CES: Tech Launching Pad, Home To 8M Types Of iPod Cases

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 01/12/2012 - 11:38pm

This year more 3,100 companies flocked to the Consumer Electronics Show to hawk their wares. The show's host estimates something like 20,000 products are launched at the show.

Many – maybe even most — fail. There are many small companies founded for the show that won't be back next year, but their hustle is infectious and some become huge.

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