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Auro Technologies’ StormAudio to Launch at CEDIA16

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Auro Technologies Launches Hardware Brand to Support all Advanced Surround Formats

StormAudio logoThe creator of one of the top three advanced immersive movie surround sound formats, Auro Technologies (Auro3D), is launching a new venture called StormAudio to market a high-end, high-performance line of processors and amplifiers that supports all of the advanced surround formats – including its competitors Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. The launch will officially kick off at this month’s CEDIA16 show in Dallas, TX from September 15-September 17 in booth #6628.

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iPhone 7: The Best iPhone Ever?

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Company Touts Incremental Upgrades of Mainstay Product

photo of iPhone 7Apple, Inc. announced today the eagerly awaited iPhone 7, the next iteration of their biggest selling product. Already, the press leading up to the announcement – along with the blogs of several prominent Apple watchers – were suggesting this might be the year to skip. For those who were anticipating an incremental upgrade, well, ironically, you weren’t disappointed.

Still, Apple CEO Tim Cook declared to the crowd assembled at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium that it is the best iPhone they have ever made. He even sounded moderately enthusiastic saying so.

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Beats Wins; Monster Loses Lawsuit Over Alleged Dirty Dealing

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Trial is Now on Defendants’ Efforts to Recover Lawyers Fees

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Dr. Dre & Jimmy Iovine of Beats

The fat lady hasn’t sung yet, but it’s pretty much all over for Monster LLC and Noel Lee’s lawsuit against Beats Electronics LLC, Andre Young (a/k/a Dr. Dre), Jimmy Iovine, Paul D. Wachter (a Beats director), HTC America Holding, Inc and Does 1-25 (defendants to be named later). LA Superior Court Judge William F. Fahey has dismissed Monster’s lawsuit in its entirety, and has scheduled a trial that is now only on the claims by the defendants against Monster for attorneys fees and other costs.

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Will CEDIA 2016 Be The Sonos Show?

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Sonos Launches Integration Partners Program with Software, Music Service & Hardware Companies

Sonos logoSonos surprised the industry this week with several announcements, some of which were directly targeted at the custom integration market just two weeks before the launch of the CEDIA 2016 show. But one announcement didn’t surprise us – we first told you about it a month ago when we revealed that we had learned that after announcing they were pulling out of the show, Crestron was back…in partnership with none other than Sonos.

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TiO Announces CEDIA Show Giveaway

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Partners with KEF on Exciting Daily Drawing

TiO logoTurn it On (TiO), Anuva Automation’s savvy and simple smart-home automation solution, announced today that it will have an exciting giveaway at next month’s CEDIA show in Dallas, TX. The company has partnered with KEF to offer a free daily drawing of exciting products in booth #2919.

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Inside AudioControl’s Unique ‘Sound Partners Program’

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Audio Control logoAudioControl announced last week that it was launching an all-new program called the Sound Partners Program. But this isn’t just a new program…it’s a unique concept in speaker/amplifier integration.

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Changing Its Mind, Sharp to Negotiate to Buy Back the N. American TV Biz

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Photo of Sharp solar panelSharp Corp., a division of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. – better known as Foxconn – is rethinking its previously determined plans for business success. As the company was struggling with financial hardships prior to the closing of their acquisition by Foxconn, Sharp made several cost cutting moves, including selling the North American and Europe rights to the Sharp TV brand to certain OEM manufacturers. Now, as they ponder how to drive revenue growth, there are reports they are changing their minds on these and other deals.

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Multiple Reports: Kaleidescape is Closed

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BREAKING NEWS

Kaleidescape logoWe have been inundated with multiple reports that media server kingpin Kaleidescape has ceased operations as of the end of the day yesterday (Friday). Furthermore, all employees both internal and external, have reportedly been let go.

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SupplyStream Changes Name and Business Model

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Portal by SupplyStream logoSupplyStream, the online aggregator of industry brands and products data, announced today that it has decided to change its name and business model in a move that they say will more properly align their branding with the reality of their business activities. The change takes place immediately.

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Russound Says Time to Hop on the 70-Volt Boat

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Russound logoAs we recently told you, Russound has announced that it would be launching a line of 70-volt products designed to facilitate integrators’ entry into the commercial market. Now the company has released more details on just what their 70-volt offerings will include – and it appears to be a solid first step into the more commercial business.

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