President Obama yesterday announced new efforts to curb the scourge of patent assertion entities (commonly called patent trolls) on U.S. businesses. Gary Shapiro, CEA's president and CEO, applauded President Obama for his actions. As part of the president's announcement, the White House released a report [PDF] with some pretty scary findings: During the last two years, lawsuits brought by patent trolls have risen from more than 29 percent of all infringement suits...

  Tomorrow is the last day of Home Improvement Month. We don’t know about you, but at CEA we’ve been quite busy. We collaborated with HGTV, which constructed the HGTV Smart Home 2013, a beautiful house that complies with CEA’s TechHome Rating System. We’ve also shared resources all month long about technology in the home. Take a look at all of our home technology stories right here on the blog.   To celebrate the end of Home Improvement Month 2013...

  Yesterday marked Paul Otellini's last day at Intel, where he worked for 40 years and served as CEO for the last eight. He leaves a company that generated $66 billion in profit during his leadership and more revenue than it had ever before. In an interview with The Atlantic, Otellini discussed his tenure at Intel, as well as a fateful decision he made years ago to not pursue building a chip for Apple's not-yet announced iPhone. Reporter Alex Madrigal writes: It...

  Looking for a chance to catch up on the trends driving the consumer technology industry this summer? CE Week recently announced a packed schedule of keynotes, conference sessions and new product announcements, featuring companies like Aereo, Pioneer, Samsung and Monster, as well as media outlets like Engadget, Mashable and Polygon.CE Week is a consumer electronics industry trade-only event that takes place June 24-28 in New York. It is organized in association with CEA, along...

  Google kicked off its annual I/O developers conference today in San Francisco, marking the occasion by releasing a stream of big announcements that will surely make waves throughout the technology industry. Here are four of the biggest headlines. Google Hangouts: Users of Google+, Google's answer to Facebook, know about Hangouts, which enable users to create video discussions with those in their social networks. CEA has hosted several Hangouts. Google is increasing...