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AVPro Global Holdings LLC, a company holding a diversified portfolio of top custom integration brands, such as AudioControl Pro, Murideo, Bullet Train, and more announced on Monday that it has selected Loel Wheeler to be its Vice President of Sales for Murideo – the company’s testing and measurement tools division.
In a move I have been anticipating for weeks, the Sonos Board has finally made a move and dismissed Patrick Spence as CEO as of this morning, Monday, January 13, 2025. The company has named a member of the Board – Tom Conrad – as an interim CEO, while a search has been launched for its next CEO.
Premium Audio Company (PAC), a division of Gentex Corp. that oversees the Onkyo, Integra, and Klipsch audio gear, has launched an interesting new series of electronics including an amplifier, preamplifier, and integrated amplifier at CES 2025 taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada this week. This new series is called the Onkyo Icon Series, a line of high-fidelity electronics that the company says is “a bold step forward in the brand’s evolution.”
Much like the last few years, exhibitors at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas have largely focused on advances in artificial intelligence (AI). All major manufacturers spoke to it…none more deeply than LG, whose 45-minute press conference began with AI…ended with AI…and had a lot of AI in the middle.
This past Sunday, on the eve of this week’s launch of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) released updated projections for total Tech industry sales in the year, as is its custom. According to the trade association, total Tech industry sales are expected to reach $537 billion – the highest level in history.
So the book is now closed on 2024 and…good or bad…it certainly was a consequential year for our industry. And while in the wake of all of that, we in the industry try to sort out what new challenges and opportunities 2025 brings…how did investors fare last year?
Now just hours away from welcoming in the New Year, it’s time to say goodbye to 2024, a year that was tougher than many expected – and hello to 2025, a new year like many others that offers a promise of new ideas and new opportunities.
Well, here we are again at the end of another eventful year in tech. And it’s that time of the year when I reveal Strata-gee’s Top Ten Stories of the Year for 2024 – another consequential year for the technology industry. Can you guess what the top stories were this year? I can just about guarantee none of you can guess the Top Story of 2024, because it shocked even me!
Readers came through again, delivering another record year for Strata-gee in 2024! Not only is it another all-time record in terms of website content consumption, it’s the third such record in a row! I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the support of readers who continue to select Strata-gee.com as a primary resource for industry news and views. Considering that 2024 was a tough year for most media, I guarantee you that I will not to take your support for granted.
The end of the year has arrived and once again it is time for a bit of a respite. A time to back away from the pressures of daily life to relax a bit and enjoy the company and good cheer of dear friends and precious family.
For Strata-gee, it has literally been a year like no other…and for that, I am so incredibly grateful.
