The truth about CES: Why the critics are right and wrong
Is the Consumer Electronics Show a waste of time?
According to some critics, it is. They say that the world's largest hardware show has lost relevance in a a software-dominated world. And as Buzzfeed correctly points out in its thorough takedown of CES, the world's most innovative technology isn't at CES anymore. It debuts at individual press events put on by Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Samsung, and the other titans of technology. Of that group, only Samsung has any official presence at CES 2013.
"The fact is, hardware doesn't really matter," argued Wired's … Read more