This is not where the action is. This is never where the action was.
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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 Mat Honan. "We buy phones because they have the apps we want. We buy TVs (or don't) not only for picture quality, but because they are easy to use. We look for the gadgets that are compatible with our existing laptops, and will export data to the applications we already use. We live in a software-driven world. Hardware is merely the foundation that it is built upon."
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by Ben Parr via CNET
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