News about <![CDATA[CES]]> News about en-us <![CDATA[Egnyte's New File Syncing Service Helps Customers Take Advantage Of The Cloud's “Rock Bottom” Pricing]]> To help companies take advantage of the cloud's "rock bottom" pricing, Egnyte has extended its file sharing and synchronization capabilities to a host of third-party providers, including Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure and NetApp Storage GRID.]]> <![CDATA[DISH’s Hopper With Sling Whole-Home DVR Now Available Nationwide, Following CES 2013 Awards Controversy]]> DISH today formally announced the nationwide launch of its Hopper with Sling DVR device, which allows users to record their favorite shows for later viewing, skip ads and also download DVR'd content to their iPad for offline viewing. The Hopper, which incorporates technology from partner Sling Media, Inc., was recently at the center of a controversy around the 2013 CES "Best of Show" Awards.]]> <![CDATA[CRUISE CONTROL PODCAST: GM GLOBAL DISPLAYS, VIPER ONE and CES WRAP UP]]>
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Viper VIN 001 for 2013 got underway with a nice tribute to one of Chrysler's truest car guys. We'll find out who bought the first 2013 Viper and how much they paid.

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]]> <![CDATA[CES Awards The DISH Hopper “Best Of CES” After All, Drops CNET As Awards Partner]]> CES today issued a press release announcing that DISH's Hopper with Sling technology built-in is the "Best of Show" after all, an honor it will share with existing winner the Razer Edge for the 2013 show. The decision follows the revelation that CNET was ordered to remove the Hopper from consideration after CNET parent company CBS asked them to. CBS is currently involved in litigation with DISH over Hopper functionality.]]> <![CDATA[CES 2013 flash analysis]]>


]]> <![CDATA[2013 CES Recap –Video Interview]]> <![CDATA[The Best And Worst Of CES 2013 NSFW Blooper Reel]]> You've seen the Best and Worst of CES 2013. Here's the blooper reel. Don't watch it around your boss or small children. The video is not safe for work - just like CES and Vegas in general. ]]> <![CDATA[Survey: Which technologies will matter in 2013?]]>


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]]> <![CDATA[CrunchWeek: Those Pesky Cheap iPhone Rumors, Facebook’s Mystery Announcement, Startups Win CES]]> Contrary to the oft-repeated marketing slogan, sometimes, what happens in Vegas is videotaped for posterity and posted to the Internet for all to see. I'm talking of course about this latest edition of CrunchWeek, the weekly TechCrunch TV show wherein a few of us writers discuss the most interesting stories from the past seven days in tech. This past week the TechCrunch TV crew was in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, so this is a special Sin City version of CrunchWeek. ]]> <![CDATA[Forget Calories, New Gadgets Redefine How To Lose Weight And Be Athletic]]> A treasure trove of new health devices unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show promise to make us healthier by more accurately measuring what makes people thin and athletic. Calorie counting, for instance, can be a terribly misleading way to lose weight, since research shows what and how we eat can affect our love handles more so than the total calories consumed. But such brute-force measures persist because, prior to the consumer health sensor industry, we had very few ways of monitoring our internal wellness. In other words, what we can measure will become the new means of self improvement. Below is a roundup of the new gadgets launched at CES and how they’ll redefine what we watch. Weight Loss Speed Eating – HAPIfork – Many of us meticulously avoid Snickers, yet slam down our salads during the busy workday. Unfortunately, rapidly eating healthy foods can have a similarly poor effect as can eating sugary foods. Speed eating also leads to overeating, since satiety doesn’t register till long after the body no longer thinks it needs to feed. The HAPIfork aims to end the cultural habit of shoveling food into our mouths with a fork that vibrates when users eat too quickly. Check out Stephen Colbert giving a “wag of my finger” to the HAPIfork below: The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive Air Pollution – Withings Scale: polluted air might not only be killing you quickly, but sending you to an extra-wide coffin, as research has implicated air toxins in obesity. The new Withings scale, which measures weight and fat percentage, added a new feature to measure carbon dioxide, an important proxy for airborne poisons, and can affect sleep, breathing difficulty, and heart rate. Check out our own Darrell Etherington’s review below: It’s difficult to describe just how misleading calorie counting can be. Last year, I hacked my diet to transform an extra 1,500 calories a day of ice cream and cheesecake to lose fat and gain muscle. While it may not have been the healthiest way to disprove the calorie-fat link, it’s clear, at least for me, that the types of food I eat and how I measure my wellness are much more effective ways of controlling my body composition. Athleticism Blood Saturation – Masimo iSpO2 – Olympic athletes train in the mountains because high-altitude training transforms our bodies to more efficiently utilize]]> <![CDATA[The Weekly Compete Pulse]]> <![CDATA[CES Is The Wild Wild West, Which Explains This Massive 1600lb Mechanical Spider]]> CES covers over 1.9 million square feet of the Las Vegas desert, and walking up and down the various lanes of gadget goodness can be hard on the old dogs. Luckily, we discovered this massive mechanical spider walking machine that does all the work for you. After all, it does have eight legs to my two. ]]> <![CDATA[Hands-On (Or Actually, Heads-On) With Muse, The Headband That Reads Your Brain Waves]]> You may or may not have noticed, so I'll provide a quick fashion world dispatch: Headbands have been gracing the foreheads of many a stylish person over the past few years. If a Toronto-based startup called InteraXon has its way, that trend will become even more pervasive for years to come as people buy its own Muse headband]]> <![CDATA[Phone Halo Teams Up With Audiovox To Keep Track Of Your Stuff (So You Don’t Have To)]]> Lots of companies here this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas have built products that are centered on dramatic, splashy, or new ideas. Phone Halo is not one of them. Instead, Phone Halo is focused on a decidedly everyday, mundane thing...]]> <![CDATA[Dispatches From CES: Cloud Gaming Takes Aim at Consoles]]> DailyFinance.com: Judging from the gaming news coming out of this year's Consumer Electronics Show -- and fans' reaction to it -- console gaming, like PC computing, is a relic of a sunset era. Or at least that's what NVIDIA (NVDA) appears to be aiming for. At CES, ... Read more]]> <![CDATA[Powerful Answers in Health Care]]> <![CDATA[Podcast: CES – Connected Thing 1 (and 2 and 3…), iCheaphones, video goes full stream ahead]]>


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]]> <![CDATA[What To Expect From Congress In 2013 On Immigration, Privacy, And Patent Trolls]]> Beyond their own pet projects, members of Congress often know little more than the public about what the legislature will actually accomplish in a given year. The International Consumer Electronics Show provides a rare escape for America’s tech-savviest policymakers, who are normally inundated with budgets and crises, to focus on their geeky agenda. We sat down with the members in attendance at this year’s show to give you a glimpse of what Congress will–and will not–accomplish in 2013 on privacy, immigration, intellectual property and cybersecurity. Intellectual Property – Free software zealots may get a small present this year, as a few congressmen, including those close to the powerful Judiciary Committee, are aiming to exempt software from strong patent protections. Members seem to agree that crazy attempts to patent obvious technologies, such as Amazon’s ‘one click to purchase‘ button, demonstrates that software is uniquely prone to abuse. Democrats and Republicans were also happy to demonize so-called “patent trolls,” those companies who purchase patent rights solely to extort others, with no intention of innovating themselves. “There’s a tremendous amount of bi-partisan support,” says Representative Peter Defazio (CrunchGov Grade: B), for a surgical approach to patent reform, especially on software and litigation issues. “we are focused on getting at the worst actors out there and confront them with costs,” he says, who believes that Congress should be able to pass a law that requires patent trolls to pay legal costs if they lose in court. Given the recent comprehensive intellectual property legislation, the America Invents Act, no one was optimistic that there will be any broad redefinition of how the U.S. approaches intellectual property. Immigration — Don’t expect any love for high-skilled immigrant visas without comprehensive immigration reform. After last winter’s spectacular failure to pass the STEM Jobs Act, which would have given out 55,000 more STEM-related visas at the expense of unrepresented nations, it became clear that congress will likely need to solve low-skilled and high-skilled issues at the same time. “There are certainly those who insist that any immigration legislation be apart of a comprehensive, broad-based plan,” says Sen. Jerry Moran (CrunchGov Grade: A), sponsor of the Startup 2.0 Act, which aims to create a visa for self-employed entrepreneurs. So, can the sequel to the ‘do nothing Congress’ actually pass immigration reform, after failing to pass the comprehensive DREAM Act? “I think we have an opportunity, potentially, because of new Republican]]> <![CDATA[Meet The Future Of CES Reporting: The Double Robotics Telepresence Robot]]> Ignore all the noise at CES and just get a Double, a Telepresence robot with an iPad for a face. Pay someone to turn it on at CES and enjoy all the sights and sounds from the comfort of your home. Sounds like paradise to me. In fact, just for a lark, that's what John Biggs did one cool CES morning. Instead of slumming it on the CES showfloor with Jordan and Greg, John joined the live streaming crew without leaving our CES both.]]> <![CDATA[I, For One, Welcome Our Robotic LEGO Mindstorm EV3 Overloads]]> LEGO just introduced the third generation LEGO Mindstorm sets. Like previous versions, a central computer controls motors and servos, essentially bringing the LEGO kit to life. This new version is heavily upgraded. And as a father, I must attest, I would use this set more than my kids. It's that awesome.]]> <![CDATA[Hybrids – the brave new world of personal PCs?]]> <![CDATA[Marvell Co-Founder Weilli Dai On The Chip Tech That Powers The New Gadget Hotness]]> The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is where companies show off the latest and greatest in gadgets -- but with all the sleek exteriors and specs it can be easy to forget about the tiny bits and pieces of technology that really make the magic happen. So it was nice to talk to Weilli Dai, a co-founder of Marvell Technology...]]> <![CDATA[Everything You Wish You Could See At Samsung’s Massive CES Booth]]> Samsung is known around these here parts as the Fifth Horsemen. The company has risen from a boring mega-conglomerate to Apple's biggest competitor, the world leader in TVs, and one of the most crucial manufacturers world. The proof of this is in the pudding, or rather the $1 million booth the company has set up to dominate CES. This booth is rivaled only by Sony's, and I'd venture to say that of the 1.9 million square feet that makes up CES, Samsung has the largest individual share. And if that weren't enough, the Korean company name is on the lips of every analyst, buyer, vendor, exhibitor, and reporter across the entire Las Vegas Convention Center. ]]> <![CDATA[FCC Announces Plan To Help Conference Wi-Fi Actually Work]]> The government wants to help ensure that conference Internet Wi-Fi actually works. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced a new plan to open up a portion of the wireless spectrum for faster and more reliable Wi-Fi devices. Specifically, the FCC will work to open up the unlicensed slice of 5 Mhz spectrum to make way for gigabit Internet devices, "to relieve Wi-Fi congestion at conferences, at airports, and in people's homes," said Genachowski on stage at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES).]]> <![CDATA[Entering The Land Of Hardware Startups: Live Coverage Of CES Day 2 Begins Now!]]> It's a brand new day and the sun is high. So ready yourself for yet another eight hours of TechCrunch live streaming coverage from the CES showroom floor. Yesterday was exciting, especially visiting the massive booths of Samsung, Sony, and LG. But it's impossible that you're satisfied. I'm not. ]]> <![CDATA[Looks like we’ll see a T-Mobile iPhone (with LTE) this spring]]>


]]> <![CDATA[McGraw-Hill & Kno Offer A Peek Into The Future Of Textbooks: They’re Dynamic, Vocal, Adaptive & Bring Stats To Studying]]> For many startups, creating the educational platform (and learning experience) of the future began with reinventing the presentation, distribution -- really, the essence -- of educational content. And what is the most familiar package for that content? The good ole textbook, in all its rigid and bulky glory. As such, startups like Kno, Inkling and Boundless have been helping to make textbooks and learning content digital, interactive and personalized. Of course, generally speaking, these startups have had to fight tooth and nail against the incumbents of the space -- the controllers of content -- the big, bad publishers. Self-publishing platforms and open content resources have grown in popularity and startups have begun experimenting with new ways to present learning material, all of which has threatened the old guard, forcing them to make moves. Adapt or go the way of the dinosaur. Although they've been known to stand in the way of innovation, this morning textbook publishing giant, McGraw-Hill, showed that it's been taking these changes seriously and may just be ready to play ball. Not your average CES startup, the company unveiled its new suite of interactive and adaptive learning products that aim to personalize the learning process and help students improve their performance.]]> <![CDATA[Meet The Clarity Ensemble, The Phone That Closed-Captions Your Conversation In Real Time]]> Most of the time when we cover a new phone launch, it's all about something that's small, lightweight, fully-featured, and mobile -- and often it's aimed at the cutting edge of hip young consumers. But today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, we met the folks behind a very compelling new gadget that happens to be none of those things: The Clarity Ensemble.]]> <![CDATA[AT&T, Verizon had record 4th quarters thanks to the smartphone]]>


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]]> <![CDATA[We’re Live From CES With Samsung, Sony, And LG]]> And so it begins. Another year of CES madness, obsession, and viral infection has rolled around yet again, and today marks the beginning of a very exciting week. Our coverage is deep and wide like the fountain of youth, but topping it all off like a deliciously juicy cherry is our live streaming coverage of the showroom floors. And it's all for you, so feel free to chat with us, ask questions, or give directions using the #CESCrunch hashtag on Twitter. ]]> <![CDATA[3-D Printers at CES: Can MakerBot Sell a DIY Revolution?]]> DailyFinance.com: Tuesday was MakerBot's big day at CES -- the day it unveiled its Replicator 2X 3-D printer, the machine designed to put the means of manufacturing right in your living room. You can already buy a Replicator for $2,199 a pop at the company's ... Read more]]> <![CDATA[Following Fitbit’s New Wristband, Basis Unveils First Android App, To Go Live In March; iOS To Follow]]> Quantified Self enthusiasts are getting their fair share of excitement at CES this week. Basis first unveiled its intriguing health-tracking watch at the event last year, but after hiccups and lawsuits, the company finally launched its product on the market in November. At launch, however, the band looked great and the entire package was very promising.]]> <![CDATA[Verizon And Motorola Announce FiOS TV Media Server That Can Record Six Shows At Once]]> Remember that FiOS home Media Server Verizon was talking about a year ago? Well, the company is finally starting to make things official, with an announcement and product details revealed today at CES. Launch date and pricing info still remain elusive, however. ]]> <![CDATA[CES 2013: AT&T eschews new handsets for softphones, connected homes and VOD]]>


]]> <![CDATA[Intel, Qualcomm Hit CES: As Mobile Chip Battle Heats Up, Tech Giants Will Collide]]> At the start of CES 2013, Qualcomm has an enviable dominant market position, owning half the mobile processor shipments and virtually all of the LTE/4G baseband chipset shipments. But it has limited brand recognition compared to the Android smartphones it powers. To cement its dominance in the growing mobile market, Qualcomm needs to emerge as a consumer brand from the obscurity of being a component in smartphones sold under other companies’ brands. Otherwise, it will lose its price premium and precious lead to competing mobile processor manufacturers.]]> <![CDATA[CESpool]]> CES attendee, why are you here? Are you hoping to see the latest and greatest gadget? Have you been here the past few years? Have you noticed you’ll find no such gadget anywhere near CES? And if it were here, would it matter? Do such gadgets ever get released? Or are they figments of some marketing wizard’s imagination? Have you seen the press release? Have you noticed there is no price or release date? Is there any actual demand for this product?]]> <![CDATA[Ten Companies (Including Logitech) Team Up To Create The Internet Of Things Consortium]]> Your Internet-connected devices may be getting more cooperative, thanks to group of startups and established players who have come together to create a new nonprofit group called the Internet of Things Consortium. The phrase, for those of you who aren't too familiar with it, basically refers to the growing trend of uniquely identifiable, Internet-connected electronic devices. Jason Johnson, the consortium's chairman, said that the term was first coined to refer to industrial technologies like RFID, but we're now seeing a wave of consumer products as too, often funded on Kickstarter.]]> <![CDATA[Nuance to create a universal voice assistant, bridging phones, TVs and cars]]>


]]> <![CDATA[Associated Press Is Running Sponsored Tweets From Samsung During CES]]> Just in time for the CES show, a major media outlet is spinning out a little business out of Twitter. The Associated Press today announced that it has inked a deal with Samsung for the consumer electronics giant to have two tweeting slots a day on the API's main Twitter account (1.53 million users) for the five days the show runs, January 7-11. ]]> <![CDATA[Opera Makes A Run For The Living Room With New TV App Store, SDK With YouTube Leanback Support]]> Opera has long harbored ambitions to bring its technology beyond mobile and the desktop and into the living room. Just in time for the start of CES, the company today unveiled its new TV app store and framework, as well as its new Devices SDK. These, Opera says, will "make all the world's living rooms more comfortable" and bring "solutions for improving TV surfing" to "millions of living rooms all across the globe."]]> <![CDATA[Following AMD & Asus, BlueStacks Strikes Distribution Deal With Lenovo To Bring 750K Android Apps To Its PCs]]> The good news keeps rolling in for BlueStacks, the startup best known for making technology that enables one and all to download and use Android applications on their desktop PCs -- and more recently, their Macs. In anticipation of CES, the company announced today that it has secured a global distribution deal with Chinese PC maker, Lenovo. Lenovo, which some say recently surpassed HP as the largest maker of PCs, now hawks ultrabooks, convertibles and desktops and has been aggressively integrating Windows 8 into its product lines and pushing touch technology upgrades into its laptops. With its new distribution agreement with BlueStacks, Lenovo will begin preloading BlueStacks' software and service in its Idea-branded PCs -- Lenovo's consumer line, which represents about 40 million units.]]> <![CDATA[Nvidia Outs Next-Gen Tegra 4 Quad-Core A15 LTE-Enabled Mobile Chip; Also Unboxes ‘Project Shield’: Open Gaming Handheld That Supports Android, PC Titles]]> Nvidia has outed its next-gen Tegra 4 mobile CPU at CES. As expected, the chip packs 72 GPU cores, offering a 6x bump on the Tegra 3's graphics processing performance -- to make the most of higher resolution displays -- along with the first quad-core ARM Cortex-A15, to boost web browsing speed by 2.6x and deliver improved app performance. Also on board: LTE support. ]]> <![CDATA[Roku Now Has 700 Channels, Including Time Warner Cable; Also Has 14 TV Manufacturers Compatible With Its Streaming Stick]]> Roku is announcing at CES today a significant milestone both in the amount of content and the number of devices that are compatible with its USB-sized streaming stick. The company now has more than 700 channels of content its subscribers can choose from, as well as 14 device manufacturers making TVs that users can hook the streaming stick into. ]]> <![CDATA[Gillmor Gang: Two Clouds and a Screen]]> The Gillmor Gang — John Taschek, Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — made it past the Fiscal Cliff in good order and got back to the day job: buying stuff. With CES on the horizon, the talk quickly got down to screens big and small. Passive TV vs. transactional mobile devices, the differences between the platforms are being absorbed by the big players as they rush to consolidate each other's positions.]]> <![CDATA[CTIA combines its shows as carrier influence over phones, apps declines]]>


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