Following the huge success of CU Exposed back in March, the date has now been set for the next one. The mini expo, which will expose you to the hottest Apple, IT and consumer electronics products for Christmas, is due to take place on Tuesday 28th September at The Tower hotel in central London. So put the date in your diary!

Its taken a few days to put this post together as it was such a good night we’ve only just recovered enough to put pen to paper!

A number of our clients were nominated this year and two were successful in winning!

Scosche in the ‘Best iPhone and iPod Accessory’ category with its FlipSYNC:

What a weekend so far…

One of Ranieri’s clients Incipio is sponsoring this years Gumball, so that mean’t some of the Ranieri team were lucky enough to help with registering the Gumballers and attend the London party with some friendly press. We’ll do a proper post later in the week once all the photos and video are in, but here are a few tasters…

Last night Computers Unlimited (CU) held its Exposed exhibition at Paramount in London. Over thirty-five of CU’s vendors including Beez, Wacom, Eye-Fi, B&W, Sonos, V-MODA, Quark, Scosche, Etymotic and Incipio showcased their products. Dealers, retailers and journalists attended to see what was on show, it was a great opportunity for them to see lots of vendors under one roof.

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CU Exposed Spring 2010 brings together some of the hottest consumer and IT gadgets and technology from a distinguished list of over 35 vendors including Apple, Wacom, Eye-Fi, B&W, Sonos, V-MODA, Quark, Scosche, Etymotic and Incipio to name a few.

Here at Ranieri, Twitter is an integral part of our everyday communication with the media, so we were interested to hear Twitter CEO Evan Williams’ keynote speech at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas.

Williams was expected to end months of speculation by revealing his company’s plans for an advertising platform, however these were not announced.

I was joking in my last post that I wasn’t going to make it to CES, well I haven’t, so jokes on me!

Basically I was one of the lucky ones at Gatwick Airport yesterday that didn’t get to take off. We got told at 12.30 that the flight had been cancelled, and that was that. What was frustrating is that all the flights from Heathrow seemed to be taking off!

Well its almost time to get on the plane to CES, but as most Brits are now aware we are about to get a fairly good sprinkling of snow.

You can look at them here.

Nothing amazing here, but we will had more to this set as we get them.

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For those of you that missed the Tech21 event hosted by Ranieri, you missed a number of treats including Parcour, Ali Clarkson (YouTube stunt bike sensation…) and of course Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis of Dragons Den.

Last Saturday, we were lucky enough to get a VIP invite to the Watford v Leicester game, courtesy of Evolution HDTV, our new client and official sponsor of Watford FC.

Yesterday saw the exclusive UK launch of MEDION’s all-in-one touch screen PC, THE TOUCH. It was held in the swanky Charlotte Street Hotel, London, in one of its private rooms that look remarkably like a lounge…and a lounge to be jealous of!

Ranieri is delighted to be taking part in this years Byte Night to raise money for Action for Children, if you would like to donate, please click here:

An unusual post today, but something that is close to my heart at the moment being a new father…

Three of the team ventured to the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) in London last night for the 2009 Macworld Awards, with everything crossed for the four Ranieri clients who were nominated.

Tomorrow evening (Thursday 18th June) is that time of the year again when the Mac industry comes together for a swanky awards ceremony and a beer or five. The MacWorld awards. These recognise the products and vendors that have made a significant contribution throughout the past year and award them accordingly, considered to be a benchmark of excellence throughout the industry.

In celebration of its German heritage, last night we held an event for our client Medion in a bavarian beerhouse. It was an exclusive press party filled with beer, sausages, schnapps, ‘interesting’ german music and waitresses dressed in traditional Bavarian outfits. All very entertaining.

mStation|mophie announces the immediate availability of Juice Pack Air, currently the world’s thinnest Apple-certified external battery for iPhone 3G. The rechargeable 1200 mAH battery, integrated into an ultra-thin case, is now available worldwide at Apple retail stores and Apple.co.uk for £69.90 in black, white and purple

Yesterday I attended the Wireless Event 2009 at London’s Olympia. I have to say it was a major disappointment, it seems to be getting smaller every year and apart from a few stands the only thing of interest was the free back and neck massage. Although, I did spend the day on the Datawind stand which, without being bias seemed to attract the most attention. They had a special promotion for the duration of the event to buy a PocketSurfer, it was well received, and the stand looked great. They generated lots of interest from both the end users and potential business partners. Overall I think it was a huge success for Datawind but I question the shows future.  

Well I’m back from another trip to the annual Macworld and CES shows in San Francisco/las Vegas respectively. As I finally catch up with email I’m reflecting on whether the investment of flights, hotels and taking out a number of other Ranieri’s to the show was worth the hassle. Admittly we always have a good time, as PR people how could you not enjoy San Francisco and Las Vegas, especially when you have the chance to take out some old press friends plus meet some existing and hopefully new clients.

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The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a global highlight of the consumer technology calendar, and as usual, Ranieri Communications will be there to see the events unfold.

As some of you may know we have a US partner called The Max Borges Agency. We are obviously both starting to think about CES in Las Vegas, and one of Max’s associates came across this YouTube clip about CES in 1983, the economy of the time sounds familar! Anyway if your CES veteran or if your wondering what all the fuss is about have a watch…