For one week each January, Las Vegas becomes the epicenter of the tech world. Tens of thousands of people descend on Sin City for the Consumer Electronics Show, where there are more gadgets than you could ever fondle, more announcements than you could ever hear and more schmoozing than you could ever stand. It’s big. Too big, some would say, which is a big reason why a growing number of companies and industry insiders are skipping the show. Microsoft has bailed, Motorola will have only the smallest presence and Amazon, Google and Apple have never even been there. “Other than the traditional home entertainment guys, the big tech vendors have kind of pulled out,” said Gartner analyst Van Baker. “I don’t even go anymore. I don’t see any reason to. Any significant announcements are either done before or after CES.”

For one week each January, Las Vegas becomes the epicenter of the tech world. Tens of thousands of people descend on Sin City for the Consumer Electronics Show, where there are more gadgets than you could ever fondle, more announcements than you could ever hear and more schmoozing than you could ever stand.

It’s big. Too big, some would say, which is a big reason why a growing number of companies and industry insiders are skipping the show. Microsoft has bailed, Motorola will have only the smallest presence and Amazon, Google and Apple have never even been there.

“Other than the traditional home entertainment guys, the big tech vendors have kind of pulled out,” said Gartner analyst Van Baker. “I don’t even go anymore. I don’t see any reason to. Any significant announcements are either done before or after CES.”

(Source: Wired)

  • January 5
  • , 2013
Desert no more: 25+ years of Las Vegas sprawl, as seen from space.

Desert no more: 25+ years of Las Vegas sprawl, as seen from space.

(Source: Wired)

  • July 25
  • , 2012
[via @wired instagram] #lastnightsparty

[via @wired instagram]

#lastnightsparty

  • January 13
  • , 2012
[via jonsnyder]: ‘He’s gonna live forever (Taken with instagram)’ Yes. Yes he is. P.S. We’ll miss you Las Vegas. Until next year!

[via jonsnyder]: ‘He’s gonna live forever (Taken with instagram)’

Yes. Yes he is.

P.S. We’ll miss you Las Vegas. Until next year!

(Source: jonsnyder)

  • January 13
  • , 2012
[via @redgirlsays]: ‘Las Vegas at sunset.’ So pretty. Just think: there’s so much debauchery happening down there at this very moment.

[via @redgirlsays]: ‘Las Vegas at sunset.’

So pretty. Just think: there’s so much debauchery happening down there at this very moment.

(Source: twitter.com)

  • January 12
  • , 2012
[via @wired instagram]: ‘Hell yeah.’ Nothing more needs to be said.

[via @wired instagram]: ‘Hell yeah.’

Nothing more needs to be said.

  • January 12
  • , 2012
[via @wired instagram]: ‘No flux capacitor, but it is electric.’ Sweet ride.

[via @wired instagram]: ‘No flux capacitor, but it is electric.’

Sweet ride.

  • January 12
  • , 2012
[via @wired instagram]: ‘CES lunch spot. #sadseat’ You SURE that’s what’s going on here?

[via @wired instagram]: ‘CES lunch spot. #sadseat’

You SURE that’s what’s going on here?

  • January 12
  • , 2012
[via @WiredCES]: ‘Belly Bean. Skateboard for your laptop. #musthave #ces’ WANT.

[via @WiredCES]: ‘Belly Bean. Skateboard for your laptop. #musthave #ces’

WANT.

  • January 12
  • , 2012
[via @WiredCES]: ‘You can’t make this stuff up.’ No kidding.

[via @WiredCES]: ‘You can’t make this stuff up.’

No kidding.

  • January 12
  • , 2012