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• CEO Dads and Their Executive Kids

  

  For many dads, the greatest Father's Day gift imaginable is the sight of a son or daughter working beside him in the family business. Here are some CEO dads whose kids hold executive positions in their companies.

• Tablets' Biggest Challenge: Peddling Extra Data Plans

  AsSamsung releases its latest Galaxy 10.1 tablet in New York, the key challenge may not be how it does compared to rivals such as the ipad, but how the device is sold.

• As China’s Workers Get a Raise, Companies Fret

  

  The rising labor costs for companies that supply Chinese goods to the West may result in higher consumer prices. The NYT reports.

• Pogue: A Digital Recorder for Audio 

  

  NY Times Personal Technology columnist David Pogue looks at DAR.FM, which is a digital audio recorder, like TIVO, for radio.

• Game Makers Push Fitness And Exercise Products

  

  Manufacturers are delivering an ever growing roster of exercise games and interactive fitness technology to health clubs, YMCAs, park, recreation centers and even schools.

• Tech Retailers Compete with Apple 

  

  Discussing retail vertical integration, what tech brands need to do to compete with Apple. Jayson Noland, Robert W. Baird and Jonathan Rettinger, Blogger, TechnoBuffalo weigh in.

• Visa Goes Mobile 

  

  Insight on the card company's latest plans to create the digital wallet, with Joseph Saunders, Visa, Inc. chairman/CEO.

• High Fidelity Recovery: HAR 

  

  A look at how the home and car stereo giant, Harman International, is benefiting from China and increased automobile sales, with Dinesh Paliwal, Harman International Industries CEO

• Rare Earth Metals Become Recycling Gold For Cleantech Sector

  

  Surging prices for many REMs and the possibility of hoarding have companies on the offensive, spurring a new effort to reclaim valuable elements from mountains of e-waste.

• Korean Stocks to Benefit Most from US Recovery: Strategist

  There will be continued upside for South Korean firms as the U.S. economy continues to gain momentum, says Daphne Roth, Head of Equity Research, Asia at ABN AMRO Private Banking.

• Consumers Like Mobile Shopping Sites and Apps

  

  The mobile phone as a tool for shopping actually has the potential to bridge traditional retail and digital retail in a way that couldn’t have been otherwise possible.

• New Tap-to-Pay Cell Coming Soon

  

  Cell phones are usually used to communicate with people far away. This year, they'll get the ability to do the opposite: communicate with things that are close enough to touch.

• Donovan: 2011 Will Be a Big Year for Mobile

  

  Several key trends will shape the growth and trajectory of the mobile market in 2011, making this an exciting year for brands and consumers alike.