In recent years, technology has changed the way we shop for, celebrate and remember Valentine’s Day. Maybe you’re ordering flowers, gift baskets or chocolates online or through a smartphone app. Are you checking in and sharing your Valentine’s Day plans through a social media site? In fact, ProFlowers has a list of handy Valentine’s Day planning apps you might find useful ahead of this holiday.There’s no shortage of gift ideas this Valentine’s Day. Maybe your sweetheart didn’t get something on his or her tech wish list this past holiday season. CEA’s 19th Annual CE Holiday Purchase Patterns Study, released in October, examines purchase...

A new CEA study finds that football is more than just the national pastime – it’s also an excuse to shop for a new TV. According to CEA’s forthcoming Sports and Technology Study V, nearly a quarter (22 percent) of high-definition television (HDTV) owners in the U.S. bought a new set in order to watch the Super Bowl – the highest ranking sporting event to affect HDTV purchases.   But come Sunday night, TVs won’t be the only CE devices capturing football fans’ attention. Of the 70 percent of online U.S. adults who say they’ll follow the championship game between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers, 10 percent say they’ll...

CEA’s leadership relies on the expertise of many executives who volunteer their time to help advance and grow the consumer technology industry. We asked some of our top leaders who chair divisions at CEA for their views on where they expect to find innovation at the 2013 International CES, how the show affects their business and the economic climate they anticipate for the New Year. Where do you look for innovation at CES?Beckwitt: Of course, the stalwarts of the industry like Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, Intel, etc. are key contributors to the innovation of our industry. But with the addition of more and more cloud-, application- and services-based dynamics, the ability for a...