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Savant Opens Inception Shades to Integrators of Other Control Brands

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Savant Inception exposed roller shades are elegantly minimalist

Savant Shades and Power Solutions Now Available to Non-Savant Control Integrators

Savant Systems, Inc. announced today that it has expanded its popular line of Inception motorized shades designed by J. Geiger, and in so doing says it created more opportunities for custom integration specialists everywhere – including for integrators using other brands of system control solutions. Inception features a unique, elegant, minimalist roller shade design that was very much popularized by J. Geiger – which is now owned by, and exclusively available from, Savant.

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Emerging Player Trident Announces New Taurus Z-Wave Series Chip

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The Trident IoT website, maker of the Taurus Z-Wave chips

Trident IoT, a relatively new company founded by a group of industry veterans with extensive experience behind them (“over a century of industry knowledge” according to the company), announced this week that it is launching a new series of chips that it says will decrease the time-to-market for connected device manufacturers. This new series of chips is the Taurus Z-Wave Series.

But just what is the Taurus chip all about?

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Throwing Shade – Jury Finds Lutron Guilty of Infringement; Owes J. Geiger $34.6M

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J. Geiger Shades, a related company to GeigTech, the design was copied by Lutron, the fury says

A Federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York delivered a verdict against Lutron Electronics Co., finding that it had infringed on a window shade patent held by GeigTech East Bay, a South Carolina company. The jury awarded GeigTech $34.6 million in damages for Lutron’s infringement, a figure that Lutron called “grossly excessive.”

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AVA Cinema Remote Now Shipping After Production Glitch Resolved

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AVA Cinema Remote held by Ted Haeger
Ted Haeger, AVA Chief Customer Officer showing off the new Cinema Remote [Click to enlarge]

When it comes to a potentially ground-breaking remote control, good things come to those who wait. But the wait is over and AVA, Inc. has announced it is now shipping its remarkable Cinema Remote, an innovative new remote control design first previewed to dealers at CEDIA Expo 2023. They may have had to wait longer than anticipated due to a manufacturing glitch, but now that is resolved and the product is flowing to the field.

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Austin AudioWorks to Launch at AXPONA

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Austin AudioWorks new products

A new high-end, high-performance, direct-to-consumer audio company called Austin AudioWorks is officially launching the brand during the upcoming AXPONA show at the Schaumberg Convention Center in Chicago, IL from April 12-14. The company says its products “are very different from the mainstream” and show attendees will want to stop by and audition the new line in person at the show.

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U.K. Gov’t Will Use Vinyl Records as Part of Its Official Tracking of Inflation

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Onkyo turntable with vinyl record

I continue to be intrigued by the growing influence of vinyl records, a once dominant media that by the early 2000s was thought to be dead. Now, however, after 17 back-to-back years of ever-increasing sales growth (according to RIAA data), it is back. A global phenomenon, this week the U.K. government announced it would now include vinyl records in its official basket of goods used to track inflation.

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Analog Cassette Tape is Mounting a Comeback

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Analog cassette tape sales are rebounding

The Nikkei is reporting a robust revival in Japan of sales of prerecorded analog cassette tapes, a format once thought dead and gone. Now, the report says, the humble cassette tape “is experiencing a renaissance, charming a new generation of music enthusiasts with its nostalgic appearance and distinctly warm and rich sound.”

First vinyl and now cassettes, what’s going on?

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Savant & GE Appliances Partner in Revolutionary ‘EcoBalance’ Home Energy Solution

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Conceptual image of home using EcoBalance System from Savant & GE Appliances

GE Appliances and Savant Systems announced today that they are partnering in the launching of an innovative new home energy solution they call the EcoBalance System. The goal of this system is to offer the residential market a “whole-home, connected solution” that delivers the ability for consumers to take full control of energy delivery and utilization in their homes for unparalleled energy efficiency and management.

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Crestron DM NVX to Hit a Million Units Thanks to Integrator Adoption

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Crestron DM NVX

Company Announces DM NVX Technology Awards Program

Crestron Electronics, a leading industry supplier of smart home and next-gen workplace technology, announced today in Barcelona, Spain at the ISE 2024 show that its popular DM NVX AV-over-IP solution is approaching one million units installed – a major milestone achieved in just a few short years. The company salutes the integrators and their projects incorporating the technology for propelling widespread adoption of DM NVX around the country and the world.

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2024: After a Bit of a Pause, Tech Industry Layoffs Resume

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Google's booth at CES 2024 showed no sign of impending layoffs
This shows Google’s presence at CES 2024. The company announced last week that it will lay off 1,000 employees [Click to enlarge] [PHOTO: Reuters/Steve Marcus]

It is January 18, 2024, just a little more than two weeks into the new year, and so far Tech businesses have laid off at least 7,785 employees at 58 companies, according to the tracking website Layoffs.fyi. While the number of layoffs per company appears to be moderating some as compared to last year’s crazy post-COVID downward adjustment frenzy, the stream of companies laying off staff appears unrelenting.

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