FAA Re-Evaluates Tech in Flight

June 17, 2013
Maybe you fell asleep on the plane before you left the tarmac and missed the announcement to shut off your electronic devices. Maybe you forgot that you left your cell phone on in your bag in the overhead compartment. Despite this, the plane took off and landed without a hitch.   If these scenarios sound familiar to you, you’re not alone. According to the Portable Electronic Devices on Aircraft  study by the Consumer Electronics Association and the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX), almost one-third (30 percent) of passengers report they have accidentally left a portable electronic device (PED) turned on during a flight. Furthermore, the study...

The Digital Answer Man Tour Heats Up

June 13, 2013
  As summer warms up, Jim Barry, CEA’s tech expert and “Digital Answer Man”, is busy visiting national and local media outlets across the country, showcasing the latest technology products and trends. “Gifts for Dads and Grads,” “Summer Travel,” as well as “Green Tech” are top-of-mind subjects during this time of the year.   Gifts for Dads and Grads During every tour stop, consumers want to talk about mobile devices. Tablets and smartphones are the most asked about and best-selling products on the market today. Three years after the Apple iPad was introduced, there are now many tablets to choose from, based on...

The Dignity of Knowledge

June 13, 2013
In the CE business there is no brand mission without profitable product margins. Every company’s sales and marketing goal is to try to ensure a few extra pennies for our brand value from competitors on the same shelf. CE manufacturers are more frustrated than ever in their pursuit to gain greater market and margin share. Not convinced? Then I suggest you spend a few minutes reviewing the crestfallen and waning annual reports from several legacy CE brands. We all agree brand is a promise. A promise of substantial representation founded mostly through product absorption and product experience. Yes, advertising attempts to define your brand, however it is the product experience and...

Inputs/Outputs: Cloud Companies Make Big Hiring Plays in June

June 04, 2013
  File Sharing Firm Soonr Beefs up Executive TeamSoonr, a secure, online file sharing software firm, has added two new executives to its leadership team. Brent Maxwell joins the company as vice president of business development; and Victoria Grey joins as chief marketing officer. Maxwell comes to Soonr from Appcelerator, an app platform company. Before that he held several leadership positions at HP, where he focused on cloud application sales, marketing and strategy. Grey has more than 25 years of experience working with storage companies including Nexsan, Quantum and EMC. In making these two announcements, Soonr CEO Martin Frid-Nielsen said the company has experienced rapid...

The Future of Car Technology

May 31, 2013
By Ralph Blessing, Sam McCloy and Donna Miller The explosion of digital devices and platforms has come to automobiles in a big way; GPS is old news, and on-board Wi-Fi is no longer a rarity. But that is just the start; in the near future, we will likely see self-driving vehicles become commonplace. Which future auto technologies will have the greatest chance of success with car buyers? And how can we find the perfect synchronicity of vehicle, car buyer and technology? In a collaborative study, CEA and global market research firm GfK looked at the future of car technology, seeking to...

Videos Going Straight to the Web

May 29, 2013
One day in early spring, Crackle, the online subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment, greenlit the second season of Chosen, an original mystery-thriller series. Almost simultaneously, Amazon Studios, the original production unit of the e-commerce behemoth, okayed an original comedy series based on the feature film Zombieland, the latest of seven Web series developed for Amazon Prime Instant Video customers. A few days earlier, HBO GO was said to be considering plans to deliver its programming, including original content directly to digital devices (tablets, smartphones, game ...

Inputs/Outputs: May 2013

May 02, 2013
Each month i3 recaps the latest comings and goings of CE industry executives. To submit your company’s announcements, email inputsoutputs@CE.org.   Canon Promotes from Within Seymour Liebman, a 35-year veteran of Canon U.S.A., has been promoted to senior executive officer of parent company Canon Inc. Most recently, Liebman served as executive vice president, chief administrative officer and general counsel of Canon U.S.A., Inc. and vice chairman of Canon Solutions America Inc. Over the course of his tenure with Canon U.S.A., Liebman has been instrumental in bringing the company into the digital age, establishing Canon as a leader in digital imaging for consumer, business...

Four Decades Later, Mobile Phones a Win for Consumers

April 22, 2013
Forty years ago this month, Martin Cooper, a researcher in Motorola’s Communications Systems Division, picked up the phone and placed a call to his rival at AT&T's Bell Labs. What was special about this call is that he made it while standing on the street outside his New York City office. The phone was a two pound brick-shaped hunk of plastic that changed the way we communicate with one another forever. Cooper and his team won the battle to create the first mobile phone. But as the wireless revolution rages on, consumers have proven to be the biggest winners in mobile communications.   Today, more than 69 million households own a smartphone, according to CEA’s...

Is Your Product an Earth Day Product?

April 22, 2013
It’s Earth Month, and as such, consumers are looking for green products. These can include solar powered electronics, energy efficient electronics, recycled products … the list goes on. While your product and/or company may in fact be “green,” you may not market it as such year-round. But in Earth Month, that’s the way to go. At CEA, we promote to consumers the concept of “Living Green, Buying Green, and Recycling Responsibly.” Here are some ways your company and products can be part of that message:Live Green: Consumers look for ways to reduce their energy costs all the time. CEA found that 60 percent of consumers are concerned about their...
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