These days more celebrities are breaking out of their respective industries to take on different kinds of projects. Actors are becoming singers, while singers are becoming clothing designers. Now add a new title to the list: creative director. An emerging trend in boardrooms across many different industries, including the tech sector, is the hiring of influential and talented celebrities to help develop the creative marketing direction for brands. ABC News recently published a...

If you’ve ever researched a health condition online or gone to Google after getting a prescription, you’re probably an e-patient. You just might not know it yet. An e-patient is a health consumer who uses the Internet and technology to learn about and manage his or her health. It’s an important and growing movement. Recently, WNED-TV, the PBS affiliate in Buffalo, N.Y., aired a terrific special on e-patients, featuring Dave deBronkart, known online as “e-Patient...

Photo by mn_francis courtesy of Creative Commons Here at CEA, we believe passionately in innovation, and we are bringing that message to South by Southwest® in Austin, Texas, March 9–13. We welcome and encourage all attendees to stop by, say “hi” and learn more about CEA’s innovation initiatives and how we can help your business. Join us Saturday, March 9, at Tech Cocktail’s SXSW Startup Celebration sponsored by CEA and .CO, where 30 of...

  This week reddit users were given the opportunity to participate in an AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) with CEA President and CEO Gary Shapiro. Gary took to the site’s most popular feature to field a variety of questions, ranging from the immigration debate and his book Ninja Innovation, to his favorite Ninja Turtle. Some highlights included Gary’s thoughts on: Immigration reform: “I think our immigration should focus more on who we want...

Following this week’s Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona? Find out what leaders from some of the top mobile tech companies will discuss at this year’s event and where CEA stands on the hot button topic of spectrum, on i3 online, CEA’s Web companion to its flagship i3 magazine, which features in-depth analysis of CE industry and policy issues. “CEA believes that spectrum is the ‘oxygen of innovation,’ and supports voluntary incentive...