By Laura Hubbard
Check in, explore, find your friends and win at the 2011 CES! Follow the International CES on Foursquare for tips and tricks to get around this year’s show. Check in at five of the 10 official CES venues between Tuesday, January 4 and Sunday, January 9 to earn the official, coveted 2011 CES Foursquare badge.
For the 2011 CES, CEA and Foursquare have teamed up to turn your badge into a chance to win prizes and giveaways. Once you earn your official 2011 CES Foursquare badge, stop …

By Guest Blogger, Mary Kurek, marketing advisor to CTA Digital
“America’s couches are getting a well-deserved break this holiday season,”
stated Ryan Smith of GameSmith in his November 4th, 2010 article about motion gaming. I have one thing to add to Smith’s statement; motion gaming does more than just get us off of our rears, it engages our emotions.
Story and physical involvement create a sensory loop that causes us to care about characters, which pushes us toward action. In the best of games, we allow ourselves to emotionally attach to …

By Guest Blogger, Jennifer B. Davis, vice president of marketing, Runco International
The market is abuzz with 3D and the recent releases and announcements from Hollywood studios and cable operators alike are making the 3D space more exciting than ever. However, market excitement or skepticism (or outright criticism) is overshadowed by confusion. There are too many options, too much to know, and consumers are struggling to make good choices.  Designing a theater for 3D content playback, while retaining the flexibility for exceptional 2D playback, is a 3-dimensional problem indeed.  …

You may remember that last year we followed the Griffin Tech team on their brave (and often cold) journey from Nashville to Vegas in Double Nickels – the gorgeous orange 1972 VW Westfalia bus they restored.

Entrepreneurs Spotlight- The Face of Innovation
By Grace Ellis
In an increasingly connected world, consumers want their technologies to be as multifunctional as possible. We want our phones to work as computers and our MP3 players to take pictures. The more one device can do, the more it is valued. Asghar Mostafa recognized this value and has successfully built a comprehensive, interactive device to manage all of a user’s digital needs.
enTourage Systems™ has created an all-inclusive personal technology device that combines the functions of several products. The enTourage eDGe™ is the …

I found her in an unoccupied office surrounded by blue CES shirts.

By Guest Blogger, Jack Wrigley, VP Business Development, XStreamHD
Within the past few years we have witnessed a transformation of how consumers consume content. On one side, online providers have been proclaimed the new “broadcasters of the next millennium”. “OTT or nothing,” cheer the masses. Their stock has risen dramatically as investors view them as the new frontier.
On the other side are traditional distribution channels of cable, satellite, and over the air broadcasters.  Challenged, many try to argue, that their obits have already been written. They’re dead, dinasauristic…already petrified!  Why …

This is my first CES and among feelings of excitement, nervousness and curiosity is the need to be prepared!

By Guest Blogger, Med Dyer, co-founder and chief technology officer at dB Logic

According to the American Academy of Audiology, “approximately 12 percent of all children ages 6-19 have noise induced hearing loss”. With the current popularity of MP3 players and other portable audio devices, there is some concern that users may be causing permanent hearing damage from cranking up the volume too loud. The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) considers 85 decibels (dB) the action point where employers must implement a hearing conservation program. With many MP3 …

By Brianne O’Leary
With the 2011 International CES just around the corner, here at the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) we are busy preparing for another exhilarating show. Each department at CEA plays a crucial role in ensuring that the 2011 CES runs smoothly, and the Membership department is no exception. CEA members receive unique benefits at CES that allow them to relax, focus on their own priorities, be productive and generally make the most of their CES experience. Currently in Membership we are busy putting together member packets, setting …