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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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My Top Five CES Unveilings
Every year we go to International CES, and every year it seems we come back with the same tired assessment: “It was more evolutionary...
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How To Win Amazon’s Buy Box In The Age Of Mobile
Mobile is where it’s at. Over the 2014 Holiday season nearly 60 percent of Amazon customers shopped using a mobile device. On Cyber Monday...
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New Rules For High-Tech Career Success
Ever feel like the corporate ladder is broken? That’s because you’re making the mistake of trying to climb it, especially in the fast-moving consumer...
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The Coolest Thing At CES You Didn’t See
Last week I walked International CES for three straight days. During that time I ended up taking 68,738 steps — that’s about 30 miles...
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11 CES Tchotchkes I Would Have Died For
Las Vegas –I left International CES on a red-eye with a boatload of USB press kits, a bad head cold, disappointment in the decline...
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This CES Was Different, In The Best Way Possible
Having had a few days to recover from the bustle of 170,000 other technology gawkers at International CES, my mind keeps going back to...
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Futuresource Sees UHD’s Ascendance
The showdown between quantum dot LED LCD TV technologies and LG’s next generation of OLED TVs was long expected to take center stage at...
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Majap Marvels
Over the past several years major appliances have enjoyed an increasingly higher profile at International CES, and last week’s show was no exception. CES’ largest...
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Dueling Surround Formats Won’t Sow Confusion
Las Vegas — The emergence of DTS:X object-based surround as a Dolby Atmos competitor shouldn’t inject uncertainty or confusion into the market. For one...
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CES Exhibitors Speed-Date Media With Quick Intros
The annual speed-dating rite for tech companies began early Monday mornng with companies previewing their International CES offerings in every hour on the hour,...
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Go ‘Outside The Lines’ At CES
If you’re reading this here at International CES and you are a retailer, manufacturer or distributor you probably have too many meetings on your...
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Your CES Survival Guide
Everyone knows that International CES is the greatest mob scene in January (sorry Super Bowl). For weeks the industry has been feverishly pitching stories...
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The Impact Of Social Listening
It is estimated that over 250,000 new consumer tech products launch every year, and 95 percent of them result in failure. The heat is...
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Toshiba Re-assessing U.S. TV Plans
Another popular Japanese consumer television manufacturer is re-assessing its future involvement with the category in the U.S. market. In a statement issued to TWICE...
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Five ‘Big Things’ to Watch At CES 2015
You have probably been hearing quite a bit in recent months about the Internet of Things (IoT) coalescing into a major high-tech business opportunity....
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Study: 2014 Global LCD TV Shipments Hit 215M Units
Despite some hand-wringing over the feared threat of a shift in TV watching to small-screen devices, recent estimates for global LCD TV market shipments...
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The 25 Steps Of Holiday Shopping
Ah, holiday shopping. It conjures up images of children sitting on Santa’s lap and couples snuggling up as they longingly gaze through storefront windows,...
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‘Walking Dead’ Divided On Digital
TWICE can’t get its fill of convention halls. Even with the mother of all trade shows just a couple of weeks away, we couldn’t not...
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‘The Interview,’ Sony Pictures, North Korea And Why It Does (Or Doesn’t) Matter
While watching “The Daily Show” last night, an ad for Sony’s “The Interview” aired. This was on the day that Sony announced it was...
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New Directions For Aftermarket Car Electronics
Aftermarket car electronics suppliers will strike out in multiple new directions at International CES. Dealers will find some of the first Bluetooth-equipped amplifiers to...
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Wearable Sports Technology: What to Expect in 2015
Wearable sports technology is a game-changer when it comes to how athletes across all levels — professional, amateur, collegiate, and youth — practice. It...
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OTT Streamers Deliver The Yuletide Shmeer
Just eight days until Christmas and the streaming TV market continues to heat up with enough channels, offers and capabilities to make a cable...
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Starbucks: The Technology Launch Pad
I don’t think it’s a very daring statement to say that Starbucks is more than a hot-beverage company. Even though they sell more than...
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How High Can High-Res Audio Go?
Can you squeeze the quality of a master recording into a digital music file that’s smaller than a losslessly compressed 192kHz/24-bit FLAC file? Will...
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E-tailers Look For The Green This Monday
E-tailers are mounting their third major promotional barrage of the season today in an effort to squeeze any remaining sales from shopping-weary consumers. So-called...
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Improve Holiday Conversions with Product Support Content
With holiday shopping season in full swing, online retailers should evaluate their online product support in order to maximize sell-through. The data showing the...
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Social Sabbatical: Episode I
I would consider myself an early adopter when it comes to technology. I live in San Francisco, work in the technology business, and when...
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Audio: Looking Back, Ahead As Year Ends
It’s the traditional time of year to reflect on the events of the past 12 months and look ahead to what’s coming next year....
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Reflections On Black Friday And Beyond
Another Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone, and what have we learned from the experience? Well, according to a video on...
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D-Link 9-Cam NVR Addresses Small Biz Surveillance
One of the faster growing segments of the burgeoning home networking movement comes from the video surveillance category, and home networking specialist D-Link...
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Walmart, Target Strike Thanksgiving Gold
Walmart and Target customers proved they could have their turkey and eat it too. While some shoppers shunned brick-and-mortar stores on Thanksgiving Day, the...
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Paper Company Comes Up With Easy Printing App
It’s unusual for paper companies to appear in a discussion of consumer electronics technologies, but a free app developed by printing-paper resource International Paper...
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The Beginning Of The End Of Black Friday
In the 1940’s, Franklin Roosevelt changed the date of Thanksgiving from the last Thursday in November (as it was established by Abraham Lincoln) to...
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Win Small Business Saturday With Marketplace Sourcing
A sales haul of $5.7 billion isn’t a big deal for big boxes. Yet when I mention that this was done in one day...
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Appy Holidays
Discussions abound about whether or not retailers should open on Thanksgiving, but what gets lost in the shuffle is the fundamental question of “What...
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Tech Recon: Save Yourself From Yourself At Retail
You can control a lot about your retail presence but certainly not everything. Sure, you can design your own packaging, but what about the...
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Deezer’s Doozie
Deezer stirred up a hornet’s nest in September when it announced the launch of its Deezer Elite streaming service, available exclusively through Sonos wireless...
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Watch List: Update
This week’s Watch List will look at some former picks to see how they have fared in the funding process. Jolt Charger Watch List...
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It Was A Good Week For OTT
If you’re into over-the-top video entertainment, last week was a bonanza for exciting announcements. From the revelation that Sony has begun beta testing its...
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The Best Laid Plans
Black Friday’s no fun anymore. The whole tradition has changed from just a few scant years ago, when early on Thanksgiving morning millions of...
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How Millennials Are Creating An Entirely New Industry
Every generation has a group who revolutionizes an industry. Today, millennials are drastically shaping the way music is consumed and experienced. For the first...