Consumer Electronics Show 2012

The saying goes, “The customer is always right,” and at the Consumer Electronic Show that proves true in more ways than one. Businesses are adopting consumer gadgets, and they may get more from their employees.

Only 38 percent of television viewing is done live, and that gives TiVo more opportunity to offer its recording services to "couch potatoes" everywhere, CEO Thomas Rogers told CNBC Wednesday.

Steve Ballmer, Eric Schmidt and other technology executives might come to mind as some of the people you would run into at CES. These days though, you’re just as likely to see Will Smith and  Hollywood moguls at the convention.

Internet radio company Pandora is "laser focused" on expanding its market share and disrupting the traditional radio business, CEO Joseph Kennedy told CNBC Wednesday.

Intel has signed up Motorola and Lenovo to use its chips in smartphones this year -- a surprise that is the most consequential announcement so far from a stock perspective.

Major changes are on the way to the user interface of televisions, namely voice control. By simply telling your TV what you want to watch, it will scour broadcast, on demand, and third-party sources to try to find it for you.

Some analysts think it will be a while before we see a new technology or advancement that lives up to the hype.