January 17, 2013
Posted by Janice Suter
It’s starting to feel a lot like the Jetsons inside the walls of the Consumer Electronics Show! The Connected Home has been a hot area for years, but the more futuristic aspects haven’t really caught on with consumers in a big way. Will this year, with the next evolution of the connected home, finally parlay into a Read More...
January 14, 2013
Posted by Janice Suter
Far and away my favorite part of the Consumer Electronics Show is digital health and fitness. And lucky for me the floor space devoted to this category increased by 3x that of last year. Digital Health has been a part of CES for many years, but this year was different. There seemed to be a Read More...
January 8, 2013
Posted by Janice Suter
While today is the first official day of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, there were plenty of great panel discussions, press announcements and buzz yesterday to get conference-goers salivating for all to be found on the showroom floor this week. In just a few short hours yesterday a handful of obvious themes punched Read More...
December 10, 2012
Posted by Janice Suter
As much as we label TV a lean-back medium, there are strong opposing forces that are appealing to viewers’ desire to get more out of their TV experience. I’m finding myself more and more inclined (not reclined!) to engage with what I’m watching. Social TV via the second screen is driving this new experience with Read More...
March 12, 2012
Posted by Janice Suter
One of the undeniable hot topics at SXSW Interactive this year is the mobile wallet. No wallet, no problem…courtesy of NFC (near-field communication) technology. Until SXSW I’ve had a singular view of how NFC actually works, not from a technology perspective, but from the value it gives consumers beyond the purely transactional aspect of the quick and Read More...
January 17, 2012
Posted by Janice Suter
If I had a dime for every time someone asked me “What was the coolest thing you saw at CES?”…It is an almost impossible question to answer. And it’s not just due to the whopping 1.8MM sq ft of exhibit space, the 2,700 exhibitors or the 20,000 new product introductions on the floor. In an overwhelming Read More...
November 14, 2011
Posted by Janice Suter
Our first full day of ad:tech NYC 2011 was a great day of inspiring keynotes and informational break-out sessions. I felt a little old-school in covering the conference…no iPad to take notes and no connectivity whatsoever to tweet key highlights along the way. So I have my notebook of barely legible handwriting for reference. So much for Read More...
July 15, 2011
Posted by Janice Suter
That is the first actual post I saw on my Google + newsfeed. The post also summed up my initial experience on the brand new social network, the first truly viable competitor to Facebook. Upon receiving an invite last week, I stared into my iPhone’s browser at http://www.plus.google.com (no iPhone app yet, folks). I felt Read More...
February 4, 2011
Posted by Janice Suter
BlogWell Austin: How Big Brands Use Social Media, February 3, 2011, Austin, TX The weather outside was frightful, but a pack of GSD&Mers bundled up on Wednesday to attend GasPedal’s BlogWell social media event at UT Memorial Stadium. The “How Big Brands Use Social Media” focus set the stage for a fabulous afternoon chock-full of Read More...
January 10, 2011
Posted by Janice Suter
While 3D was the show-stealer in last year’s CES, the presence at CES this year is more about expanding technology options to get around some of the issues of cost, comfort and style associated with 3D glasses. The vast majority of 3D options featured at CES from Samsung, Sony, LG, Toshiba, Panasonic and others involve Read More...