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...

  As it is with most personal estate and business succession plans, the answer to the question “What happens to my online profiles, email accounts and social media information after I’m gone?” is complicated.    Most social networking websites sites have policies related to access following users’ deaths, and a few state laws clarify the powers executors have to manage these assets. But laws vary, leaving survivors in a thorny maze.  ...

  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...

  The recent history of the ever-changing music industry illustrates the current realities in the marketplace, which we should embrace and learn from. The ongoing transition to new forms of media—from LPs to cassettes, to CDs, to digital—are just a few examples of the ways technology disrupts business and impels change. It is worth noting that when it comes to these developments, there is nothing new under the sun. Disrupting business is what innovation does. Old...