San Antonio — The Progressive Retailers Organization was at the Westin La Cantera Hill Coun
Seattle — The 2013 edition of Black Friday and Cyber Monday were the best ever in sales of Kindle products, Amazon said.
Without revealing specific numbers, online retailer said customers purchased the seven different Kindle products in record numbers. The biggest driver was the Cyber Monday special that dropped the price of the Kindle Fire to $129.
Cyber Monday was the best day for Kindle sales worldwide, the company said.
Los Angeles — Ematic took the wraps off another kid tablet this week, this time a stepped-down version of its FunTab Pro.
The new tablet, known simply as the FunTab, runs Android 4.0 and is also geared toward children. Both models have capacitive 7-inch touchscreens with 800 by 400 resolution, but the FunTab drops its suggested retail to $119 (vs. the FunTab Pro’s $149), its RAM to 512MB (vs. 1GB), its internal memory to 4GB (vs. 8GB), and its battery life to five hours (vs. eight).
Dallas – AT&T will begin offering the first Windows RT tablet with 4G LTE when the Asus VivoTab RT becomes available on Nov. 16 for as low as $499.
AT&T said it would be the only carrier offering an LTE version of the 10.1-inch Windows 8 tablet during the holiday season.
The quad-core VivoTab RT will be available Nov. 16 through direct and indirect channels.
Framingham, Mass.—Apple’s share of worldwide tablet shipments slipped sequentially and year-over-year in the third quarter because of rising competition and consumers who postponed Apple purchases while waiting for the company to launch its latest iPads, IDC said.

Dell's XPS Duo 12

The Acer S7

The Acer W700 slider tablet

The Asus Taichi, dual screen tablet/Ulrabook hybrid.

ViewSonic's TouchSmart all-in-one PC.

Norton has updated all its security software so it is optimized to work with Windows 8.

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Some sights from the floor of Brand Source 2010, held at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel.
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Indianapolis - The Home Technology Specialists of America (HTSA) held its first public event on the
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INDIANAPOLIS - CEDIA Expo returned to its traditional venue here in Indiana with enormous cakes shap
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New York - Apple's introduction of its third-generation iPad last week was followed within minut
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Some of the hot products in the news for the week of Feb. 27.
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Home Entertainment Source (HES) is holding its annual spring Summit meeting and buy fair Feb. 26-29
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A look at the design and merchandising of downtown Manhattan's new J&R Jr. boutique, a baby
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Some of the hot products in the news for the week of Feb. 20.
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Some of the hot products in the news for the week of Feb. 13.
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A quick look at the products in the news for the week of Feb. 6.
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Some of the biggest names in the CE and appliance trades convened at the Ritz-Carlton here this mont
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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) held its 15th annual CEO Summit, for the first time in Eu
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Photos from the Anti-Defamation League's national consumer technology industry group annual trib
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NEW YORK - The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), owner of the 2012 International CES, outlined
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Edison, N.J. - Among its many attributes, Newegg.com is renowned for its fulfillment efficiency.
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New York - With more than a thousand eager customers standing at the ready, and several thousand ver
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