The OnePlus 2 Phenomenon: How 25-Year-Old Carl Pei Is Reinventing Guerilla Marketing Until now, only Apple could inspire consumers to queue up on city streets for the release of a new smartphone. But the exclusive club got its second member last week when Chinese startup OnePlus held pop-up events in nine cities around the globe for its soon-to-be-released OnePlus 2. More »
Conn's, hhgregg Paint Tale Of Two Cities First-quarter financial results from two multiregional CE and appliance chains this morning provide starkly different snapshots of the marketplace. More »
Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs Expected For Holiday Season The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), which promotes the Blu-ray Disc format, will begin licensing the Ultra HD Blu-ray format starting August 24 and anticipates product announcements "from various companies as we approach the 2015 holiday season," said Victor Matsuda, chairman of the BDA's promotions committee. More »
How Epson Plans To Expand The Projector Market Printers and projectors are the focus of new Epson America products that include value-priced home-cinema projectors whose improved picture quality is intended to woo consumers away from flat-panel displays. More »
Fitbit Improves Its Financial Health Fitbit ended its fiscal second quarter by posting the highest quarterly revenue in its eight-year history, with revenue rising 253 percent in the quarter. More »
What's Going On At Gamescom 2015 Gamescom 2015 is being held in Cologne, Germany, this week. The video game trade show, which is open to both the public and the trade, is where the industry and its players can preview what's expected to be hot this holiday season. Her are just a few peeks on what's happening, and we'll update this as more news comes out of the show. More »
Miss our "Christmas in July" webinar? If you missed our CE Holiday Sales Preview, an entire replay can be found here!
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Here's Why We'll Miss Jon Stewart On "The Daily Show" The best technology-related moments from the show's run By John Laposky As Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" reign comes to an end, we took a look back at some classic moments when Stewart and his crew turned their attention to the technology world. Here are some of the show's best tech-related clips. More »
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