Imagine coming from another country to the U.S. to receive a world-class education at a top American university. After falling in love with the country and embracing the American Dream, you start to plan your high-growth startup company. As everything seems to be falling in place and you are focusing on company growth, the government tells you that you can no longer stay in the U.S. because your visa is expiring. Now, you must decide to embark on the painstaking and uncertain process of...

Technology has been changing the way we shop, consume content, share and just about every aspect of our lives for the past decade. This certainly remains true for holidays such as Valentine’s Day. CEA has offered insights into tech and Valentine’s, including last year and the year before. So what’s changed? How will consumers plan and celebrate this holiday with loved ones this year? Are you struggling to make last minute gift or dinner plans, and in what ways has...

In today’s digital and social media world, consumers crave a camera that can do it all. Demand for a camera that has multiple purposes rather than just taking photos, is something that is greatly needed. At the same time, among primary smartphone and basic point-and-shoot photographers, printing and editing photos has become a challenging task. There lies an opportunity. According to a new study called Digital Imaging – Photo Sharing and Printing, released by the Consumer...

The 2013 International CES® saw incredible social engagement. Salesforce, which owns the social media monitoring program Radian6, measured that online conversation using the #2013CES hashtag on platforms like Twitter and Instagram generated over 1.2 million social media conversations throughout the four days of the 2013 International CES – that’s over 307,000 mentions per day. Many of the social conversations surrounding this year’s CES had to do with the amazing...

Since its creation, the Consumer Electronics Association’s® grassroots initiative, the Innovation Movement, has been highlighting the connection between innovation and public policy by sharing the story of America’s brightest innovators, as well as ways we can help them succeed and grow our economy. Now, the movement wants to empower all individuals living in America to share their innovation stories. For that reason, the Innovation Movement introduced a new ...