CES preview: what to expect at the big, not-so-gloomy tech trade show
THE BIGGEST U.S. TECH TRADE SHOW WILL FEATURE EMERGING MARKET TECHNOLOGY, 3-D GLASSES, AND DIGITAL CONTENT, ACCORDING TO SHOW CHIEF GARY SHAPIRO
The International Consumer Electronics Show coming up next week promises to be a sober extravaganza. It will have all the splashy booths and big parties as in past years, but it won’t be the best-attended show in history because of the economic slowdown.
Even with the economy in a funk, the show should be a… Continue Reading
Roundup: All Hail Google, WiFi in cars, Wallop walloped, Ahnold’s funding
Round-up of the latest action in Silicon Valley:
It’s all about Google — Notable post by Rich Skrenta about how Google is becoming ever more important. Having become the “start page” for the Web, Google makes $90 to $120 for every thousand times its pages get viewed (or CPM), compared to a mere $4-5 for an average page view elsewhere, he calculates. We asked him for his assumptions, and it turns out he mixes a lot of… Continue Reading