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Tag Archives: CTA
Is 2024 The Year Of AI?
It’s impossible to avoid dire warnings about the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), from the explosion of manipulated images, video, and audio leading to an exponential rise in misinformation, to job losses in writing fields such as the Hollywood writers’ strike, the … Continue reading
Posted in TWICE
Tagged AI, Artificial Intelligence, CTA, IDC, Sony, Tata Consultancy Services, World Wide Stereo
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2024 State Of The Industry: Guarded Optimism
Market roadblocks and negative economic conditions from 2023 linger, but retailers, vendors, and analysts all are hopeful for more positive results in the new year. Read the rest of this report here at TWICE.com.
Access To Technology, Generative AI Main Themes For CES 2024
CES 2024 is shaping up as a big step forward in the show’s post-pandemic recovery. According to Kinsey Fabrizio, CTA’s SVP for CES & Membership, speaking at CTA’s annual CES press preview, this year’s Las Vegas confab (January 9-12) has already … Continue reading
Posted in CES, TWICE
Tagged AI, Artificial Intelligence, CES, CES 2024, CTA, Eureka Park
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CTA To Start Centennial Celebration At CES 2024
As is its wont, the U.S. Congress determined it would levy a new 10% tax on the production of an exceptionally popular new tech device. And, unsurprisingly, the companies producing said new tech devices were unhappy with the prospect of … Continue reading
Posted in CES, Tech History, TWICE
Tagged CEG, CEMA, CES 2024, CETA, CTA, CTA centennial, EIA, Radio Manufacturers of America, RETMA, RMA, RTMA
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CTA Joins, Adds Tech Pillar To UN’s ‘Human Security For All’ Campaign
At an event held on the United Nations main New York City campus during its meeting of the General Assembly, CTA president & CEO Gary Shapiro announced the addition of technology as the eighth pillar in the year-old Human Security for All … Continue reading
Report: CE State Of The Industry 2023
Sales of premier consumer technology products – smartphones, TVs, PCs/tablets, smart home, for instance – continue to dip. High-interest rates, inflation, and recession fears continue to either delay discretionary consumer purchasing or are pushing consumers to “trade down” to lower-priced … Continue reading
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Tagged AVB, BrandSource, COVID, CTA, desktop PCs, IDC, inventory, LG, recession, retail, Samsung, smart home, smartphones, supply chain, Ukraine, Vision Pro, VR, World Wide Stereo
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SmartTechCheck Podcast: AirBNB, iPhone legacy, consumer electronics slump, AI detection woes
I join Super SmartTechCheck podcast host Mark Vena, John Quain and Rob Pegoraro to discuss AirBnB efforts to recruit more hosts, AI photo detection woes, the legacy of the original iPhone, and the consumer electronics slump. Tune into the podcast … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, cell/smartphones, home office, Internet/Social Media, smart home, SmartTechCheck Podcast, Tech History, VR/AR
Tagged AI, Airbnb, Android, App Store, Apple, CTA, Facebook, Google, home office, IDC, Instagram, iOS, iPhone, smartphones, Steve Jobs, Twitter
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Hip Hop Legend, iTunes And DSP Developers Inducted Into CTA Hall Of Fame
CTA inducted eight new members into its Hall of Fame on November 15, 2022, at a gala dinner in New York City. The class of 2022 includes: Read the rest of this recap here at TWICE.com.
Posted in Apple, TWICE
Tagged Apple, Consumer Technology Association, CTA, Digital Signal Processing, DSP, GPS, Hall of Fame, iTunes, Samsung, Texas Instruments, TI
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What To Expect At CES 2023 And This Holiday Season
CES is usually all about innovation. The focus at CES 2023, however, will be on more than just innovation, but innovation with a purpose. At CES Unveiled in New York City on November 16, 2022, CTA president and CEO Gary Shapiro … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Friday, CES, CES 2023, CES Unveiled, Consumer Technology Association, CTA, Cyber Monday, Eureka Park, Gary Shapiro, holiday shopping, Web 3.0, Web3
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Are Industry Trade Shows Back?
As Covid threats seemingly diminish and society returns to some semblance of “normal,” the question for industry folks is – to paraphrase The Clash – should you stay or should you go…to trade shows? Read the rest of this report here … Continue reading
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Tagged BrandSource, CEDIA, CES, CTA, Emerald, KBIS, Nationwide, NKAB
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