology advisory firm in San Jose, Calif "That's understandable," he said. "It's their first ultra-wideband solution, and that's where the market...

"The iPad Mini is no longer a stepchild, the runt of the litter," added Mark N. Vena, senior director for smart home and strategy at Parks Associates The iPad Mini was one of Apple's most important announcements at the new product event, maintained Tim Bajarin, president of Cr...

End-to-end encryption can be compelling for consumers, observed Mark N. Vena,senior director for smart home and strategy at Parks Associates in Addison, Texas "Our research indicates that privacy still remains a big concern about smart home devices with many customers," he to...

However, Mark N. Vena, a senior analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, a technology analyst and advisory firm based in Austin, Texas maintained that competition in the online group meetings space influenced Apple's upcoming changes to FaceTime "They're clearly feeling the heat...

Without the M1 chip, the new iMac's form factor couldn't have been produced, maintained Mark N. Vena, a senior analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, a technology analyst and advisory firm based in Austin, Texas "Apple silicon allows them to get a thin form factor because it h...

Online gaming has become so incredibly popular -- especially during the pandemic -- that kids are more exposed than ever to online threats, bullying and other nefarious behavior from strangers, explained Mark N. Vena, a senior analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy "Children -...

"The battery life promises are astounding," observed another analyst with Moor Insights, Mark N. Vena "Apple can do that by not only using its own silicon, but by optimizing integration with the Big Sur operating system," he told TechNewsWorld....

"The Ceramic Shield may sound trivial to some people, but when you can improve the drop test performance of a smartphone by 4x, that's not a trivial achievement," Mark N. Vena, a senior analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, told TechNewsWorld The big news from the event, though...