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Facebook Plots Secret Chat for Messenger

David Jones — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 18:57:40 +0000

The rumored features have the potential to turn Messenger into a virtual digital assistant, according to Susan Schreiner, an analyst at C4 Trends.

“Potentially, it could learn our likes and dislikes, make suggestions about articles to read or e-books to purchase,” she told TechNewsWorld. “The Messenger app already enables you to send money to friends, so the next logical step would be using the app for in-store purchases.”

Apple’s CareKit Gives More Power to the Patient

David Jones — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 19:08:16 +0000

Apple is one of the few major companies that has made significant inroads into the medical app space by incorporating its smartphone and smartwatch technology into a growing list of consumer and business applications, said C4 Trends analyst Susan Schreiner.

“It is among the few major companies that fully grasps the consumerization of health,” she told TechNewsWorld, “and the opportunities not only directly to consumers, but also in relation to payers, providers and innovation.”

Siri, Cortana and other Digital Assistants Fall Short in a Crisis Situation

David Jones — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:44:23 +0000

Susan Schreiner, a senior editor and analyst at C4 Trends, told TechNewsWorld that we are only at the beginning stages of these digital assistants being able to execute more sophisticated and nuanced tasks as work is underway to improve artificial intelligence and natural human language translated into digital speech patterns.

She noted that Google has been working with the Mayo Clinic since 2015 to identify key phrases a smartphone user might use during a health crisis.

Amazon’s Alexa Goes to Work in 2 New Devices

David Jones — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 21:05:51 +0000

Data collection is becoming ubiquitous with the growing market for the Internet of Things and is only going to raise more privacy concerns, according to Susan Schreiner, an analyst at C4 Trends.

“We live in complex times when it comes to data collection and privacy,” she told TechNewsWorld, “and it’s about to get more thorny with the impending avalanche of IoT products that collect data on a continuous 24/7 basis.”

MasterCard Will Put Selfies to Work for Authentication

David Jones — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:05:01 +0000

Biometrics “is a hot topic of discussion and demonstrations” at Mobile World Congress, said Susan Schreiner, an analyst at C4 Trends, who is attending the conference in Barcelona, Spain. Retina scans and fingerprint technology are “already here and working in smartphones like the iPhone.”

GSMA announced at the conference “that it had reached 2 billion users — and this is just the beginning,” Schreiner said. “As we look to simplify our digital lives, passwords will surely be replaced by the next great app.”

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Report: Apple Moving Quickly to Sell New iPhone, iPad Models

David Jones — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 03:28:09 +0000

“What else will be in the new iPhone and iPad? Will it contain WiFi or the faster LiFi or some permutation thereof that doubles the range of connectivity while using less power? There’s always a surprise feature or so in any Apple device,” said Susan Schreiner, an analyst at C4 Trends.com.

“The rumored iPhone fills a sweet spot that Apple missed when it introduced the iPhone 6 in terms of size. While there was a pent-up demand for a larger screen smartphone, there still is a huge population that prefers the convenience of the smaller screen to a larger screen,” Schreiner told the E-Commerce Times.

Amazon Echo: Get Your Uber Rides, Pizza Pies and Hit Music Here

David Jones — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 20:14:25 +0000

Among the potential uses for Amazon’s Echo could be technology for helping consumers who lack mobility, suggested Susan Schreiner, an analyst at C4 Trends.

“This is an important first step in terms of not only convenience but for other uses — including, for instance, as an aid for an aging parent who might fall and needs help or needs to go to the hospital,” she told the E-Commerce Times. “The implications of adding speech has the potential to be huge.”

Your Facebook Friends Are Really Not That Into You

David Jones — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:22:08 +0000

Whether Facebook friends are genuine or not may be a demographics issue, suggested Susan Schreiner, an analyst at C4 Trends.

“Friends on Facebook seem to be amorphous, or varying definitions based on demographics — particularly age groups — with younger being more forthcoming about sharing than older,” she told TechNewsWorld.

Yahoo Reintroduces a Messenger for This Millennium

David Jones — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 19:37:07 +0000

“The new messenger is feature rich with abilities to also unsend a message — as people move beyond sending anything as an impetuous reflex action or after a knock-out fight or in a drunken stupor,” noted Susan Schreiner, senior editor and analyst at C4 Trends.

“Similarly, while sharing can be fun — there are times when the new Messenger’s ability to delete it from the conversation for all participants is also a valuable feature,” she told TechNewsWorld.

Google+ Tries On New Social Media Identity

David Jones — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 09:00:36 +0000

Google is way overdue in making these changes, but it just may have a shot at making rival sites like Facebook take it a little more seriously, suggested Susan Schreiner, an analyst with C4 Trends.

“While it’s late coming to the table, we would suggest that it may yet have opportunities to more effectively leverage the over 2 billion people with Google accounts,” she told the TechNewsWorld. “Perhaps it needs to take a page from the Apple playbook, since Apple has become a master at leveraging its users across the Apple landscape.”

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