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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: The Mud Slingers
It was a campaign like no other. When Donald Trump shocked the establishment and won the Republican nomination for President, the presumptive first woman...
2016 Election
Industry
President Trump
Perhaps all the pundits who got it wrong should have spent some time with the industry’s buying groups. We have always maintained that these...
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Hold On Hope
It was a timely week for the The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL’s) annual National Consumer Technology Industry division dinner. The organization has been fighting injustice...
CTA
Will Trump Wreck Tech?
Donald Trump ran on a protectionist platform that would impose tariffs, reject trade agreements and limit immigration, all anathema to tech sector growth. So...
CTA
CTA Congratulates Trump
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) congratulated Donald Trump on winning the presidential election and expressed its hope that he and the incoming Congress can...
Keeping Current
3 Ways A Trump Presidency Will Affect Apple
Donald Trump has said he will get Apple to bring manufacturing back to America, but that looks exceedingly unlikely. “Republican Donald Trump is...
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Retailers Ready To Work With New President, Congress: NRF
The National Retail Federation (NRF), the world’s largest retail trade group, has pledged to work with President-elect Donald Trump and the new Congress on...
Industry
Silicon Valley Voted Overwhelmingly For Clinton With Its Wallet
Employees at Silicon Valley’s leading tech firms contributed 60 times more moola to Hillary Clinton’s election campaign than they did to Donald Trump’s. According...
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When The Lever Breaks
It’s been said by a million writers and pundits but I’m adding myself to the official record and stating definitively: this will go down...
Keeping Current
Peter Thiel Explains Why He’s Backing Trump
Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, praised presidential nominee Donald Trump as having the ability to remake the GOP into a party that rejects bubble...
Keeping Current
Hundreds Of Tech Companies Are Letting Employees Skip Work On Election Day
It may not be enough to swing this year’s Presidential election, but Silicon Valley and other technology hotspots are doing more than just encouraging...
Industry
Facebook Co-Founder Gives $20 Million To Fight A Trump Presidency
Dustin Moskovitz, a co-founder of Facebook worth an estimated $10 billion, is donating $20 million to help elect Hillary Clinton and Democratic candidates across...
Keeping Current
Donald Trump’s Angriest Tweets Are Sent From His Android While Nice Ones Are Sent From An iPhone
Based on this observation, a data scientist combed through nearly 1,400 tweets and was able to separate the “SAD” from the rest. “Over the...
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LG OLED TVs Anchor Democratic & Republican National Conventions
LG Electronics USA had its OLED TVs front and center at both parties’ national conventions last month. LG’s OLED TVs were named the “official...
CTA
GOP Platform Addresses Tech Issues, Now It’s Trump’s Turn, Says CTA
Consumer Technology Association (CTA) president Gary Shapiro issued a statement of support for the technology sector provisions in this year’s Republican Party Platform, but...
Industry
Tech Execs Stand Up Against Trump Presidency
More than 145 current and former technology leaders have issued an open letter to the American people decrying Donald Trump’s candidacy for president, calling...
Blogs
The ‘P’ Word
Warning: The following rant has nothing at all to do with consumer electronics or appliances. I’m mad at Donald Trump. No, he never flunked...
Industry
Hillary Clinton’s Tech Policy Calls For Broadband In 100% Of U.S. Homes In 4 Years
Presumptive presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, firing the first shot in a bid to capture Silicon Valley’s vote, released a comprehensive technology strategy she’s said...
Camcorders
360fly Launches Controversial TV Ad
360fly has unveiled a provocative new 60-second TV ad, titled “Trump’s Wall,” for its 4K 360-degree action camera. The ad, the first national spot...
Appliances
12,000 Tee’d Off At Whirlpool Over Trump PGA Tourney
Whirlpool CEO Jeff Fettig is the target of nearly 12,000 petitioners who are urging the company to change the venue of next year’s KitchenAid-sponsored...
Industry
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam Calls Bernie Sanders ‘Contemptible’
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam came back hard at Bernie Sanders after the presidential candidate accused his company of “corporate greed” while addressing striking wireline...
Industry
Want To See Donald Trump Strike Out?
Weary of polls and searching for a new way to judge the presidential nominees? Debateball wants to bring America’s pastime to the current circus....
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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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