CEA will be hosting a Google Hangout tomorrow, Thursday, May 23, in conjunction with the March for Innovation – a virtual push for smart, comprehensive immigration reform taking place on May 22 and 23.  The Google Hangout, scheduled for 5 p.m. on Thursday, will feature thought leaders and advocates, including CEA’s own  Michael Petricone, who will discuss how to remedy the broken immigration system in the United States and how we can keep high-skilled workers and...

  It is news that is rocking the tech/social media/digital world. Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo! has acquired New York-based Tumblr for the cool sum of 1.1 billion dollars. As stated on Mayer’s (new) Tumblr Page: "We promise not to screw it up. Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going.  We will operate Tumblr independently. David Karp will remain CEO. The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as...

CEA announced today our selection of Engadget, a tech news outlet covering the latest gadgets and consumer electronics, to coordinate, judge and produce the “Best of CES” Awards at the upcoming International CES. The Best of CES Awards Program was established to celebrate the most innovative and remarkable products shown at CES every year. “Engadget is well known for its breadth and depth of covering innovations within the CE industry," said Gary Shapiro...

  Among CEA’s more than 2,000 members, there is a lot of creativity. Today, we showcase an online ad from one of our dynamic members: Dish.  Dish was awarded a 2013 Best of CES award for their innovative product, DISH’s Hopper™ with Sling® Whole-Home HD DVR. You can read the news release about it here.   Dish created this ad with the “Boston Guys” from their TV commercials. It was timed to coincide with the Westminster Dog Show in New...

Jeff Puchalski first came up with the idea for Modisco to create a connection between the virtual world and reality. Modisco allows users to find nearby people who have similar interests, or lets them find you, using location-based technology. The Innovation Movement interviewed Puchalski about Modisco, innovation, start-ups and more. On creating Modisco, Puchalski said: “I began thinking of ways to leverage those tendencies to provide a useful service. One idea was to use...