CBS's reputation for integrity took a big hit at the Consumer Electronics Show after it told subsidiary CNET not to give Dish Network a "Best of CES" award for its revolutionary Hopper DVR. Why? Because CBS is suing Dish over the Hopper's commercial skipping features.
The company is called Integrated Surface Technologies, and it basically coats your phone with stuff that protects it from being dunked in water and dropped and being smashed with a hammer. The video pretty much speaks for itself.
Founded in 2008, IndieGogo is a major funding powerhouse. Whereas many great projects would languish in the minds of their creators, services like IndieGogo have been able to bring them to fruition, creating a market and bringing together a group of rabid fans in a matter of days if not hours.
In one wing of Audi's booth -- the most visually arresting we've seen this year -- was a car cockpit in front of a few massive displays, simulating a ride down Las Vegas Boulevard in a self-driving car equipped with the new Piloted Driving system.
Walking the floor at the Consumer Electronics Show, you don't see many PCs: Everyone is using tablets. With all the Web just an uttered sentence or touchscreen away, PCs just aren't portable enough, which is why the focus at CES is on devices you'll hold in your hand or control via remote.
Whether you use Microsoft not, you have to respect the fact that its install base for operating systems is massive. The company spans plenty of sectors, specifically enterprise, but of course in the home, too. Today, the company announced that its latest operating system, Windows 8, has sold 60 million licenses.
It's been a heck of a year for Nokia and Windows Phone, so we've got lots of catching up to do with the smartphone maker's EVP / Microsoft ex-pat Chris Weber. We'll talk to the exec about the company's transformation in 2012 and find out what the next year holds for Nokia.
Own a smartphone? There's a pretty good chance you're carrying around a Qualcomm chip, as well. SVP of product management, Raj Talluri, will be joining us on stage to demo some of the the Snapdragon-maker's latest and most exciting technologies.
Engadget was there just hours ago when Samsung brought the party to Las Vegas, introducing plenty of wicked new televisions -- some smart, others massive, and one that's just downright impressive -- along with cameras, a pair of laptops and even a fridge that sports Evernote.
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From new small gadgetry too old banking behemoths, there will be plenty of news waiting to break in the coming days. Let's go over some of the items that will help shape the week that lies ahead on Wall Street.
Every year TechCrunch rolls out to Las Vegas for complete CES coverage, including a live stream to beat all others. In 2013 we're looking forward to covering CES the TechCrunch way by focusing on the little guys trying to make it in a huge market, as well as all the cool stuff hidden behind the scenes.
It's CES 2013, and Engadget is doing it up bigger and better than ever before, with more than 50 staffers on-site, flown in from all corners of the globe. And for the fifth year in a row, Engadget is the Official Online News Source of the International CES.
