consumer electronics

All Things Hired: Bonnie Cha Is Our Latest ATD Reviewer

Kara Swisher in News on April 23 at 1:01 pm PT

ATD adds another staffer to the team.

Decide.com Says It Will Accurately Predict Prices or Your Money Back

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 19 at 9:00 am PT

Decide.com helps eliminate buyer’s remorse by predicting whether the price of products will rise or fall. Now it is confident enough about some of its deals that it’s offering a money-back guarantee.

The Hottest Trend in E-Commerce? Clothes.

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 5 at 1:07 pm PT

eMarketer is predicting that this year apparel and accessories will beat books, music and videos as the fastest-growing e-commerce category.

Voices

How Japan’s Sharp Lost Its Edge

Daisuke Wakabayashi and Juro Osawa, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on March 20 at 1:37 pm PT

Sharp Corp.’s domestic liquid-crystal-display factories once made the company a source of pride for Japan’s electronics sector.

News Byte

Apple Captured a Fifth of U.S. Consumer Electronics Revenue in Holiday Quarter

John Paczkowski in News on February 13 at 12:07 pm PT

By now it’s a truism that Apple’s killing it in the United States consumer electronics industry, but here’s one more piece of data to drive that point home: NPD says Apple captured 19 percent of all sales dollars of consumer electronics in the U.S. in the holiday quarter of 2011. That’s nearly twice the percentage captured by Hewlett-Packard, which ranked second on NPD’s list of the top five CE brands.

Seven Questions for ARM CEO Warren East

Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 13 at 6:26 am PT

In an interview, the British chip design firm’s CEO talks about its unique business model, and some of the more unusual places its chips are showing up.

Exclusive: Sony Has Quietly Cut 100 U.S. Jobs Over Last Several Weeks

Ina Fried in News on February 3 at 10:48 am PT

The cuts, made over the last several weeks, have been in the works for months, as part of an effort by U.S. head Phil Molyneux to bring the company closer to consumers.

Meet the New Sony CEO, Kaz Hirai (Video)

Kara Swisher in News on February 1 at 10:38 am PT

Want to see the new Sony head in action? We’ve got the goods right here from an onstage interview at AsiaD.

Amazon Sees No Reason to Slow Its Spending

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 1 at 3:40 am PT

Amazon defended its free-spending habits yesterday in a call with analysts, arguing that it continues to see new opportunities and will invest accordingly.