Final Microsoft keynote and booth at CES 2012

In future, Microsoft will use new ways to tell its consumer stories including connection points like Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft.com and its retail stores, the company said, adding that it has enjoyed a close to 20-year working relationship with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) – the organizer of CES – and looks forward to working with CEA for many years to come. Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer will deliver the opening keynote address at CES, January 9, 2012, 6.30 p.m. at the Venetian Las Vegas.