7 posts and columns on convention

Viral Video: “The Dark Knight Rises”

in Media on July 20, 2011 at 12:07 am PT

In honor of Comic-Con International, the huge and nerd-tastic comic book convention, opening tonight, here’s the new teaser trailer for the latest Batman movie.

Mobile World Congress Notebook: Battle of the Behemoth Booths

in Mobile on February 16, 2011 at 11:40 am PT

Aiming to capture the flavor of Barcelona, Mobilized’s Ina Fried reports back on some of the more massive booths at Mobile World Congress, including a two-story booth devoted to Android and an entire hall of wares from Sweden’s Ericsson.

OMFG: 4.1 Billion Text Messages Sent Every Day in U.S.

in News on October 8, 2009 at 11:59 am PT

Some 740 billion text messages were sent in the first half of 2009 in the U.S. This according to the CTIA’s semiannual wireless industry survey, which helpfully breaks down that astonishing figure to an even more astonishing 4.1 billion texts per day. That’s about double the number sent during the same period last year.
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Weekend Update 1.11.09

in News on January 11, 2009 at 11:00 am PT

There’s got to be a joke somewhere in the fact that Macworld, the Consumer Electronics Show and the AVN Awards (the “Pornies”) all happen during the same week. Maybe even one that hasn’t been played out 10 times over. All Things Digital was too busy covering two out of three this week to think of one.

Meet "Kevin the Sad PR Guy," Our 2009 Booth Babe

in News on December 31, 2008 at 12:41 pm PT

The International Consumer Electronics Show will kick off next week shrouded in a nimbus of recessionary gloom. Show attendance is expected to be down eight percent this year, according to Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, who expects 130,000 attendees to flood the convention this year–11,000 fewer than last year.

Meet “Kevin the Sad PR Guy,” Our 2009 Booth Babe

in News on December 31, 2008 at 12:41 pm PT

The International Consumer Electronics Show will kick off next week shrouded in a nimbus of recessionary gloom. Show attendance is expected to be down eight percent this year, according to Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, who expects 130,000 attendees to flood the convention this year–11,000 fewer than last year.