Nationwide Marketing Group’s Oasys Residential Technology Group division reported this week that its membership has grown “over 100%” in 2023, a remarkable achievement in a relatively short period of time. It also propels the overall organization towards its publicly stated goal of achieving a total of at least 1,000 custom integration members across its three brands as part of its “Drive to 1,000,” first announced in March this year.
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Parasound VP of R&D Has Fresh Ideas to Expand the Company & Grow High End
Darren Myers doesn’t look like your typical audio electronics engineer. He also doesn’t sound like a typical audio engineer. A young guy with fresh ideas…maybe they make sense, maybe they don’t…I had an unusual, thought-provoking, and even at times surprising conversation with Darren Myers, Parasound’s Vice President of Research and Development.
See what Myers thinks about the revitalization of Parasound and what he believes is an exciting and expanding future for the entire high end audio industry.
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[Read more…] about Parasound VP of R&D Has Fresh Ideas to Expand the Company & Grow High EndDraper Campus Expands with New 100,000 Sq. Ft. Facility
Draper, Inc. announced this week that it has added a new 100,000 sq. ft. building to its campus in Spiceland, Indiana. This is its tenth building and this addition brings the company’s total footprint in Spiceland to no less than 500,000 sq. ft.
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[Read more…] about Draper Campus Expands with New 100,000 Sq. Ft. FacilityFeds Indict Former Noel Lee Associate Fred Khalilian in Murder-for-Hire Plot
The Former Monster Products Executive Continues to be Held on Witness Tampering
A former associate of Head Monster Noel Lee (and Paris Hilton) remains in jail in Los Angeles after a judge dismissed a murder-for-hire case against him over technical questions of venue. Prosecutors accused Fereidoun “Prince Fred” or “Fred” Khalilian of paying his bodyguard to kill a documentary filmmaker who was ostensibly working on a movie exposing Khalilian’s alleged life of fraud.
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[Read more…] about Feds Indict Former Noel Lee Associate Fred Khalilian in Murder-for-Hire PlotIn Huge Win for Masimo, ITC Bans Certain Apple Watch Imports for Trade Law Violations
Masimo Corporation (NASDAQ: MASI) scored a big win Thursday in its ongoing battles with Apple, Inc. when the United States International Trade Commission (USITC or ITC) sided largely with Masimo and issued a Limited Exclusion Order and a Cease and Desist Order against certain Apple Watch models that infringe on select Masimo patents. This exclusion order bans the import of those models that incorporate Masimo’s patented light-based pulse oximetry technology in violation of U.S. trade laws.
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[Read more…] about In Huge Win for Masimo, ITC Bans Certain Apple Watch Imports for Trade Law ViolationsMQA Limited No Longer Exists; Say Hello to Wave Realisations Limited
MQA Limited has notified Companies House, the U.K. government agency that is roughly equivalent to our Securities and Exchange Commission, that it has changed its name. After nine years as MQA Limited, the company will now be known as Wave Realisations Limited.
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[Read more…] about MQA Limited No Longer Exists; Say Hello to Wave Realisations LimitedSnap One Lawsuit: AVA & Josh.ai File Responses; The Dance Marathon Begins
After receiving an extension from the court giving them more time to respond, AVA, Inc. and Josh.ai, Inc. formally filed their responses to the Snap One, LLC lawsuit filed against them this past summer. With these filings, we have completed the end of the beginning of what will undoubtedly be a long dance marathon of patent and trade secret litigation.
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[Read more…] about Snap One Lawsuit: AVA & Josh.ai File Responses; The Dance Marathon BeginsIn Sales Team Expansion, RTI Appoints a Sales Manager for Central U.S. States
RTI, a leading control and home automation manufacturer, announced on Thursday that it has expanded its sales team. The company announced the appointment of Brittany Delgado as regional sales manager.
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[Read more…] about In Sales Team Expansion, RTI Appoints a Sales Manager for Central U.S. StatesSonance Launches Innovative New Visual Experience Series Architectural Speakers
Sonance surprised us at CEDIA Expo 2023 with the launch of an all-new Visual Experience line of architectural loudspeakers. Embodying several true innovations, and available in both Sonance and James versions, the Visual Experience line will supersede the highly successful and award-winning Visual Performance series – a series that was a best-seller for most Sonance integrators.
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[Read more…] about Sonance Launches Innovative New Visual Experience Series Architectural SpeakersAfter Sliding in August, Residential Construction Recovers with Housing Starts Up in September
In new data released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, residential construction – otherwise known as housing starts – returned to growth again, after registering a concerning double-digit decline in August. However, most analysts believe housing will continue to be challenged by a combination of high prices and high interest rates combining to make housing unaffordable for most buyers.