Having been unfortunate enough to be part of an eight-hour weather-related delay as a passenger of flight #411 on January 4, 2014, my fellow JetBlue customers and I found out just how amazingly crappy the airline's logistics and service levels...
Braven showed off an entire wireless home audio system at CES 2014 with a few twists to give you advantages over some of the other players in the market such as Sonos. The company's Vibe series pictured above features...
One of the big trends at CES 2014 is wearable technology and another is fitness. Put them together and you get the Wahoo Fitness booth. I spoke with Mike Staska VP Sales & Marketing at the company and he told...
I am trying to get to CES and so far it has been a challenge. My morning flight was met with a late ride to the airport followed by the longest lines at JFK I probably have ever seen....
In deciding not to exhibit at the Macworld events, CES and MWC, Apple has shown the world that it doesn’t need others to be successful. It can control the conversation far better when it holds its own press conferences...
At CES 2013 I had a chance to check out the Divoom Bluetune Solo speaker, a pint-sized gadget which packs a powerful punch of bass for its size. The speaker is round and fits in a coffee cup taking...
At CES 2013 one of the more exciting booths was Ferrari By Logic3 where the company showed off an all-in-one docking system with 350W of audio power. It looks gorgeous and sounds amazing. Yes, it will give Bose a run...
Ever hear of Tactus? The company develops an ultrathin membrane that sits over the display of any touchscreen device that is also essentially invisible when not in use. But should you abruptly desire the use of actual keyboard buttons beneath...
There was so much to see at CES – here are some of my favorites. Qi wireless charging, impossibly thin televisions and the smallest electric vehicles on the market are some of my top picks. I hope you like the...
Recently the editors at CNET were about to give the best of show award at CES to Dish Hopper. The trouble started when CBS alerted CNET to a legal conflict over this ad-skipping product which shows recorded programs on iPads....
Remember the CES trend I cited last week about hot DJs and body painting? Well it seems at least one of these items may have crossed the line – and I’ll give you a hint, it has nothing to do...
Just when you thought 4K television or Ultra HD was the most impressive technology to hit your living room, Sharp shows off an 85" 8K TV with breathtaking video quality. I estimated to a company representative that it would...
LG embraces the hot trend of wearable computing with a hight-tech wristband which is water-resistant. A fitness band app works on iOS and Android and plays games, sends data to friends, controls music and more. The LG Smart Activity...
Here at CES 2013 at the FERRARI by Logic3 booth I checked out the Cavallino GT 1 Air, a 350W all-in-one sound system which shook the convention center with its rich and powerful sound. This thing gives Bose and B&W a...
As a huge fan of both telecom and electronic dance music or EDM the news that one of the EDM legends, DJ Avicii has teamed with Ericsson on a crowdsourced project which takes bassline, effects, melody, rhythms and vocals from...
Did you know you could get designer 3-D glasses which also protect your eyes from UV light? Well you can - I saw and wore them myself at CES 2012 in Las Vegas. What a major step up from the...
In July of 2010 I penned a piece about the ensuing marketshare loss Apple could face as a result of repeating the same mistake from the eighties in which it tightly coupled hardware and software while other companies were free...
TMC's Peter Bernstein has an excellent piece on CES and the macro trends which have emanated from this massive tech show here in Las Vegas. One point worth reiterating is the show is far more than just about gadgets... There...
It has been a few years since I have been to CES and I have to be honest, I have never seen the kind of lowered expectations for an event. There have been numerous stories from mainstream publications this past...
Can one major defector kill a trade show institution? It happened with COMDEX – the show got so big that it exerted tremendous pressure on companies to spend more and more money to keep their coveted locations on the show...
Let’s start with the positives. I like the Cisco Umi television ad campaign and the fact the company has kiosks in Malls across the country demonstrating the service is a great idea. However, a paid service which basically brings enhanced...
Microsoft, the company which invented the tablet – Tablet PC just under a decade ago has a long way to go before they understand how to become an important player in the tablet space of today. In short order, the...