{"id":7956,"date":"2011-01-17T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T07:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=7956"},"modified":"2011-01-17T06:56:18","modified_gmt":"2011-01-17T13:56:18","slug":"newsletter-issue-581-how-apple-killed-the-ces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2011\/01\/newsletter-issue-581-how-apple-killed-the-ces\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #581: How Apple Killed the CES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you know, Apple Inc. has never made its presence known at the Consumer Electronics Show, which took place, as usual this year, in Las Vegas the first week of this month. 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