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.
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