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Monster Wins CES With With Feathers And Spikes Top
IMG_5339Forget Apple. Forget salespeople. Monster just won CES. The company's just-announced Inspiration line of headphones combines the fashion of weirdoes with the technology of Monster. Perfection!
 
Canon Boosts Specs, LCD, And Price Of Its G Series With New G1X Top
20120109_loRes_g1x_frontThe last iteration of Canon's compact rangefinder-esque series of cameras, the G12, wasn't particularly compelling to me. It barely stood up to its opposite number at Nikon, on paper at least, and the superb S95 seemed like a better deal to most people who opted to go Canon at that price. Today they've unveiled the G1X, however, which addresses most of the sticking points of the previous device, though it also raises the price considerably.
 
Ustream: Watch Sharp's CES 2012 Press Conference Live! Top
sharp-logoSharp. Everyone likes Sharp. They can do wrong, really, and they are taking the stage next at CES 2012. Their press conference, which is embedded after the jump, is set to kick off at 11:00 am PST. Expect thin LCDS and perhaps a thin LCD with Google TV built in. The event is expect to take 45 minutes. We'll be there live as well, ready to post on whatever exciting products coming from The House of Sharp.
 
Intel Adds Integrated Voice Control With Nuance Partnership Top
Screen shot 2012-01-09 at 12.57.34 PMToday at Intel's CES 2012 Keynote, the firm announced a strategic partnership with Nuance. If you've forgotten, Nuance is a voice recognition company, so yelling at your new ultrabook may be a closer reality than you thought. You'll have voice commands for checking in on notifications, and the processing never has to go through the cloud since ultrabooks will provide enough processing power to begin with.
 
Intel @ CES2012: Windows 8 Will Bring Us Some Wild New Form Factors Top
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAIn addition to some new form factors, Intel showed us some interesting new Windows 8 interface ideas. Keep in mind that these are proofs-of-concept rather than working devices, so they may or may not actually appear on the market. The most interesting new UI demo was the Nikishki notebook, a clamshell with a big transparent trackpad below the keyboard. The trackpad works as a traditional trackpad and then "disables" when you press your palms on it to type. Then, when you close the laptop, some of the screen is visible and you are able to see and use the Windows 8 tiles available through the transparent portion.
 
NYC TechStars Member Blueprint Health Announces Its First Class Of Startups Top
Blueprint HealthNYC-based Blueprint Health, a health-focused member of the TechStars Network, is announcing its inaugural class of startups today. The Winter program, which begins on January 9th, will be taking place in a 12,000 square foot loft in SoHo that will be shared with the Health 2.0 NYC team starting later this month. Part of the loft may also be turned into a co-working space for other healthcare-focused area entrepreneurs.
 
Live From The Intel CES 2012 Press Conference: The Ultrabook Lifestyle Top
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAIntel opened with that goofy guy from "Evolution of Dance," which wasn't very encouraging. However, things got better quickly. Intel is coming down hard on the ultrabook this year, showing off a number of interesting 2+ GHz laptops with Intel processors that can do much more in a package the size of a Macbook Air. These new machines are slim, small, and based on Intel's Ivy Bridge architecture. [We are streaming this press conference live right here]
 
Local Services Marketplace Thumbtack Raises $4.5 Million Top
thumbtackThumbtack, which operates an online community marketplace where people can easily list and book local services, has raised $4.5 million in Series A funding, TechCrunch has learned. The round was led by Javelin Venture Partners, with MHS Capital and venture capitalist Tim Draper participating. Founded in 2009, Thumbtack aims to "make hiring a service professional as easy as it is to buy a book on Amazon.com". It's up against startups like Redbeacon and OpenChime, among others.
 
Samsung Launches New Smart TV Ad Platform, Samsung AdHub Top
samsung-adhubToday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Samsung launched its advertising platform, Samsung AdHub, for Samsung Smart TVs. With the new service, publishers and brands will be able to deliver video, 3D, and interactive advertisements to the living room through the Samsung Smart TV interface.
 
Live At Monster Cable's CES 2012 Press Conference! Top
IMG_5044Here we are, about to get bombarded by marketing nonsense and hyperboles. Yep, we're at Monster's press conference. Say what you will about the company, but they know how to sell. Their press conferences are as ostentatious as their marketing. It's good family fun for all. We're currently sitting outside in some random hallway deep in Vegas's Venetian hotel. It's hot, stuffy, and filled with smelly bloggers pulling roller bags. Ah...CES, how I've missed you. The festivities are set to kick off at 9:00 am PST and if I had to guess, I'd say we're in for 45 minutes of new headphones and HDMI cables.
 
We Are Going To See A Lot More Original TV On The Web In 2012 Top
Tom HanksWe are less than ten days into 2012, but here is a prediction that is easy to make: We are going to see a lot of original Web TV shows announced this year with big stars. It's already happening. Tom Hanks is making a cartoon TV series for Yahoo. Steven Van Zandt is starring in a Web-original drama on Netflix. House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey, will also appear on Netflix, along with other original shows (it is also resurrecting Arrested Development for the Web audience).
 
Neolane Lands $27 Million For 'Conversational Marketing' Tech Top
neolaneMarketing process automation software vendor Neolane has secured $27 million in funding in a round led by Battery Ventures, an investor in companies like Groupon, ExactTarget, Marketo, Bazaarvoice, Lotame and BlueKai. Previous Neolane backers Auriga Partners, XAnge and board member Gilles Queru also participated in the round.
 
Nuance Launches Dragon TV, Lets You Control Your TV With Your Voice Top
nuance-logoSpeech recognition company Nuance (which powers part of Apple's Siri), is launching its new "Dragon TV" platform today, which will allow consumers to interact with their TV using their voice and natural language. With Dragon TV, you'll be able to speak channel numbers, station names, plus TV show and movie titles, without having to use structured commands. You'll even be able to perform content searches by actor/actress and genre. Support for Twitter, Skype and Facebook is also included.
 
Ustream: Watch LG's CES 2012 Press Conference Live Top
lgLG is kicking off the CES 2012 Press Day festivities and you can watch it live starting at 8:00 am PST. The company is expected to release, I don't know, a slim Android tablet, several ultrabooks, and likely a Google TV. Because, you know, that's what every company seems to be releasing at this year's Consumer Electronic Show. The press conference is expected to start at 8:00 am PST and run approximately 45 minutes.
 
Challenging Amazon, Netflix Debuts £5.99 Video Streaming Service In UK, Ireland Top
netflixNetflix has made its debut in the UK and Ireland in early 2012, just like they promised, having worked out video content licensing deals with the likes of BBC Worldwide and MGM. Users in the UK and Ireland can now subscribe to Netflix to watch available content on their connected TVs, computers, tablets, game consoles and mobile devices. In the UK, Netflix will be bumping heads with Amazon-owned LOVEFiLM, the well-established movie and TV series streaming service. Read more at TechCrunch Europe.
 
Cloud-Based Video Editor WeVideo Launches To Public Top
wevideo-logoWeVideo, the cloud-based collaborative video editing platform which announced integration with YouTube in October, is today exiting its beta period and launching commercially. The service now has over 125,000 users creating more than 1,000 video projects per day using the online platform.
 
Tom Hanks Planning Yahoo-Only Web Series, "Electric City" Top
sign2Everyone's favorite puppet cowboy, Tom Hanks, is working with Playtone and Reliance Entertainment on a new web series called Electric City (logo not shown). According to the AP, the show is about a "seemingly peaceful city situated in a post-apocalyptic world" and each episode will be three or four minutes long. The shows will have a socially conscious message including conservation and energy issues. This is Yahoo's first scripted program and it will be available through multiple devices in multiple languages. Hanks will appear as a character.
 
Vizio Breaks Into PC Market With Five New Models Top
vizio-officially-introduces-pc-lineVizio, maker of cheap LCD TVs for most of this millennia, has just announced they're releasing five new PCs including ultralights and all-in-ones. These things are oddly well-designed and should come in at under competitor prices - a plus in the low-margin world of CE.
 
BlackBerry PlayBook's Next OS Plays To RIM's Strengths: Email, Calendar, Productivity Top
29-logo-rimCES generally isn't RIM's stomping ground, but the Canadian company is here in force. Chief among RIM's news is details about the upcoming PlayBook refresh. Available for download next month, PlayBook 2.0, as RIM is calling it, seems to right many of the PlayBook's wrongs. This is the feature set the tablet so badly needed at launch.
 
Elance To Give $1 Million To Startup America Partnership Top
startup-americaOnline job marketplace Elance has just announced it will give $1 million to The Startup America Partnership, the national campaign that aims to accelerate entrepreneurship, which is chaired by Steve Case, co-founder of AOL (disclosure: TechCrunch parent) and Chairman of the Case Foundation. The organization is live now in several regions across the U.S., including Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Connecticut, Florida and Texas. The $1 million is not actually a straight cash donation, but a donation of credits.
 

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