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January 10, 2013

In Defense -- More or Less -- of CES

Harry McCracken, Time


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Like most of the technology journalists I know, I’m in Las Vegas this week to attend the International Consumer Electronics Show. Matt Buchanan is not. Over at BuzzFeed, he has explained why he thinks the venerable conference is no longer relevant, or at least not relevant enough to be worth the trek to Vegas.

A sampling of his reasoning:


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