| Vizio Unveils Windows 8 Tablet Powered by an AMD Chip | | LAS VEGAS — There are already dozens of different kinds of Windows 8 tablets — from hybrids to super-slim models to the Microsoft Surface — but here's a new one: Vizio's new Windows 8 tablet, which is powered by an AMD processor.
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| Slick New Bravo App Personalizes Your Smart TV Experience | | 3:32:17 AM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Bravo unwrapped a new app for connected TV devices on Monday. The app supplements Bravo programming and lets people — who use Samsung smart TVs, Samsung Blu-ray players, Yahoo Widgets or Google TVs — personalize their viewing experiences.
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| Sony Unveils World's First 4K OLED TV | | LAS VEGAS — Plenty of manufacturers have 4K (a.k.a. Ultra HD) TVs here at CES, and plenty also are showing large-size OLED panels. Only one company is combining the two technologies, however, and that's Sony, who just unveiled the world's first 4K OLED set. Big caveat: The TV is just a prototype right now, with no price, release date or even a release year.
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| Dish Network's Hopper Adds Sling Player, Ability to Stream to iPad | | Dish Network CEO Joe Clayton likes to ruffle feathers. Last year, Dish launched the Hopper and Joey DVRs, which sent entertainment content throughout every room in your house. Then, it announced AutoHop, giving consumers the ability to skip commercials on content they recorded through scheduling program PrimeTime Anytime. That didn't go over well with the broadcasting industry, but Clayton doesn't mind.
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| Inside ZocDoc's Quest to Reinvent Health Care | | Shane Snow is a Mashable contributor and co-founder of Contently, a marketplace that helps journalists and brand publishers build their brands. Follow him @shanesnow. It's 3:30 a.m., and the only thing keeping me awake is the bonfire in my throat. It feels like I'm breathing lava through a coffee straw while Bobby Flay dices my esophagus like a yellow pepper.
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| Qualcomm Launches Flagship Snapdragon 800 Processor | | LAS VEGAS — Qualcomm used its first CES keynote to launch its new flagship mobile processor, the Snapdragon 800. Designed for the demands of high-end smartphones and tablets, the new chip boasts 75% better performance than Qualcomm's previous top-of-the-line chip, the Snapdragon S4. Qualcomm created the 800 to deliver the best mobile experience possible while still maintaining good battery life.
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| GM Encourages Developers To Create Apps For Chevy Cars | | GM's Chevy cars will be able to function with your smartphone apps to help you stay connected while driving in 2013. The car maker announced at International CES the launch of the Flexible App Framework. The framework will allow developers to access a new set of vehicle application programming interfaces, or APIs, and build on the infotainment systems in GM vehicles.
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| Ford's 'MyEnergi Lifestyle' Products Aim to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint | | Are you looking for more ways to be green in 2013? On Monday at International CES, Ford announced it is collaborating with Whirlpool, Eaton and SunPower to provide the average American with easy tools to live a more eco-friendly life. Other featured companies include: semiconductor provider Infineon and Nest Labs.
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| Qualcomm's First CES Keynote is Star-Studded | | Monday, January 07, 2013 11:30 PM | Emily Price |
| Qualcomm may have taken Microsoft's place as keynote speaker at this year's International CES, but that didn't keep CEO Steve Ballmer from taking the stage. Ballmer was invited on the stage early in Qualcomm's presentation in order to show off some existing Windows 8 and Windows Phone devices. Such as the Samsung Ativ tablet, Nokia Lumia 920, and HTC 8X.
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| Videographer Tops Reporters in CES Challenge Day One | | Monday, January 07, 2013 10:29 PM | Nora Grenfell |
| Who can log the most activity at CES 2013? We're challenging Mashable reporters to track their movements around the world's largest technology trade show. Equipped with Nike+ FuelBands, they began monitoring their respective distances covered while reporting at Sunday's CES Unveiled. After day one of Mashable's CES challenge, the standings are as follows: The starting champion is video editor Evan Engel, who rounded up 5.59 miles.
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| Ford's Open Developer Program Brings Smartphone Apps to Your Car | | Monday, January 07, 2013 9:57 PM | Christina Warren |
| LAS VEGAS — Ford unveiled its new Ford Developer Program at CES 2013 on Monday. The program will give app developers access to its SYNC system alongside its AppLink API. For the last three years, Ford has allowed developers to access various portions of its API, and has offered a host of AppLink apps. But the barrier to entry to gain access to the APIs was still fairly high.
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| Sony to Deliver Ultra High-Def 4K Movies This Summer | | Monday, January 07, 2013 9:25 PM | Pete Pachal |
| LAS VEGAS — Ultra HD, the format also known as 4K, is definitely a trend here at CES. But the oft-asked question is: How will consumers get the content? Now Sony has an answer. The company announced Monday it'll debut the world's first 4K distribution service this summer. All the content will be native 4K, from Sony Pictures and other studios. Customers will download (not stream) the content via the Internet.
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| This Heart Rate Monitor Sends Stats to Your iPhone | | Monday, January 07, 2013 8:46 PM | Kate Freeman |
| There are four "i"s in this latest fitness gadget's brand name. It might be hard to remember the oddly spelled Viiiiva by its name, but the heart rate monitor's features are definitely memorable. Unveiled at CES International 2013, this monitor lets ANT+ devices communicate with an iPhone or iPod touch in real-time without using an adapter to sync information.
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| Posting to Facebook Makes You Less Lonely | | Monday, January 07, 2013 8:36 PM | Chris Taylor |
| The simple act of posting a status update on Facebook can make you feel more connected, researchers have found — even if no one pays attention to your update. The study, conducted by the Universitat Berlin, focused on the Facebook posts of 100 student volunteers at the University of Arizona over the course of a week.
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| Sisters Reunite After 72 Years With the Help of Facebook | | Monday, January 07, 2013 8:25 PM | Kate Freeman |
| Have you ever searched for someone from your past on Facebook? Perhaps you've taken to a social networking site to locate a long-lost relative? There's never been a better way to find people from your past than with the help of Facebook. We've seen dozens of cases where family members were able to finally connect through the use of social networking websites — most commonly, Facebook.
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| Sony's Egg-Shaped Bluetooth Speaker Is Insanely Cute | | Monday, January 07, 2013 8:01 PM | Pete Pachal |
| LAS VEGAS — Sony may have just debuted the cutest Bluetooth speaker in the world. About the size of an apple, the SRS-BTV5 is a tiny speaker that produces big sound. And it comes in pink. Manly men, be informed it also comes in white and black, but what you'll like most is the audio.
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| Sony Waterproof Walkman Lets Swimmers Listen to Music Underwater | | Monday, January 07, 2013 8:00 PM | Pete Pachal |
| LAS VEGAS — The idea of the "power song" or playlist has been around ever since music has been mobile, with runners and cyclists enjoying inspiring music during their workouts for well over a decade. Swimmers, however, have been left out of the sports-music movement, at least until now. Sony is debuting a waterproof digital Walkman at CES, the NZW-W270, which contains a 4GB music player inside a pair of earphones.
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| Answer Calls in the Shower With Sony's Flagship Android Phone | | Monday, January 07, 2013 8:00 PM | Emily Price |
| You don't have to worry about Sony's newest flagship smartphone getting wet in a rainstorm. Called the Xperia Z, the Android handset is both dust and water resistant — IP55 and IP57, specifically — and can survive the rain or even an accidental swim in your local pool.
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| Hisense Launches Ultra HD TV Line | | Monday, January 07, 2013 7:57 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| LCD Manufacturer Hisense has unveiled its ultra-high definition TV flagship series -- the XT900 -- available in 65-inch, 84-inch and 110-inch sizes.
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| Music Monday: The CES Soundtrack | | Monday, January 07, 2013 7:29 PM | Jessica Fee |
| What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas — Unless it's part of the International CES, in which case it's covered in news outlets and social media sites across the globe. CES, hosted by the Consumer Electronics Association, is an international technology trade show that is hosted in our very own Sin City.
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| Hands On With In-Car Siri | | Monday, January 07, 2013 7:22 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| LAS VEGAS — Drive on any highway and you're bound to see people talking to themselves in their cars, but soon that random chatter may be more purposeful as drivers start giving commands to their in-car digital assistant: Siri. Even if you don't use her, you know who (or what) Siri is: Apple's intelligent assistant for iOS devices that arrived with the iPhone 4s.
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| Seismic Fabric Protects Buildings From Earthquakes | | Monday, January 07, 2013 7:04 PM | Geekosystem |
| Modern buildings constructed in earthquake-prone areas are equipped with the latest technology to withstand a seismic event, but what about the older buildings? Retrofitting can be a costly and disruptive process, so the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) developed "Sisma Calce," a type of fabric that can be applied to building walls to make them better able to withstand earthquakes.
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| Intel Shows the Awesome Laptop You'll Be Using Next Year | | Monday, January 07, 2013 6:40 PM | Pete Pachal |
| LAS VEGAS — What will laptops look like a year from now? Intel knows, and the chip manufacturer gave the world a sneak peek at CES 2013 today with its reference PC design for the next generation of Core processors. The laptop, codenamed "North Cape," isn't a real product; it's a machine that Intel's built to both test and showcase the capabilities of the Fourth Generation of Core processors (codenamed "Haswell").
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