| Today's Top 3 Stories | | #1 | Intel develops smart bracelet, parades wearable devices | | | Intel is developing a smart wrist device and showing a host of prototype wearable devices at this week's International CES trade show with the hope to find the next big hit. The company has made a range of wearable device in its labs, and a smart wrist device based on an Intel reference platform will go on sale in the U.S., said Mike Bell, vice president and general manager of the New Devices Group at Intel, in an interview. He did not provide a specific date when it would be available. (ComputerWorld)
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| | #2 | Five things we learned on day one
| | | It's only the first day of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but we're already starting to see some themes emerge from the tech industry's biggest showcase. (USAToday)
Why This Is Important: While every day of CES offers something new, most companies bring out their big announcements at the start of the show.
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| | #3 | Valve unveils Steam Machine lineup, $499 to $6,000
| | | It was a bold move by Bellevue's Valve software to schedule its big press event at the Consumer Electronics Show at the exact same time as industry titan Sony. (Seattletimes)
Why This Is Important: Valve is attempting to take on the game console crowd by enabling its players to port their PC games to their big TV.
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"The definition of Play can mean anything from playing games, to playing music, watching or participating in sports, to hitting play on your favorite device – above all, it means fun," Mike Fasulo, Sony Electronics U.S. president and COO, said at CES, "Our new products are designed to be there with consumers, enhancing the pleasure of activities they already love. They represent the essence of what drives Sony forward, combining technology and emotion to inspire the type of excitement that only Sony can evoke."
| | | Blog Post of The Day | Gadget Makers Need a Hit as Big as the iPad to Escape Decline
By BRIAN X. CHEN
The tech market will shrink this year as gadget makers struggle to attract people content with the devices they already have. At least, that's the forecast from the Consumer Electronics Association. Unloaded this week as the world's biggest annual gadget extravaganza, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), gets underway in Las Vegas, the new report predicts a 1 percent falloff in tech device sales.
That may not seem like much — especially considering that global gadget revenues are still expected to top $1 trillion in 2014 — but it's not the dollar amount that concerns gadget companies. It's the possibility that the
market is entering a long period of stagnation after a dramatic post-recession spike. More » |
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