Verizon’s CEO Hans Vestberg kicked off this year’s (virtual) CES with a keynote that emphasized not only the numerous applications of 5G technology, but also the power of many of these emerging applications to bring experiences into our homes, a notion that has become...
Snow and ice-filled greetings from Davidson, NC, and Springfield, MO. Pictured is yours truly (with assistance from a nephew) providing an afternoon snack to a few of the many bovines at the in-laws’ Missouri farm. A relaxing family holiday in a rural setting seems...
CES 2020 drew more than 180,000 people to Las Vegas
The wave of industry event and exhibition cancellations that started in late February with the scrapping of Mobile World Congress Barcelona due to the then-emerging COVID-19 pandemic, has reached into 2021 with the announcement today...
Smart tire technology can help make the roads safer and is a further step towards autonomous driving
Pirelli has made a tire that can transmit road surface information to the driver and other cars on the road through the 5G wireless network. Equipped with an...
The connected blanket is an example of what IoT technology is capable of
At CES in Las Vegas last week, Taoglas announced that their IoT edge solution will be used in Horseware Ireland's new product, the Horsepal Edge, which allows for motion detection, movement style,...
Wi-fi has always been symbiotic for cellular, Qualcomm exec says
Between Qualcomm’s reveal of its new Snapdragon Ride Platform, a two-chip autonomous vehicles platform designed to help automakers and Tier 1 suppliers achieve true vehicle autonomy faster and the announcement of aptXTM Voice audio, a...
Qualcomm: every single premium tier flagship phone in the world will have Wi-Fi 6 capability this year
At CES, VP and GM of Qualcomm’s Mobile & Compute Connectivity Business Unit Dino Bekis spoke with RCR Wireless News about the company’s FastConnect 6800 Mobile Connectivity Subsystem,...
Greetings from Las Vegas, NV where 170,000 tech-hungry attendees gobbled up products and services from hundreds of exhibitors. Pictured is our motley crew at the first Sunday Brief CES dinner held this year at Gordon Ramsay’s Pub at the Caesar’s Palace. Everyone had a...
For a time, electronics shows were dominated by handheld devices. The biggest and most glam stands belonged to smartphone makers. It seems almost passé now, and more interesting for it, as the miniaturisation and acceleration of computing has exploded tech into new industrial realms.
In...
BMW is pushing in-car 5G connectivity at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 in Las Vegas. The German car marque reckons its forthcoming iNEXT electric crossover, scheduled for launch in 2021, equipped with a built-in SIM, will be the first high-end consumer vehicle to...
Delta plans to utilize some of the most transformative technologies, like machine learning and big-data analysis
LAS VEGAS – During a CES keynote address, Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian expressed his utmost belief that Wi-Fi should be free on all flights, and more importantly, his...
Comcast says its xFi Advanced Gateway is the 'fastest, smartest and most powerful Wi-Fi device on the planet'
LAS VEGAS - Comcast representatives took time out of the nonstop Consumer Electronics Show activity to sit down with RCR Wireless News to talk about the company’s...
Greetings from the slopes of Fraser, CO (pic from the previous week) and Lake Norman, NC where we rang in 2020, toasted with friends and caught up on sleep. We hope each of you have a banner year filled with happiness and success.
About 170,000 of...
So much of the hot, new and innovative technology we will see at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show centers around one core technology, wireless. CES 2020 will show how the mobile industry is the backbone of a growing number of different industries, companies and...
Car companies Audi, Ducati, and Ford have joined with California chip maker Qualcomm to prove the “maturity and potential” of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology by showing their vehicles navigating a crossroads by themselves.
The showcase at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas...
CES 2019 is just a few weeks away and I’ve noticed something very interesting. So much of the innovation and new ideas at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show center around wireless. As 5G comes into play, even more will use wireless. Since I have...
The year kicked off, as usual, with the big CES show in Las Vegas. Some of the hot trends on display this year were AI, IoT, and Robotics. And while overall, the progress shown at CES is quite impressive, it seems like most of...
The year kicked off, as usual, with the big CES show in Las Vegas. Some of the hot trends on display this year were AI, IoT, and Robotics. And while overall, the progress shown at CES is quite impressive, it seems like most of...
Let me declare right up front: I didn’t attend this year’s International CES in Las Vegas primarily due to my wife and I having to attend an important family event in New York. Even though I didn’t attend in person, I have some important...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Sprint wraps up...
What will people remember from this year's Consumer Electronics Show? The biggest electronics show of the year always has a dizzying array of hundreds of shiny gadgets that may or may not ever make it into large-scale production and/or mainstream adoption. The tech eye...
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich begins CES with keynote presentation
Las Vegas, Nev. -- Intel CEO Brian Krzanich kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week with a keynote presentation centered around drones, autonomous vehicles and quantum computing.
Krzanich began his keynote addressing a security glitch...
If you were planning to look for Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai at the Consumer Electronics Show, you'd be out of luck. Pai, who has been a regular attendee of the CES show for the past few years, cancelled his scheduled appearance less...
AT&T last year released its IoT Starter Kit to help developers create "internet of things" (IoT) projects. At it's recent developers summit, the carrier said it will make it easier to connect USB-based device with a lighter version of the original starter kit.
The company also...
