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B2BGateway.Net will be attending the 2012 International CES which takes place in Las Vegas from January 9th to January 13th, 2012. With more than four decades of success, the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) reaches across global markets, connects the industry and enables Consumer Electronic innovations to grow and thrive. The International CES is owned and produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the $186 billion U.S. consumer technology industry. CEA represents more than 2,000 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of consumer electronics products. All profits from CES are reinvested into industry services, including technical training and education, industry promotion, engineering standards development, market research and legislative advocacy. In 2011 almost 90,000 people from over 140 countries worldwide attended the show. The very first CES took place in New York in 1967 and there have been some very memorable products debuted at the CES over the years, including but not limited to: Videocassette Recorder (VCR), 1970 Laserdisc Player, 1974 Camcorder, 1981 Compact Disc Player, 1981 Digital Audio Technology, 1990 Compact Disc - Interactive, 1991 Mini Disc, 1993 Radio Data System, 1993 Digital Satellite System, 1994 Digital Versatile Disk (DVD), 1996 High Definition Television (HDTV), 1998 Hard-disc VCR (PVR), 1999 Digital Audio Radio (DAR), 2000 Microsoft Xbox, 2001 Plasma TV, 2001 Home Media Server, 2002 HD Radio, 2003 Blu-Ray DVD, 2003 HDTV PVR, 2003 HD Radio, 2004 IP TV, 2005 An explosion of digital content services, 2006 New convergence of content and technology, 2007 OLED TV, 2008 3D HDTV, 2009 Tablets, Netbooks and Android Devices, 2010 Connected TV, Smart Appliances, Android Honeycomb, Ford’s Electric Focus, Motorola Atrix, Microsoft Avatar Kinect, 2011 If you plan on attending the 2012 International CES this January in Las Vegas, make sure to look out for the B2BGateway.Net team and say hello. |