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Breaking Analysis: Death of the Video Game Console? Don’t Believe the Hype

CNBC, along with NPD, reported Friday that the video game industry took a hit in 2012, saying that sales fell 26 percent while console sales declined by 20 percent. So is the death of the video game console near?  Not so fast, says SiliconANGLE Founding Editor Mark “Rizzn” Hopkins. Hopkins found contrary data released earlier ...

SocialANGLE News Round-up: Who Can See What Videos You Watch on Facebook?

In today’s SocialANGLE news round-up:  Facebook users can now share videos they have viewed, Proposed EU data protection laws could force free services to make users pay, Chinese WeChat app censors users, and Twitter evolving as a a real-time advertising platform Facebook users can now share videos they have viewed   President Obama signed a ...

Breaking Analysis: Samsung Avoids RT on Windows Ativ Tablets, Consumer Education Too Costly

Samsung announced its line of Windows Ativ tablets this past fall, but the company says they won’t be bringing the RT version to the U.S. anytime soon. According to Samsung executive Mike Abary, the high cost of educating the consumer is one of the reasons they’re holding back from Windows RT. SiliconANGLE Contributing Editor John ...

Breaking Analysis: CES 2013 in Review – Is Consumer Tech on the Wane?

CES 2013 is wrapping up today and there have been several articles written about whether or not this is still the most relevant technology tradeshow to attend. SiliconANGLE Founding Editor Mark “Rizzn” Hopkins has been in virtual attendance of the show by tracking it through several live feeds. Matt Buchanan of BuzzFeed claims the show ...

Breaking Analysis: Panasonic, ZTE, Broadcom Intrigue Customers with New Product Standards

More intriguing announcements keep coming from CES, including a 20-inch tablet, yet another smartphone and a chip to support Ultra-HD. Panasonic revealed in its CES keynote a 20-inch Windows 8 tablet with 4K resolution. Normally 4K is used in conjunction with TV resolution, but we’ve seen 4K coming out in other products displayed at CES ...

Breaking Analysis: Microsoft Downplays Windows RT Hack

On Sunday, it was reported that the Windows RT operating system had been hacked to allow unsigned ARM desktop applications to run.  Microsoft responded quickly to say that it was investigating the findings and is now saying that it doesn’t consider this to be a security vulnerability. According to SiliconANGLE Contributing Editor John Casaretto, the jailbreak ...

Breaking Analysis: Does Microsoft Need Lenovo to Boost Win8 Sales?

The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) officially kicks off tomorrow at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, and with it comes word of new device announcements from Lenovo and 3M. The Lenovo ThinkPad Helix is a touch pad that separates from the keyboard, but when combined with the keyboard, the system becomes much ...

Breaking Analysis: Facebook Will Promise Message Delivery, Who Would Pay for This?

Facebook’s latest attempt to attract revenue consists of setting up a priority messaging system to try to entice users to pay for guaranteed delivery of messages. They have also replaced some privacy settings with more flexible filters to allow more relevant messages to get through. SiliconANGLE Contributing Editor John Casaretto said he doesn’t really see ...

Breaking Analysis: Medium-size Tech Tsunami Provokes Global Warming in Venture Capital

SiliconANGLE Founder John Furrier joined Kristin Feledy on the Morning NewsDesk Show to provide insight on his post from this morning, “The Global Warming of Venture Capital – the Series A Cliff.” Furrier gave some background as to what inspired his post. First, he said that over the past few years, there has been a ...

Breaking Analysis: Facebook Taking a Timeout on Their Ad Revenue Strategy

It looks like Facebook is putting themselves in time out on their highly-anticipated ad network. The social media giant recently announced that it will halt testing launched earlier this year which allows the site to place its own ads on other developers’ mobile apps. SiliconANGLE News Desk Editor Kristen Nicole compared Facebook’s ad strategy to ...