CEA Considering Portable Device Standard
The Consumer Electronics Association announced Monday that it has formed a group to discuss implementation of industry technical standards for portable as well as...
Micro Four Thirds System
Olympus Imaging Corporation (Olympus Imaging) and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic) recently announced joint development of technologies and devices for the “Micro Four...
New Fuji Digital Cameras
Fujifilm this week unveiled a trio of new cameras, which are set to arrive in stores in September. The FinePix S2000HD, the company’s first-ever...
Bob Janet: Shooting Fish in a Barrel
My friend Bill Tucker, president of the Florida Building Material Association, recently wrote in his association publication e-BLUEPRINT:“The members of one of our business...
Targeting Consumers at Work
A recent study done by consumer intelligence firm BIGresearch finds that Americans are spending 60 percent of their waking hours at work, more than...
Windows Home Server Adds Features
The idea behind a central “home server” that allows consumers access to all of their digital content from one location in the home took...
Synnex, ViewSonic Reach Distribution Agreement
Synnex Corp. announced this week that it has reached an agreement to become an authorized distributor for products made by ViewSonic. The products covered...
Sony “Smiles” in August
Sony is commencing a retail promotion for Sony Cyber-shot cameras featuring Smile Shutter technology at Sony Style Stores, Sonystyle.com, and other participating retailers for...
Hot Retail Topic: E-Mail Marketing
As more and more consumers get used to the idea of reading marketing messages through e-mail on the PCs and cell phones, e-mail marketing...
In CE Retail, The Key is Service
Why is Best Buy doing so much better than Circuit City and other competitors? According to a USA Today analysis published Wednesday, it’s all...