Every 
January, the Consumer Electronics Show gives the world a preview of the flood of gadgets heading our way in the coming year and beyond. Some are incredibly silly, while others are complete game changers. All promise to make people’s lives better somehow. We’ve crisscrossed the show floors to come up with six products — each representing larger trends in consumer electronics as they relate to the world of media.
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CES 2013 Backbeat: Alicia Keys Headlines Monster Products’ Star-Studded Party
Alicia 
Keys had a busy Wednesday evening. After performing at the People’s Choice Awards, she hopped a plane and headed to Vegas, where she headlined a star-studded party for Monster Products.
As it does every year for its retailer awards at the end of CES, Monster packed in the celebrities with a mix of fans of its product and well known “brand evangelists” to showcase its products for its retail partners and other showgoers.
50 Cent Talks Headphones Biz, G-Unit Reunion at CES 2013
50 
Cent’s first foray into headphones didn’t go well. In fact, it was something of a disaster.
A 2010 investment in Sleek Audio failed to materialize any headphones, but it did spawn a lawsuit. It also convinced the hip-hop icon that if he wanted to pursue his own branded line of musical headgear, he’d have to do it himself.
Lemmy Introduces ‘Anti-Beats’ Motorheadphones at CES
The 
loudest band in the world wants your ears.
Motorhead frontman Lemmy stopped by CES Tuesday for the U.S. launch of Motorheadphones, a branded line of headphones that are designed to appeal to both fans and makers of rock music.
Qualcomm CEO Dr. Paul Jacobs’ Pre-CES Keynote Speech Brings Out Fast Processors, Big Bird
Qualcomm 
brought the stars out at its first pre-CES keynote speech.
CEO Dr. Paul Jacobs is only the third person to kick off the show (Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer have done it every other year). And, perhaps realizing the pressure, he opted to punch up his discussion of the mobile generation with appearances by over a half dozen celebrities from the movie, music, sports and political worlds.
Chris Morris: Journalist 