Tag archive: Tech Trends

If the venture capital community has anything to do with it, this time next year, you’ll be monitoring your blood pressure with your iPhone, recruiting helpers from the Web to help around the house, and automatically receiving coupons for free coffee at your destination the next time you board a train. In Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship is the engine that is driving jobs creation and stimulating economic growth. We are in the midst of a… Read More

If there’s an unexpected upside to the fact that technology seems to deteriorate faster than Britney Spears after age 22, it’s this: No matter what gadget you bought someone last year, there’s always something better this year. Of course, finding the perfect replacement when “what’s hot” changes every two months presents its own problems, but that’s what we’re here for. Looking to bag the perfect gadget for someone in your life, but wary of… Read More

Say “cheese!” Now that the year’s major digital photography trade shows are over, we have an excellent idea of the coolest gear and the hottest trends in cameras and camcorders expected to steal the spotlight in 2010. No matter whether you consider yourself a casual shutterbug or professional paparazzi, here’s what you can anticipate from the coming year in digital imagery, as well as several reasons the coming months are bound to be filled with… Read More

Good news for modern professionals – the future of high-tech is here, and it’s rife with opportunities to enhance communications, maximize productivity, and revolutionize the way the way that business is done on nearly every front. As previewed earlier this year at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), a wired wonderland where the hottest gadgets and technology trends of coming months are revealed, the future truly is now. From WiFi-ready,… Read More

In 2003, Sebastian Thrun was just a Stanford professor with a really cool idea. Having already built several prototype cars that feature autonomous driving, including one for a Smithsonian exhibit, the car enthusiast decided to go full bore with a new project that would eventually become Stanley, a robotic car built around a VW Touareg that won the DARPA Challenge in 2005 and has sensors that monitor traffic, control steering, and can… Read More

Every January, a combination of rolled-over digits on the calendar year and the massive Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas get techie brains spinning about what’s to come in the months ahead. In 2008, smartphones were the talk of the town. In 2009, ultra-thin TVs with LED backlighting stole the show. This time around for technology enthusiasts, it’s, well, any number of hot up and coming trends. From the much-talked-about 3D TV to… Read More

Fresh off of CES 2010 and announcements that Microsoft’s Project Natal (a motion-sensing 3D camera system that uses your body as the controller, eliminating the gamepad entirely) will be arriving this holiday season, we couldn’t help but take note. As a bevy of industry insiders so eloquently pointed out in our recent Video Games Are Dead documentary, the PC and video game business is quickly undergoing a striking metamorphosis. Never mind that… Read More

Tablet PCs have been a huge trend this year at CES and a lot of industry experts are questioning their market strength. The HP TM2 tablet, just one of the tablets revealed by HP, is packing a 1.3GHz Core 2 Duo processor behind a 12.1-inch multitouch screen, 4500MHD integrated graphics, 4GB of DDR3 memory, a 320GB disk, and even a fingerprint scanner.

If there's one unifying theme at CES 2010, it's as follows: Innovation is everywhere. From 3D high-definition televisions (HDTVs) to slick eReaders, powerful smartphones and a bevy of streaming media devices, the big watchwords this year are versatility, interconnectivity and value. Just a few items which already seem to be emerging as running themes this year based on early preview events, press conferences and, of course, buzz… Read More

The next decade may be upon us, but in case you haven’t noticed, so is a budget-busting worldwide recession. Jetpacks and holodecks may have to wait. While some naysayers already have this year’s Consumer Electronics Show chalked up to a bust on account of penny pinching (there will “only” be 110,000 attendees this year!), we think the pace of technology will still manage to yield some extraordinary gadgets. And hey, with manufacturers paying… Read More

Between smartphones, netbooks and HDTVs galore, to say 2009 was a busy year for the high-tech industry is an understatement. But from eReaders to 3D televisions and tablet PCs, it’s obvious that the technology biz doesn’t plan on slowing down in 2010 for a second. In advance of this year’s annual gadget and technology extravaganza, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), we asked Digital Trends’ own resident editor, Scott Steinberg, to peer into… Read More

Hoping to start the year off right and get the jump on 2010’s hottest technology trends? Then look no further: This year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) – the annual high-tech tradeshow that’s chock full of gadgets and technological innovations – will showcase a rather impressive number of tends we can expect to see more of in coming months from personal to automotive to hosted services. It will highlight what will likely be the fight that… Read More

What’s hot? What’s not? And what was the last gadget you actually bought? It’s quite the challenge to keep pace with technology’s latest and greatest trends, especially with disposable income tighter than ever for so many. Which made us wonder: Despite all the flashy ads and splashy headlines, which types of consumer electronics are actually selling? According to the top technology insiders we spoke with, the results may shock. Planning on… Read More