Archive for the 'Wireless Communications' Category

My Cell, My Self

                                                
By Cat Parsons and Lindsay Goodman
In February of this year, the Washington Post took a moment to reflect upon how the cell phone has changed the way people live and work all over the world and how the cell phone has become a device that few of us could live without. The article […]

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Monday, June 23rd, 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

Tech Users - The Next Generation

By Lyn Slater
The other night I was sitting with my 17 year-old son as he showed me some of his favorite websites, blogs etc. on his laptop. He has motor oil in his veins so most things are related to cars. After watching a number of YouTube clips made by young guys racing their […]

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Monday, June 2nd, 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

Cell Phones for Soldiers

By Cat Parsons

Some of you faithful Amazon.com purchasers like me may have noticed a strange little plastic bag in your latest box of books, CD’s or consumer electronics – a bag touting “Cell Phones for Soldiers”. These bags are part of a unique cell phone recycling program being sponsored by several companies including CEA members […]

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Thursday, May 15th, 2008

A Mothers’ Day Dilemma

By Deb Kassoff and Colleen Gorman
Deb’s Perspective
With less than four feet between our workstations, my colleague Colleen and I chat daily about things ranging from work to our personal lives. We recently had a discussion that involved both – does working at CEA influence the gift choices we make for our own friends and […]

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Thursday, May 8th, 2008

"blue horse shoe loves anacot steel"

Dateline: October 13th, 1983 – The first commercial cellphone call is made from the parking lot of Soldier Field in Chicago.
I believe it was the immortal Gordon Gekko from the film Wall Street, who proclaimed over his DynaTac phone while walking on the beach, “Let’s get to work.” CEA will be getting to work […]

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Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Live From the Forum

Today we’re live blogging from our Washington Forum. We’re pleased to share the excitement that’s in the air when representatives from the government and the consumer electronics industry come together, here in Washington.
First up at 10:00am: Opening Keynote Address from The Honorable Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce, US Department of Commerce.
We’re here at […]

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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008