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Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony Issue Safe Gaming Manifesto

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 -...

Apple Takes Chipset Matters Into Its Own Hands

"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....

Apple Finally Reveals 5G iPhones … and HomePod Mini

"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...

Cloud Gaming Revenues to Soar to $12B by 2025

Mark N. Vena, a senior analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, noted that despite some less-than-spectacular performances from Google's Stadia service, the overall cloud gaming category will continue to rise in 2021 and beyond "Microsoft and Sony -- to a lesser extent -- will g...

Apple Reveals New Watches, Muscular Tablet at Online Event

"Peloton should be looking over their shoulder," warned Mark N. Vena, a senior analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy "Peloton services are live while Apple's are prerecorded videos, but I'm sure they'll be top caliber from a production standpoint and very well-calibrated for w...

Apple, Microsoft, Facebook Rumble Over Game Streaming Apps

"That makes the stakes much higher for Microsoft if they get shut out of Apple smartphone-based cloud gaming when xCloud debuts in a few weeks," Mark N. Vena, a senior analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, told TechNewsWorld Facebook Modifies App...

Google Bringing Cash, Nest to ADT

Google's infusion of $450 million into ADT is more important to the home security company than to the search giant, maintained Mark N. Vena, a senior analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy "This cash infusion will allow ADT to operate as an ongoing entity without disrupting the...

Amazon Gives Alexa App a Makeover

"What they're trying to do with the new design is help new users, users who may not have the competency of more tech savvy users," said Mark N. Vena, a senior analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy "They see an opportunity to enhance their app and make it more usable and intuit...

US Cloud Gaming Subscriptions Target $3B

PC gaming has been gaining ground in recent months because it's becoming more affordable, added Mark N. Vena, a senior analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy "AMD has expanded their presence with much more affordable, high performance CPUs and graphics cards in this space," he ...

Macs Move to Apple Silicon Announced at WWDC

"They spent a lot of time addressing developers' concerns around the transition," observed Mark N. Vena, a senior analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, a technology analyst and advisory firm in Austin, Texas "They want to make sure that if you buy a new Mac with Apple silicon...

Facebook Gaming Powers Ahead With Live Streaming

Entering the live gaming arena is a natural move for Facebook, maintained Mark N. Vena, senior analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy, a technology analyst and advisory firm based in Austin, Texas "As Facebook's global footprint continues to be huge, a gaming-specific app is a ...

Microsoft Releases ‘Mind Blowing’ Xbox Specs

"It's really going to be a kick in the pants for the industry," said Mark N. Vena, senior analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy, a technology analyst and advisory firm in Austin, Texas "It should provide quite a bit of adrenalin because the specs are really mind blowing," he t...

Samsung Scores With 5G Galaxy S20’s Camera Specs, New Z Flip

"Samsung continues to amaze me in what they're doing in video and photography category," said Mark N. Vena, senior analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy, a technology analyst and advisory firm based in Austin, Texas. "Samsung clearly sees video and photography as a tremendous...

DoubleTake App Turns Your iPhone Into a Multi-Cam Studio

"This app is revolutionary in the sense that it's incredibly easy to use," said Mark N. Vena, senior analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy, a technology analyst and advisory firm based in Austin, Texas "While multi-camera video capture has been around for years, it has always ...

Early Reviews Suggest Google Stadia Needs More Time in the Oven

A big annoyance with console games is the length of time it takes to download them, observed Mark N. Vena, senior analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy,a technology analyst and advisory firm in Austin, Texas "Download waits for Stadia games are surprisingly fast," he told Tech...

Adobe Max Event Highlights New iPad, iPhone Tools

"Adobe has been trying desperately over the last several years -- with some success -- to expand the appeal of their tools beyond creatives," noted Mark N. Vena, a senior analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy, a technology analyst and advisory firm in Austin, Texas "What they'...

Active Noise Cancellation a Big Draw in New Apple AirPods

The first-generation AirPods were incredibly successful, recalled Mark N. Vena, senior analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy, a technology advisory firm based in Austin, Texas "While AirPods weren't the first on the market, Apple's unique industrial design made them fashionabl...

Google Rolls Out Pixel 4 Phone, Pixelbook, Nest WiFi and Pixel Buds

Privacy commitments are almost perfunctory at these large company events, observed Mark N. Vena, senior analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy, a technology analyst and advisory firm in Austin, Texas "But I'm glad those privacy comments were so prominent in today's announcement...

Apple Touts Games, Music, TV in macOS Catalina

"Arcade is great from a value viewpoint -- Apple priced it very competively -- and there are some cool mainstream games on it, but hard core gamers -- the kind of folks who buy Alienware PCs or have Xbox or Playstation 5 -- aren't going to get the same kind of experience," said Mark N. Vena, senior analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy, a technology analyst and advisory firm in Austin, Texas...

Apple Debuts Triple-Cam iPhone, New iPad, and Aggressively Priced Game and TV Services

"I think they knocked it out of the park on the camera side with the Pro," said Mark N. Vena, a senior analyst with Moor Insights and Strategy, a technology analyst and advisory firm in Austin, Texas "Apple has been taking steps for years to position the iPhone as an alternati...

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