By Laura Hudson
For the past several months I have been very involved in the CEA Wireless Communications Division Green Working Group project. The quick and easy explanation is that it will be a tool for analyzing your company and identifying ways that your company can become greener. There are going to be case studies [...]
By Colleen Gorman
A tradition began in my family about 10 years ago that has snowballed and really taken on a life of its own. For each major life event in a family member’s life, that person can expect to be serenaded to by the rest of the family. At last count, the “rest of [...]
By Katherine Rutkowski
Last week my 19-year old daughter Emma had appendicitis. When the emergency room doctor broke the news at 3:00 a.m. about the pending surgery she asked if there were any questions. Generation Y Emma thought for a second then said “does this place have WiFi?” She’s taking a summer class at a [...]
By Laura Hudson
I recently had to take my two and a half year-old to the doctor because she was sick. Since I did not have an appointment, I had to take her during the sick hours. I knew we were in for a wait but I had no idea it would be almost three [...]
By Laura Hudson
As promised, I am back. As I mentioned in my last blog post, I was trying to figure out what to do with the collection of used cell phones and accessories that have taken up residence in the junk drawer in my kitchen.
While they are a amusing toys for my two year-old [...]
By Jack Cutts
As consumer electronics devices become more sophisticated, so does the “firmware” that makes them run. To put it simply, firmware exists in a realm in between software and hardware (hence the name…get it?) and is essentially software that resides permanently on a device and makes it function.
While most CE devices can run [...]
By Laura Hudson
Recently my mother-in-law came for a visit and to help out while I took a business trip. Before I left, she was talking about her cell phone and how little she uses it. She is in the senior demographic that only turns it on long enough to make a call and then [...]
By Athena Oliff
With over 2,700 exhibitors at CES, you may be wondering how you are going to memorize the location of every exhibitor on the show floor or even find that one company that has the biggest innovation of the year. With CES Mobile now you have the location of every CES exhibitor – [...]
By guest blogger, Captain Scott McLearn, U.S. Army.
Having served two tours in Baghdad, Iraq, I can attest to how important electronics are for a soldier who’s eager to connect with family and friends back home, especially over the holidays.
Thankfully, following a sixteen-month tour which overlapped with the last two holiday seasons, I will be [...]
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. [...]
