On his blog, Shawn DuBravac, CEA's chief economist and senior director of research, wrote this week about the growing impact of adaptive curation in applications ranging from Waze to Netflix. Adaptive curation is the analysis of data using algorithms to provide users with better information and experiences. DuBravac writes: I'll say it again, in a digitized world, everything becomes adaptive and you see this unfold in myriad places. We see technology and the...

In 2010, Suryl Inc. saw a gap in the PC support industry. No one was providing easy ways for computer users to recover their PCs. When CEO Brian Johnson and his team saw this gap, they also saw opportunity. "We have a market disruptive technology that is not prevalent in the market today, exceptionally innovative. Just the discussion of self help brings upon skeptics as it has been hypothesized for many years with no relevant examples put into practice," Johnson said...

  What would it be like to quit the Internet? Would life be easier, more productive and, essentially, more "real"? Paul Miller, a technology writer with The Verge, had to find out. Miller quit the Internet for a year and chronicled his journey of disconnection for the technology site. He wrote: My plan was to quit my job, move home with my parents, read books, write books, and wallow in my spare time. In one glorious gesture I'd outdo all quarter-life crises...

Two in five online U.S. adults now own a tablet, reaching a new high, research released yesterday by CEA reported. Tablet sales "remain strong," with more than 68 percent of consumers saying they plan to buy a tablet in the future. The report  also found that screen size impacts the content users consume: Among tablet owners, screen size plays a role in how consumers prefer to watch and read content on a tablet. Medium screen sizes of 8.9 to 10.1 inches have...

For the average person, the phrase "wearable technology" conjures visions of exciting augmented reality innovations like Google Glass and fitness-tracking devices like Fitbit. But what how about the pocket watch? It turns out, when first created, the pocket watch was a truly disruptive invention because it took the technology in clock towers and put it in the pockets of regular people, says Sandy Pentland at MIT. Watch this awesome and fascinating video produced by PBS as...