ShowStoppers at CES 2013

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We continue our coverage of CES Las Vegas 2013 with our annual trip to the media blitz known as Showstoppers.  Listen to Tom interview a barrage of guests as they discuss their products and technologies.

Week In Review Links

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1. NYPD Unveils New Weapon Surveillance Technology
2. Sergey Brin Spotted on NY Subway Wearing Google Glasses
3. Computer files stored accurately on DNA in new breakthrough
4. Twitter launches video sharing service Vine
5. Research Shows Facebook Could Make Users Feel Miserable

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CES Las Vegas 2013

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Tom heads out to Las Vegas to cover CES 2012 and interviews multiple venders and discusses various technologies.

Week In Review Links

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1. Cops giving New York City pharmacies OxyContin bottles equipped with GPS tracking devices as “bait” to track thieves
2. Christine Quinn Wants to Replace Textbooks with Tablets
3. Germ Tracker App Reveals NY’s Flu Hot Spots
4. Google Chromebook gets boost: Lenovo to sell laptop line to schools
5. US software engineer outsources his own job to China

Back to the floor for more CES 2011

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With all that talk of conferences last week, we decided to head back to the CES  2011 footage to bring you the best consumer products.  Check out the SHOW PAGE for details about Tom’s interviews with some of the biggest names on the floor at this year’s show.  3D TVs – check. Connected appliances – check. A Watson of your very own – we are working on it.

We have some great shows coming up over the next month.  Tony Bradley and Gabe are slated to drop in before too long along with new guests and topics.

Listen to the show on 1100 KFNX’s website on Sunday at 5pm EST and 3pm MST.  Click the KFNX logo on the right to go to their site.  Check the SHOW PAGE early next week for the Week In Review links and commercial free podcast.

Wait. What Happened?

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Tom went to CES is what happened.  While he was there, he battled a cold to travel into the deepest depths of the North and South Halls.  This week, we have our first show coming out of the event. Check out the SHOW PAGE for the entire scoop.

Where was the producer all weekend?  I spent the weekend at Nashville GiveCamp – an event sponsored by Microsoft.  Read more about that on the national GiveCamp site or the local site for the event I attended.

We are excited to have Gabe Goldberg back on January 23 to talk about ‘Buying Tech at the Sweet Spot’ – be sure to put that on your calendar.

Do you CES what we CES?

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Each year the technology industry makes a pilgrimage to the desert.  The International Consumer Electronics Show is [insert a “doesn’t get any bigger than this”] metaphor.  Tom is on the floor as I type …or he is on a plane …I don’t handle that …anyway, Tom is at CES as far as you are concerned.

So, what are you going to do while I put together a great CES show?  Listen to a new Week in Review and and an encore presentation of our Contingency Planning & Management 2010 coverage. Find out more and get Week In Review links on the SHOW PAGE.

What’s coming up on TechTalk?
Jan 16 – ‘Overloaded Inbox? Try the cloud.’ with Brian Curry

Jan 23 – ‘Buying Technology at the Sweet Spot’ with Gabe Goldberg

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• Digits Live Show: What’s Hot at CES? (blogs.wsj.com)
• Live chat from CES 2011 (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
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Black-eyed peas to start the year off right

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This week, we bring you our 2010 GovTech coverage after a new Week In Review that includes a CES Kick-Off with Robin Raskin – find out more on the SHOW PAGE.  It’s our first show of the year, but we have luck on our side.

Most people from the south just accept black-eyed peas will be there at some point on New Year’s Day.  It is supposed to be lucky.  Sounds like a wiley turn of the century marketer with too many beans and snake oil.  But if finding out historical what-nottery is your thing, there are some links below with plenty of people telling you how it really started (ie what each read on Wikipedia).  I am sticking with the wiley marketer.  I am not sure how it started, but I can’t argue with tradition – especially when said tradition includes hog jowl for flavor.  If you don’t know what a jowl is…you probably do not want to know.  What does all of this have to do with anything?  Nothing much.  It just looks better when the boss clicks through to make sure the website is being updated if there are more words.  So, let’s all just keep real quiet and keep reading…you’ll get your tech fix. And that’s how the first World War really started. Thanks, Grampa.

Since 1967, The Consumer Electronics Show has wowed us and showed us the technology we would covet over the next year.  The show started in New York but migrated to Las Vegas after a period of two shows per year – one in the east and one in the west.  With whirlwind product cycles, the Internet, virtual conferences and shrinking T&E budgets, CES has done quite well to keep attracting the crowds.  A few notable debuts at CES include the VCR in 1970, the Laserdisc in 1974 (yes, SEVENTY FOUR!), HDTV in 1998 and many more… including a 10 year anniversary of the Xbox’s 2001 debut. Happy Birthday, Xbox!

Related Articles

• Vegetarian Black Eyed Pea Recipes for the New Year (eatdrinkbetter.com)
• Happy New Year, Almost: New Year’s Around The World (woot.com)
• Happy New Year! Here are some good luck tips for the New Year. (summitcounty.wordpress.com)
• Your best recipes for welcoming 2011 (salon.com)
• Fayetteville to host annual New Year’s Day dinner (charlotte.news14.com)

Lost Dog No More & More Information Overload

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This week, we’ll have a new Week In Review and follow it with an encore presentation of our “Information Overload” show with Gabe Goldberg.  Check the SHOW PAGE for more details on the show and the Week In Review story links after the show airs on Sunday at 6pm EDT | 3pm MST in Phoenix.  Catch it live on the web or on 1100 KFNX in the Phoenix area.

The site of the week is LostMyDoggie.com. They offer three tiers of service to help you find your lost dog.  For prices of $40, $75 or $115, they will create and mail fliers, make automated phone calls or both, respectively.  That’s a small price to pay for an important member of the family.  We like it so much, we put a link to the service on our site (on the right).

We tweeted it but wanted to remind everyone its time to sign up for CES 2011 in Las Vegas. Save $100 on the total cost if you register before September 1. Do that here.

Don’t forget you can get our shared news throughout the week, along with shows and blog posts delivered to your inbox.

• Show Feed – RSS | Email
• Blog Post Feed – RSS | Email
• Shared News from Google Reader – Web | RSS | Email

We also found a new service from Twitter on NYT.

So, tweet it loud – Tweet

July 11 – CES CEA LineShow – Week In Review

Tom attended the most recent CEA LineShow in NYC and brought back information on some very interesting technology products. 3D TVs, solar iPhone stations, how to dispose of your digital waste in NYC and much, much more await when you listen and check out all the links from the exhibitors we interviewed [LISTEN TO SHOW].

Hope you enjoyed the show. Check back later this week for info on our July 18 show.

One more thing speaking of CES – registration for the 2011 CES is now open.  Start thinking about what you want to see and hear about from CES.

July 11 – CES CEA LineShow in NYC

Tom visits the CES CEA Line Show in NYC to bring us event coverage and interviews from the floor. We skip our Week in Review to go straight interviews starting with Immerz. We follow that with Consumer tablets, 4G Phones and more from the CES CEA Line Shows – [FIND OUT MORE]

The shows airs Sunday at 3pm MST | 6pm EDT on 1100 KFNX. We’ll have links to more vendors and our edited podcast available for download early next week.

June 13- TechTalk Hits the Road!

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TechTalk hits the road and covers three very neat conferences. Tom will first stop by CES in Las Vegas where he covers Microsoft technology and its auto capable possibilities, LG Magic Motion Remote, and LG 3D TV’s to come out in 2010.

After this, Tom stops by TCIP (Technology for Critical Incident Preparedness) and later on INTEROP. The show can be listened to by clicking on this link. [DOWNLOAD/LISTEN]

Come back Friday for a description of the upcoming show this Sunday.