By Carolyn Slater
If you love to run, love gadgets, live in the Washington, DC area and would love to support youth development and technical education in Northern Virginia, have I got a deal for you!  Even if you don’t run but like to support Geeks who do, there’s an important role for you handing [...]

  By Carolyn Slater
Want to know what the consumer electronics industry’s leaders know?  Catch the Industry Forum podcasts, including iStage, Kevin Kelly’s keynote speech, the “What’s Next for China” panel, “Best Practices for Greening your Company” and more. 
All podcasts are free and can be downloaded to your iPod or you can listen to them [...]

By Carolyn Slater
Yeah, I’m still back at the office holding down the fort and missing all the Forum excitement in Las Vegas but I am enjoying regular updates via e-mail, podcast, and Twitter.

Nothing compares to the thrill of winning – unless it’s a huge check and a free booth at CES!
Today it [...]

By Carolyn Slater
I may be back home at the CEA offices in Arlington, VA but my trusty on-site sources are beaming me back photos and news (thank heavens for technology)  from CEA’s Industry Forum in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Industry Forum is our annual educational and networking event for CEA members.
This morning was the much-anticipated [...]

By Parker Brugge
Today, the consumer electronics industry achieved a milestone in environmental sustainability. CEA released its first-ever industry sustainability report. Why’s it a milestone? Because it marks the first time that we’ve taken a look at what the industry as a whole is doing to address growing environmental concerns in areas like product design, [...]

By Joseph Gizzi
They’ve arrived. The 14 finalists in CEA’s inaugural i-stage competition took the stage for the first time Sunday to plug in, amp up and rehearse their make-or-break pitch for the next generation of social media and retail platforms, gaming and 3D video, and otherwise all-around cool tech creations.
Nine hail from North [...]

By Bhavna Bhatia
As a child, I was always afraid of needles. My last visit to the blood donation drive confirmed my fright as I came home with a bruise the size of a golf ball on my arm. The doctor poked around for nearly 15 minutes looking for a “good” vein until I [...]

By Sarah Szabo
Three years ago, I gave my dad an MP3 player for Christmas. As a bit of background, the man used a record player until 1999 as his primary source of music, so this gift was a bit of a gamble. What if he was too set in his ways? What if he [...]

By Katherine Rutkowski
Who knew? While browsing a list of commonly challenged books (a truly librarian-geeky pursuit) it struck me that timing or dumb luck had afforded me the chance to find and read at least half of those titles with no risk or roadblock. As my born-to-immigrants parents would say “American citizens are the [...]

By Jennifer Bemisderfer
Thought the current financial crisis was all about Wall Street? Tell that to the consumers who are now finding it increasingly difficult to obtain new car loans.
People who thought they’d ride out this crisis in style are having to rethink those decisions. But many [...]