Category: Press Releases

Industry Veteran to Join Leading Online Consumer Electronics and Technology Review Site’s Growing Team

Digital Trends, the fastest growing online destination for consumer electronics news and reviews, today announced the appointment of Nathan Bell as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. In his new position, Bell will oversee all aspects of the company’s finance and accounting operations.  Read more...

Recognizing that today’s pupils and educators are amongst the biggest beneficiaries of today’s technological advancements, Digital Trends, the leading online destination for consumer electronics news and reviews, has compiled a list of essential high-tech buys. Taking the confusion out of shopping for everyday electronics, the 2008 Back-to School Tech Guide offers a candid look at the best laptops, cell phones and other necessities for 21st Century playground or campus life.

“Schoolwork aids are just the beginning,” says Digital Trends CEO Ian Bell. “Here, we provide insight into a full range of products that won’t just help students get homework done, but also improve productivity and enhance learning and retention while ensuring they have a good time doing so.”  Read more...

Technology supersite Digital Trends today announced the availability of episode two of Internet video show “Players Only with Scott Steinberg,” which offers an in-depth look at 2008’s most successful gaming phenomenon: casual games. Produced and created by Digital Trends and available for free download and viewing at http://www.digitaltrends.com/playersonly, the latest installment in the 10-episode PC and video game series also explores the changing face of gaming’s audience, mobile/cell phone entertainment, global gaming communities and how the medium is bringing friends and families closer together.  Read more...

Technology supersite Digital Trends, the leading online destination for consumer electronics news, reviews and insights, today announced the debut of new video show “Players Only with Scott Steinberg.” Available for free download and viewing at http://www.digitaltrends.com/playersonly, the 10-episode program takes viewers behind the velvet rope, introducing them to the one-of-a-kind titles, trends and personalities that make the $18.85 billion PC and video game business the entertainment industry’s fastest-growing sector.  Read more...

Digital Trends (www.digitaltrends.com), the number one online destination for consumer electronics and technology news, reviews and insights, today announced the appointment of Scott Steinberg as the company’s Managing Partner and Chief Marketing Officer.

As managing partner, Steinberg will oversee all business development and marketing initiatives for DigitalTrends.com, with a focus on furthering the company’s core strategic goals, including pursuing partnerships and new business ventures which expand and enrich the site’s 40 million strong readership as well as bolster its position at the top of the consumer technology media field. Steinberg will also continue as Managing Director of Embassy Multimedia Consultants, the videogame industry’s premiere provider of hands-on, real-world consulting solutions.  Read more...

Digital Trends (www.digitaltrends.com), the leading online destination for consumer electronics and technology news, reviews and insights, today announced its acquisition of premiere videogame industry consulting firm Embassy Multimedia Consultants. The top provider of real-world consulting solutions, brand development/marketing support and strategic advice to game developers, publishers, retailers and distributors worldwide, Embassy services dozens of entertainment companies globally, including the biggest names in the business.  Read more...

To create the most comprehensive site possible—and become THE Canadian reference for technology—Sympatico MSN joined forces with high-profile, respected partners in the field of new technologies, names like Digital Trends, The Canadian Press, the publishers of For Dummies books, Wasabi, Chalk, CNet, Future Shop, and technology guru Mark Saltzman. Mr. Saltzman will run a blog and write four articles each week in the Technology section, including two “Mythbusters” for everything you’ve always wanted to know about technology but were afraid to ask. He will also produce two podcasts every week, including the week’s best buys every Friday. MSN Sympatico connects you to the radio show Tech Talk, hosted by Mark Saltzman that will air Sundays on on CFRB 1010 in Toronto.  Read more...

Digital Trends has partnered with Akimbo, the first and largest Internet-to-TV video-on-demand service, to provide Digital Trends’s extensive library of video product reviews, news reporting, and guides to Akimbo subscribers free of charge.

Digital Trends began producing high-definition videos in 2005 and is pleased that their content can now be accessed by Akimbo’s growing subscriber base. Recent Digital Trends video segments include features on Apple’s iPod Nano, laptops for school, flat-screen televisions, and iRiver’s Clix.  Extensive reporting on CES 2005’s cutting edge products, a review of Microsoft’s Xbox 360, and top picks for digital cameras are just some of the subjects that past broadcasts have covered.  Read more...