By Samantha Nevels, CEA Communications As part of the “green” efforts at the 2013 International CES, CEA® recently made two $50,000 donations to local Las Vegas organizations Green Chips and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) to advance clean energy and sustainable living. The LVCVA, which promotes Las Vegas as the world’s most desirable destination for leisure and business travel, will use its $50,000 donation from CEA to install several...

By Allyson Pahmer, CEA Member Relations CEA members exhibiting and attending the International CES have access to enviable oases in the midst of the mania that is CES: three members-only lounges that offer comfortable seating, refreshments, computers, Wi-Fi, printers and private meeting spaces that they can book for client and customer meetings. Staffed primarily by the CEA membership team, there are two lounges in the Las Vegas Convention Center – one in the North Hall and one...

By Guest Blogger: Rebecca Geraghty, DashIT The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released distracted driver recommendations as part of their “10 Most Wanted List” to reduce transportation accidents. This blogger, however, thinks these recommendations are a bit over the top. Driving while distracted is dangerous but some products like navigation devices can make us safer drivers. I remember when GPS technology first came out, and it seemed like a dream...

Join us for these Google Hangouts at the 2013 International CES! Topics include: a panel discussion on industry trends and tactics for marketing amid the CES chaos, a deaf DJ who uses laptops and tablets to “touch” sound in lieu of hearing it, panel discussion on the latest products, campaigns, and trends that they’re seeing on the show floor and much much more. You won’t want to miss them. I’m signing up right now. Wednesday, January 9 Creative...

By Guest Blogger, Matthias Rose, Fraunhofer IIS From retina display to the processing power that surpasses that of the first space shuttle, consumer devices today have many bells and whistles to enhance our multimedia experience. We expect the highest quality multimedia content for digital TV, online streaming, music, video games, and many other state-of-the-art media services and applications. So why is it that a simple phone call still sounds like it did in the last century? It is...