Reporter’s Notebook
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Retro Atari Box Gets a New Name
But will it have any game? Pre-order details for ‘Atari VCS’ expected next month
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Broadcasters’ Perspective: We’re On Our Own On ATSC 3.0
Tom Butts, editor in chief of our sister site, TV Technology, lays down a convincing case for cooperation on the ATSC 3.0 standard among...
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The Importance of Being (At) IFA
Each year, the global consumer electronics glitterati gather in a gleaming and exciting post-war playground for a must-attend/must-be-seen-at convention. If my clumsy literary vagueness...
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Sorry Rubio. Amazon Isn’t The Largest Retailer In The World
In last night’s GOP Debate on Fox, U.S. State Senator and Republican candidate Marco Rubio said Amazon is the country’s and the world’s largest...
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You Break It? No Problem. Fuhu Answers Parents’ Wishes
Because I cover CE toys, I’m often asked what I think is the best tablet for a child. The scenario typically goes something like...
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Reminder: Sell The Season Webinar Replay!
I just want to remind everyone that TWICE’s instructive “Sell The Season” webinar is now available for complimentary replay. You can register here. Senior editor Alan Wolf...
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Musings On Cord-Cutting
Why must this be so complicated? Here’s what we want: HBO. AMC. Local sports. Some kind of children’s programming. (My older one will watch...
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Takeaways From The CES Daily Production Team
Unlike most of my colleagues, I spend the majority of International CES in a small meeting room way, way, waaaaayyyyy deep in the South...
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What I Wanted To Bring Back From CES
Any LG 4K OLED UHD Television Although many quantum dot televisions are quite stunning, nothing has the black levels, contrast and color accuracy of...
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The Internet Of Things Or Internet Of Dollars?
I’ll be meeting next week with carriers at CTIA’s Super Mobility Week to discuss a range of topics including stepped-up subscription-price competition, the rollout...
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Jabra Combines Bluetooth With Biometrics
Jabra made headlines last week when it announced its first biometric headphones. Although not the only company to offer biometric headphones (SMS Audio partnered...
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Canon Celebrates 80 Years Of Camera Making
Canon commemorated the 80th anniversary of its first camera, the Kwanon, Tuesday. The product, with help from Nikon and others, helped Japan to eventually...
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Shooting Puts Spotlight On Wearable Cameras
The sensational attention generated by the now-infamous Aug. 9th police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., has impacted the stock prices of...
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BlackBerry Plays To Its Base
BlackBerry got its start in the 1990s selling secure “redirection” of corporate email to pager-like two-way messaging devices. One of its original keyboard-equipped devices...
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Fuhu Nabis Go Big For The Littles
Talk about product growth. Fuhu added two jumbo-sized kid tablets to its Nabi line on Tuesday — a 20-inch model and a 24-inch model...
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Crowdfunding Spotlight
NEW YORK — Crowdfunding, once viewed as a novel way for start-ups to raise backing for dubious projects, is now a widely accepted method...
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Digital Content Sales Increase
Los Angeles, Calif. – There was good news for Blu-ray and streaming video fans alike in the second quarter of 2014, with both showing...
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Changing Of The Guard At Walmart U.S.
News of Bill Simon’s departure as president/CEO of Walmart’s core U.S. business, just weeks after pressing the flesh at the company’s annual shareholders meeting,...
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Analyst To Joly: Take The Lead On Internet Sales Tax
In a rare open letter, retail analyst David Strasser of Janney Capital Markets urged Best Buy president/CEO Hubert Joly to lead the charge on...
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Dolby Atmos And Blu-ray: Details Emerge
Dolby Laboratories has left it up to audio suppliers to fill in a lot of blanks about the forthcoming Dolby Atmos launch in the...
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In The Blink Of An Eye
With all the focus on CE comp sales and profitability, it’s sometime easy to forget the startling sell-through this and other industries generate at retail....
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What’s In Store For Best Buy
In response to a first-quarter earnings call question, Best Buy president/CEO Hubert Joly acknowledged that the Internet has deflected store traffic as well as...
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History Of RCA On Display In N.J.
New Jersey was and still is home to major consumer electronics manufacturers. Thomas Edison’s laboratory and the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) were among...
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Tech Brands Ranked Most Valuable Globally
The top four most valuable brands in the world are technology companies, according to a new study conducted by Millward Brown, with Google displacing...
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Do 360 Degrees Of Opportunity Await?
In an industry where new technologies spring up like weeds, it can be hard to identify a product or approach that will be a...
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Will Pioneer Sell Off Its AV Business?
Pioneer hopes to strike a deal by July to divest itself of its A/V business but remain in the car electronics business, which generates...
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Should Apple Get The Beat …
The Financial Times caused an uproar when it was the first to report that Beats Electronics and Apple are said to be in talks...
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Can There Be One App to Control All Appliances?
Just like A/V manufacturers, each appliance maker would like consumers to buy all their appliances from them. And just like A/V manufacturers, appliance makers...
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From Hand-Crank Record Players To Wireless Audio
Wireless multi-room audio and high-end audio dominated the news cycle in recent days, but on a recent weekend trip to New York’s state’s Hudson...
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Has Amazon Met Its Match?
Only two things in life are certain, Benjamin Franklin assured us, and Amazon is quickly coming to terms with one of them. A new...
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Bluetooth And The Decline Of Civilization
It was in pleasant, civilized San Diego that I got a glimpse of an unpleasant future. It is a future that recalls the decaying...
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No Blah, Blah, Blah: An Open Letter To HTC
Dear HTC: I love your phones. Your Evo 3D had a glasses-free 3D display years before Amazon’s rumored handset. Your UltraPixel cameras with Zoe...
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What Could Have Been …
The year is 2000, and I’m 10 years old. I’m mesmerized by the Cybiko. It’s purple, and it has a little antennae and lots...
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TV Equals Family
More than ever before, I think the television is returning to its roots. I remember my mom telling me stories about how, when the...
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Survey: 4K Looks Bright Despite Bandwidth Limitations
With the opening of the National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB) next week, Ultra HD TV will be top of mind with many exhibitors...
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A Clarion Call To Retailers
As if merchants needed another reminder of Amazon’s growing dominance, a new study suggests that most of its customers are bypassing brick-and-mortar altogether. According...
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HTC One M8 Is A Great Phone, But …
It’s a great phone, better than last year’s version, which was HTC’s best-seller ever. Will the next-generation HTC One (M8),however, win back market share for...
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When Sears Goes, Who Gets The Spoils?
Janney Montgomery Scott retail analyst David Strasser raised that question today in a research note, with the emphasis on when, rather than if. Based...
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Dish Disney Deal Swaps Ads For Flexibility
It’s been a busy week so far for Dish Network. On Monday, the satellite-TV provider reached a long-term carriage agreement with The Walt Disney...