CES 2013

CES may have gotten too big, could use a reboot

Oversaturated with media and exhibitors, the convention could use a reboot

Jan 21, 2013 (1:55 a.m.)

Reporters' experiences illustrate one of the problems with CES — and one of the reasons some tech industry leaders have questioned the value of the city’s largest convention: It has gotten too big.

Star Surveillance: Celine Dion, Bruno Mars, Andre Agassi, Tim Tebow and Dr. Dre

January 14, 2013

By Robin Leach

No dummy! Singer Celine Dion received a lesson in ventriloquism when The Mirage headliner Terry Fator brought his wife Taylor Makakoa and ...
From 300-pound telescopes to 1-inch flash drives: The biggest and smallest gadgets of CES 2013

January 12, 2013

By Andrea Domanick

The word “average” has no place at CES, particularly when it comes to size.  Gadgets like flash drives, mp3 players and speakers grow ever the more tiny in their perpetual competition to become slimmer, sleeker and more portable.
Microsoft may have exited gadget show prematurely

January 11, 2013

Ryan Nakashima and Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

Microsoft may have relinquished its starring role in America's gaudiest gadget show a year too early.
Gadget Watch: Samsung shows bendable phone screen

January 11, 2013

Peter Svensson, Associated Press

By showing off a phone with a flexible screen, Samsung is hinting at a day when we might fold up our large phone or tablet screens as if they were maps.
Technology is key to student achievement, former NYC schools chief says

January 10, 2013

By Paul Takahashi

Former New York City schools Chancellor Joel Klein stressed the importance of technology in the 21st century classroom during a keynote speech today at the Higher Education Tech conference at the International CES.
Tim Tebow unveils Soul’s Combat line of headphones in Las Vegas

January 10, 2013

By Tim Thiele

Soul Electronics unveiled its new Combat line of headphones today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and the New York Jets' Tim Tebow is credited with the inspiration and design of the new line. Here's a Q&A with Soul's product ambassador.
Even tech conferences struggle with dropped calls, spotty Internet service

January 10, 2013

By Ron Sylvester

During this week's International CES, people have found themselves with spotty Internet service, long download times and dropped calls, but such lapses have drawn but a few shrugs from those accustomed to such events.
2013 CES Star Surveillance: Snooki, Wale, Miss America, Kelly LeBrock and Motorhead

January 9, 2013

By Don Chareunsy ,
Robin Leach

Our contributing photographers are keeping busy at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show and offsite events and parties. ...
Laptops go up against tablets at Consumer Electronics Show

January 9, 2013

Chris O’Brien, Los Angeles Times

Pity the poor laptop. The darling of the tech world just a couple of years ago, laptops have become one of the biggest casualties of the tablet phenomenon.
‘Smart’ potty or dumb idea? Wacky gadgets abound at CES

January 9, 2013

Ryan Nakashima and Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

From the iPotty for toddlers to the 1,600-pound mechanical spider and the host of glitch-ridden "smart" TVs, the International CES show is a forum for gadget makers to take big — and bizarre — chances.
At CES, Clinton says social media help fuel, solve global policy debates

January 9, 2013

By Ron Sylvester

Bill Clinton said he's seen technology grow from a few dozen Internet sites to a significant force in influencing global policies. "When I became president, the average cellphone weighed five pounds," Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, told an audience this morning at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. "When I took office there were 50 sites on the Internet. More than that has been added since I started talking."
Staying healthy, the high-tech way

January 9, 2013

Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe

Visitors to this week’s Consumer Electronics Show will get a pretty good workout as they trudge through 2 million square feet of gadgets and appliances. But many of the newest devices are designed to help people stay fit year round.
Smart TVs get smarter, by just a little bit

January 9, 2013

Ryan Nakashima, Associated Press

In the not-so-distant future, couch potatoes will be waving, pointing, swiping and tapping to make their TVs react, kind of like what Tom Cruise did in the 2002 movie "Minority Report." That's the vision of TV manufacturers as they show off "smart TVs."
Panasonic expands reach, but still makes pretty cool TVs

January 8, 2013

By Ron Sylvester

Panasonic's president stressed that his company no longer makes just TVs. Yet it was the company's new television set that drew one of the biggest reactions from the audience during a keynote speech today at the International CES at the Venetian.