With the International Consumer Electronics Show 2012 just around the corner (Jan. 10 to Jan. 13), we here at J&R are like kids waiting for the candy store to open. This year’s show promises to be the biggest one yet.
CES has always been about looking forward. It has been about introducing us to the next great bit of technology that can enrich our lives and alter the way we experience the world. Like the Kindle Fire, which along with its siblings Kindle Touch and the basic Kindle, sold a million units a week during the month of December. This CES should be no different.
Science students have grappled with the periodic table of elements as abbreviations. English teachers once taught the using of abbreviations were impolite. When author, Damon Runyon, wrote about street thugs of the 1930’s, abbreviations and contractions were removed from dialog. Now language is shifting to a position where abbreviations are more the rule than the exception. Using mobile technology has helped make this happen with the introduction of texting.