Archive for the 'In Vehicle Electronics' Category

Surviving Summer Road Trips

By Laura Hudson
I seem to be on a technology and kids theme recently. Of course, those are the two biggest focuses of my life. Recently, we were in the market for a new family car and decided with two kids, road trips and all of the “stuff” that goes along with that, we needed [...]

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Connect2Car – The Automobile’s Convergence with Consumer Electronics

By Bhavna Bhatia
Did you know that 40 million new people are licensed to drive every year? Or that over 500,000 people are killed in car crashes every year? The numbers are scary, but the automotive industry is working hard to drive change!
During the CES SuperSession “Connect2Car: The Automobile’s Convergence with Consumer Electronics” yesterday, top [...]

Friday, January 9th, 2009

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year…

By Brian Moon
Not only is it the most wonderful time of year to receive gifts, but also to give them, especially consumer electronics gifts!
In my family, Christmas is the occasion when my brother and I seize the opportunity to amaze, entertain, and make our Dad’s jaw drop with something from the wonderful world of [...]

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

My Election Day Technology

By Carolyn Slater
By no means am I a gadget freak, in fact I’m a (very) late adopter but I was struck by how many CE products I use in one day.
Consider Tuesday – a momentous day – Election Day 2008. I should preface this with the fact that although I’ve lived in the U.S. [...]

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

The Untapped Market of Boomer Consumers

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 [...]

Monday, October 13th, 2008

FINDING THAT NEW CAR SMELL

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 [...]

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Crossing the Country with Technology By My Side

By Sarah Szabo
Ten days ago, my college friends and I embarked on a cross-country road trip that took us from D.C. to the Oregon Coast. We had been planning this trip for almost a decade, so needless to say, we were excited to finally see the sights.
Somewhere between South Dakota (I highly recommend the [...]

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

America Wins With Trade Bus Tour

By Jason Oxman
CEA’s “America Wins With Trade” tour kicked off this morning in Hauppauge, New York, as the America Wins With Trade bus pulled into the headquarters of Audiovox.

Pictured from Left to Right:  CEA President and CEO, Gary Shapiro; President of Audiovox Corp., Pat Lavelle; Founder and Chairman of Audiovox Corp., John Shalam.
Audiovox Chairman John [...]

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Look Out: Backing Up!

By Jennifer Bemisderfer
My husband and I are just starting our search for a new car. Since I work a lot with CEA’s Mobile Electronics (aka Automotive Technology) members, I’m well aware of all the cool toys and technologies available for the car and as such, my feature wish-list includes everything from GPS to i-Pod [...]

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Consumer Electronics for Dads and Grads

By Jim Barry, CEA’s Digital Answer Man
Greetings from Detroit. This is the 28th city on this year’s Digital Answer Man Media Tour, the second stop after Minneapolis earlier in the week.  I’ve been able to squeeze two TV appearances and two radio segments in between the raindrops today, despite the city’s raucous celebrating of [...]

Thursday, June 12th, 2008