More than 156 000 attendees. 1.9-million square feet of exhibit space. The latest and greatest technology. Yup, it's time for this year's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.The event has played host to the launches of some ground breaking and memorable tech in the past -- the VCR, the DVD, the Xbox, HDTVs and even Tetris have débuted at the event over the years. This year's show is predicted to see the launch of Ultra HDTVs and connected ...
I'm not sure how the Trekkies are going to feel about this one. The marketing machine for the upcoming JJ Abrams vehicle Star Trek Into Darkness is set to launch a context-aware app.The app, which has the same title as the film, will reportedly deliver exclusive content and gaming experiences in the lead up to the film's release. The app was announced during Qualcomm's keynote at CES.According to networking giant Qualcomm, which helped build the app in partnership ...
YouTube isn’t going to fundamentally change the way we view video entertainment in the future, it already is. That was the message of the video sharing platform's Vice President, Global Content Partnerships, Robert Kyncl's keynote at CES International 2012 in Las Vegas.Kyncl isn’t alone in this kind of thinking either. Anthony Zuicker, creator of the hit CSI franchise, reckons that YouTube turns the people producing content on it "not only into the future but possibly the extinction of TV ...
The growing pace of connectivity is going to fundamentally change the way we function as individuals, businesses and humanity as a whole. So much so that we're all going to be part of something called the networked society. That was the message behind Ericsson CEO Hans Vestburg's keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.Ericsson is a company with a long history. Its vision in the 135 years since its founding has been to connect the world. ...
Memeburn recently wrote about Ford's vision for a future in which cars have permanent cloud connectivity. Today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas we learned that real time cloud connectivity in your car isn't some distant vision of the future. It's here now and ready to go. At least that's according to John Larson, president and CEO of Escort, a company that produces peripheral devices for your car.One of the company's flagship products is called Escort Live, and ...