4 posts and columns on Shawn DuBravac

Ultrabook Conga Line Preps for CES 2012

in News on November 18, 2011 at 8:01 am PT

If 2011 was The Year of Too Many Tablets, 2012 may well be the year of Too Many Ultrabooks.
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2011: The Year of Too Many Tablets

in Mobile on January 26, 2011 at 3:15 am PT

I’m not quite sure how to view this list of tablets that debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month–as a monument to competitive spirit and move-the-story-forward innovation or as a memorial to vaporware. Either way, this canonical categorizing of the multiplicity of slates and e-readers by CEA Chief Economist and Director of Research Shawn DuBravac is pretty stunning.

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It’s Not Easy Being a Green Recharger

in News on March 30, 2009 at 11:01 am PT

My iPhone needs charging every night. Even then, it dies on me by the end of the day, cutting off important conversations. Coming upon solar- and wind-powered portable chargers, I wondered if I found the perfect solution to keeping it going while helping the environment.

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CES Economist: Gadgets Are Necessities Now

in News on January 7, 2009 at 2:27 pm PT

Yes, this may be the worst recession America has seen since World War II. But the people who are bringing us the Consumer Electronics Show would like to point out that sales of tech products are actually faring pretty well when compared to what happened during previous recessions.