Going digital? Hold up – hybrid events will be the future Going digital? Hold up - hybrid events will be the future In recent years, much of the technologically-minded business community has decamped to the windowless, air-conditioned rooms of Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show. Despite being the showcase for all things digital – from autonomous vehicles to intelligent fridges – it has always been a distinctly physical event. And while many complained of being [...]
CES 2015: Still the biggest tech show on earth – Bottom Line As the global tech industry packs its bags and leaves the neon lights of Las Vegas behind for another year, is the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world’s largest tech convention, still relevant? On one hand, CES boasts that this year it had more than 3,500 tech exhibitors and over 160,000 attendees. The organisers have [...]
CES 2015: The good, the bad and the ugly – from QuitBit’s novelty lighter to Sony’s Walkman reboot The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is in full swing and the gadgets on display are as wacky as ever. Here are a selection of our favourites so far… Sony's tiny Action Cam FDR-X1000V SONY FDR-X100V CAMCORDER £TBC sony.co.uk Usefulness: ★★★★☆ Novelty value: ★★★☆☆ Sony is pulling out all the stops to make up [...]
CES 2015: The internet of things is coming soon says Samsung’s UK boss Andy Griffiths January 6, 2015 Samsung’s UK boss tells Oliver Smith in Las Vegas that self-controlling central heating and self-parking cars are around the corner Will internet-connected devices change your life over the next five years? Samsung, along with most of the other tech giants in the convention halls of Las Vegas where the global tech industry has amassed this [...]
CES 2015: Samsung unveils SUHD TV and new content store Milk to rival Netflix and iTunes January 5, 2015 With its next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6, only reportedly making an appearance behind closed doors at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, Samsung last night instead chose to double down on its position as the world’s largest manufacturer of TVs. Samsung’s flagship product was its SUHD TV, a 88-inch screen [...]
CES 2015: LG bets on the internet of things and curvy phones for your pocket January 5, 2015 LG kicked off the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas yesterday with a host of announcements around the key theme of 2015 – smarter internet-enabled devices ranging from TVs to washing machines – but some analysts remained cautious that such devices have real consumer appeal. The South Korean firm also revealed its second [...]
CES 2015: Swarm of 1m drones set to fly this year as technology takes off January 5, 2015 Commercial drones will continue to take off this year with over a million in use worldwide by the end of the year, according to a report from Deloitte. The news comes as drones take centre stage this week at the world’s biggest technology trade show in Las Vegas, where organisers of the Consumer Electronics Show [...]
CES 2015: Samsung reveals SUHD TV and Tizen smart TV platform January 5, 2015 Samsung has revealed a new line of ultra high-definition curved TVs it's calling SUHD which run on the new smart TV platform Tizen. In an event at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) the firm revealed it already had a 60 per cent share of the UHD market, with its curved screens making up half of [...]
CES 2015: LG launches new Oled 4K HD TV range, Web OS 2.0 smart TV platform and partners with Netflix and GoPro January 5, 2015 LG has unveiled a new range of TVs and a smart TV platform for creating a fully connected home entertainment system as it battles to remain the centre of people’s living rooms- and their lives. As the roles are reversed and smartphones increasingly become people’s first screen while TV is relegated to second place, the [...]
CES 2015: LG unveils G Flex 2 curved smartphone January 5, 2015 LG has launched a new model of its curved G Flex smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The G Flex 2 has curved edges on all sides giving it a sleek look and offers a “truly immersive viewing experience” on the curved screen, as well as making it easier to hold [...]