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...“Metaverse isn’t really a term anyone wants to use anymore to get funding,” said Tuong Nguyen, an analyst at Gartner. “But there’s this idea that Apple can raise the tide for all boats.”...
...(Patrick Temple-West) Smart read In May, we reported on BlackRock’s statement that it would support fewer climate-related shareholder proposals in this year’s proxy voting season....
...The number of phones equipped with 5G has ballooned from 16.7mn devices in 2019 to 539mn in 2021, according to Gartner. Apple’s entry-level phone represents a pricing balancing act....
...Mikako Kitagawa, research director at Gartner, said that while the high-end notebooks would find a market among those working in video and design, they might “offer a bit of overperformance for regular consumers...
...Ford is likely “very interested in gaining his insights into how to become more like a tech company”, said Gartner analyst Mike Ramsey....
...“If you look back over the last five to six years, they are far from the only ones who were overly optimistic about the timeline of introducing autonomy,” said Mike Ramsey, analyst at Gartner....
...“It’s definitely going to be a different CES,” said Gartner analyst Tuong Nguyen....
...Chinese company overtook its smartphone rival in the fourth quarter of 2020, with sales increasing by a third to 43.4m, making it the Number Three maker globally behind Apple and Samsung, according to Gartner...
...Tuong Nguyen, analyst at Gartner, said he did not expect foldable phones to enter the mainstream just yet. “We are talking a high-end device for early adopters,” he said....
...It’s very competitive,” said John Collison, who launched Stripe in 2010 with his brother Patrick, in an interview with the Financial Times last week....
...The bigger impact might not be measured in dollars, nor in Mac sales — where Apple hold just a 7 per cent share of worldwide PC shipments, according to Gartner — but in the company’s ability to refine every...
...Still, Annette Zimmermann, an analyst at Gartner, said the timing of the launch would be convenient for users of older handsets such as the iPhone 6 or 6+....
...“It’s going to take a lot of work and take a lot of years” for all the different technologies to work seamlessly together, said Patrick Moorhead, an analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy....
...Those might include low-priced high-definition televisions and specialised tablet devices that come with the silicon smarts of advanced gaming computers, said chip analyst Patrick Moorhead....
...Last year, 48m PCs were shipped to China according to market research firm Gartner....
...“The idea that [customer service] has to be this synchronous thing where you settle down for a 10-minute conversation on the phone is ridiculous,” said Charles Golvin, researcher at Gartner....
...Gartner’s Mr Ramsey says it’s more likely that Waymo and Cruise will eventually outsource operations to a specialised network or to public transit operators....
...As Uber looks to diversify services and boost revenue, a potential problem is that users who simply want to hail a ride find it too cluttered, said Charles Golvin, analyst at Gartner....
...Plus, it is in pole position to take an early lead in the emerging field of augmented-reality eyewear, a segment that is expected to quadruple in sales between 2017 and 2022, according to Gartner....
...The Silicon Valley veteran has regained its title as the world's biggest semiconductor manufacturer, with the Gartner research firm reporting last week that it topped Samsung Electronics' revenues in 2019...
...Ilona Hansen, an analyst at Gartner, said Salesforce remained ahead of SAP in both market share and product experience, having only focused on CRM for nearly two decades. “This is what they do, A-Z....
...Mike Ramsay, an analyst at Gartner, agreed, saying that technology was no longer the limiting factor....
...Phil Dawson, an analyst at IT research firm Gartner, likened the task to turning round two supertankers....
...But these features are now going the way of the airbag: by 2020, 86m new cars are to be equipped with them, according to Gartner Research....
...Roland Busch, chief technology officer, said on a conference call that Siemens is one of the 10 biggest software companies in the world by revenue, according to Gartner....
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