Archive for the 'In Vehicle CE' Category

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 […]

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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 […]

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Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Listen to your Buds

By Laura N. Hubbard
Did you know May is Better Hearing and Speech Month?
Spreading the word about preventing hearing loss is important to CEA, so we collaborated with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to promote their public education campaign America: Tuned In Today… But Tuned Out Tomorrow?
In honor of the month, I sent my sister […]

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Friday, May 30th, 2008

Summer Driving: Fun Family Road Trips

By Jennifer Bemisderfer
Remember when as kids we passed the time on road trips by hunting for the alphabet on billboards? That was fun for about five minutes. Then sibling harmony, such as it was, dissolved into a bitter shouting match over who was touching whom:
Me: Mom, he touched me!
My brother: Did not!
Me: […]

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Friday, May 23rd, 2008

About a Year Ago I Bought a New Car

By Katherine Rutkowski

Following a fender bender in a 14-year old Geo Prizm, I was in the market for an econo-box with decent gas mileage and adequate safety features. Call me Rip Van Winkle, but I was amazed at the techno-marvels available in the compact and subcompact classes. The Toyota Matrix above has a moonroof – […]

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Monday, May 12th, 2008