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After running annually in Las Vegas since 1967, Asia's first Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Asia opened in Shanghai on Monday, with virtual reality helmets, bathtub speakers, self-piloted cars, models in nurses uniforms, shanzhai Google Glass, future cars, and naturally, some mystery uncles with expensive cameras. CES is the biggest electronics expo in the world, running annually in... Read more...
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