The 2022 Consumer Electronics Show is just two weeks away and, after doing a digital-only event last year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Consumer Technology Association has been planning for a hybrid event with in-person and online components. But with the Omicron variant of the virus now spreading more quickly than any that […]
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EnergySquare introduces universal wireless charger for laptops
French startup EnergySquare develops wireless charging gear. A few years ago the company raised over 94,000 Euros in a crowdfunding campaign to bring a charging system to market that allows you to connect a small strip to phones and tablets enabling them to charge when they’re placed on a pad. Now the company wants to […]
Asus gives its mid-range VivoBook laptops a makeover
Asus is updating its mid-range laptop lineup with new models sporting 8th-gen Intel core processors, optional support for NVIDIA Geforce graphics, and relatively compact designs. But the first thing you’ll probably notice about the new VivoBook models is the bright new color options. You can still get a boring grey or black model, but there […]
Brad’s CES 2019 mobile reporting kit
When you write about mobile technology for a living, sometimes it helps to get out of the office for a bit to really put your gear to the test. I don’t know of any better proving ground than the annual Consumer Electronics Show — every January I fly across the country to spend the better […]
Brad’s mobile reporting kit for CES 2018
Another year, another road test for my work gear. The Consumer Electronics Show officially kicks off on Tuesday, but I’m currently on my way to Las Vegas because pre-show craziness kicks off on Sunday. As usual, I’m trying to keep my reporting kit pretty light-weight, since I’ll be lugging it around in a backpack all […]
Brad’s mobile reporting kit for CES 2017
The annual Consumer Electronics Show kicks of this week, and as usual, it provides a great chance to put my personal gear to the test. I write about mobile tech on a daily basis, but the one week out of the year when I most rely on it is when I’m running around Las Vegas […]
Brad’s mobile reporting kit for CES 2016
It’s CES time again, and as a writer who focuses on mobile tech news, it’s time to put that tech to the test. This week I’ll be reporting from a dozen different locations around Las Vegas as I cover the latest announcements. Right now things are relatively calm as I sit in my hotel room, […]
Brad’s mobile reporting kit for CES 2015
The 2015 Consumer Electronics Show is just about to begin, and I’ll be spending the better part of a week wandering from hotel to hotel to convention center space to convention center space. As someone who writes about mobile devices that help you work on the go, this is probably the one week out of […]
Brad’s mobile reporting kit (CES 2014 edition)
I spend the year writing about mobile devices, but to be honest, I spend an awful lot of time standing around in my home office staring at a 22 inch monitor. There’s at least one week a year when I really get to put mobile tech to the test though. Covering the Consumer Electronics Show […]
Coby’s latest netbook visits CES
While Coby’s booth at CES was choc full of tablets this year, netbooks were harder to find. For the past two years, Coby has shown up to CES with roughly a gazillion mini-laptops, but this year I spotted just one: The Coby NBPC1029. And I have to say, it’s the most attractive netbook I’ve seen […]