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If You Want Real Unity – You’ve Got to Get Engage[d]

July 11, 2012 by Ted 2 Comments

Photo of Unity Home Theater GirlOne of the more interesting stops we made during our rounds at last month’s 2012 CEA Line Show was to see a new company with a brand new product not yet on the market…but coming soon. That company, Engage Audio Design, has announced and shown a simplified total home theater package called Unity Home Theater. If the actual shipping product adheres closely to the prototype shown at the show – they just may have a real winner on their hands!

What’s so great about Unity? You’ve got to read on…

[Read more…] about If You Want Real Unity – You’ve Got to Get Engage[d]

Filed Under: Associations, Brands, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, Shows & Events, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Apple, Blu-ray, Bluetooth, Dolby, DTS, Engage Audio Design, Ethernet, HDMI, Home Theater In A Box, HTIB, iPhone, iPod, subwoofer, Todd Beauchamp, Unity Home Theater

CEA Line Show Next Gen TV Panel Talks Tech, Specialty Retail, and Apple iTV

July 10, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo Showing Next Gen TV Panel from 2012 CEA Line ShowAt last month’s 2012 CEA Line Show in New York City, tucked amongst the many manufacturer’s press conferences was a variety of panels discussing what the CEA purported to be today’s top issues. One such panel, the Next Gen TV panel, talked about…as you might imagine…emerging TV technologies like OLED, 4K resolution, and Internet-enabled TVs. Many in our business would suggest that this is old news. But things got more interesting when the panel strayed from technology topics and veered into a variety of industry issues, such as TV makers technology roll-out strategies, the politics of 4K, and Apple entering the TV business. [Read more…] about CEA Line Show Next Gen TV Panel Talks Tech, Specialty Retail, and Apple iTV

Filed Under: Associations, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Research, Shows & Events, Specialty, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: 1080, 3DTV, 4K, Apple, CEA Line Show, Cnet, Consumer Reports, David Katzmaier, DISH Networks, iTV, James Willcox, John Taylor, LG, Next Gen TV panel, Nick Slater, OLED, Peter Vasay, Rey Roque, THX, UPP, Westinghouse Digital

CEA Line Show Overview

June 28, 2012 by Ted 1 Comment

CEA Line Show LogoThe 2012 CEA Line Show wrapped up today and as usual, it was a combination of mind-numbing “me-too” posers, mixed in with a handful of some real, creative, innovators. The problem is, it took a lot of patience to wade through all of the literally hundreds of booths, and thousands of people to dig through muck…and find the gems.

See our show overview… [Read more…] about CEA Line Show Overview

Filed Under: Associations, Brands, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Shows & Events, Tech Trends Tagged With: 4K, Apple, AppRadio, CEA, CEA Line Show, Gary Shapiro, House of Marley, HTC Connect, iHome, Internet-connected TV, Jeremy Burkhardt, Monster, Noel Lee, Pioneer, Randy Fry, Shawn DuBravac, Sony, SpeakerCraft, Unity Home Theater

Rare Steve Jobs Fail – Apple Reportedly Will Shut Down Ping Social Network

June 13, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

Graphic of Ping ServiceThe Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal’s AllThingsD blog are reporting that unnamed sources at Apple have indicated that the company plans to pull the plug on its Ping social networking service, perhaps as early as this fall. Ping, a sort of Facebook for music was incorporated into their iTunes software back in 2010 and launched by famed company chairman Steve Jobs to great fanfare.

Why is Ping failing, even after a full marketing push by the industry kingpin?… [Read more…] about Rare Steve Jobs Fail – Apple Reportedly Will Shut Down Ping Social Network

Filed Under: Industry Trends, Management, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: AllthingsD, Apple, Facebook, Huffington Post, MySpace, Ping, Twitter

Latest Brand Preference Survey Spells Trouble for Key Tech Brands

June 6, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

Logo for Strategy AnalyticsIn a new study by market researcher Strategy Analytics, more than six thousand consumers were surveyed about which technology brands they preferred – and the results highlight what is likely a radical market repositioning for certain tech brands that have lost market share in a challenging industry environment.

See if these results surprise you as much as some of them did me… [Read more…] about Latest Brand Preference Survey Spells Trouble for Key Tech Brands

Filed Under: Brands, Consumer Trends, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Research, Strategy Tagged With: Apple, Lenovo, Motorola, Panasonic, RIM/Blackberry, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba

U.S. Dept. of Justice Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple & Five Publishers

April 12, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

<April 11, 2012> The Department of Justice (DOJ) today filed an antitrust civil lawsuit against Apple, Inc. and five major book publishers, alleging that the parties had formed an illegal cabal for the purpose of artificially inflating the price of e-books. The publishers charged in the action were Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster. [Read more…] about U.S. Dept. of Justice Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple & Five Publishers

Filed Under: Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: Apple, Dept. of Justice, Hachette, HarperCollins, iBookstore, Jobs, Macmillan, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, Steve

NPD Says Consumer Electronics Sales in 2011 at $144 Billion Are Down

February 16, 2012 by tjgreen82 Leave a Comment

npd_corporate_72dpi_rgb<February 15, 2012> The NPD Group, a Port Washington, New York-based market research company said on Monday that total consumer electronics sales including both hardware and consumables, fell .5% to come in at a total of almost $144 billion. NPD’s data represents retail sales that the organization collects from retailers and totals. [Read more…] about NPD Says Consumer Electronics Sales in 2011 at $144 Billion Are Down

Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, Best Buy, Dell, hardware, Hewlett-Packard, market research, mobile phones, NPD, Samsung, Sony, Staples, tablets, Wal-Mart

The Apple Report – Ripe or Rotten?

February 16, 2012 by tjgreen82 Leave a Comment

apple-logo<February 15, 2012> While Wall Street has been oooing and aaahhhhhing over Apple, Inc.’s stock breaching a significant price of $500 per share earlier this week…only to drop below it again in trading today (closing at $497.67)…there has been a slew of significant Apple-related stories in today’s news on several major fronts. We offer below a summary of these significant stories from today’s press: [Read more…] about The Apple Report – Ripe or Rotten?

Filed Under: Asian Connection, Brands, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Apple, Auret van Heerden, bankruptcy, China, cross-licensing, Fair Labor Association, FLA, Foxconn, Gartner, HTC Corp., Kodak, market share, Microsoft, Nokia, patent infringement, smartphone, streaming video, Windows phone

New Wave of Apple iTV Rumors Circulate as Industry Remains on Edge Waiting for Launch

February 9, 2012 by tjgreen82 Leave a Comment

apple itv<February 8, 2012> Several reports of new iTV “sightings” have emerged around the Internet with many coming out of Canada as Apple is said to have submitted samples of its latest innovation – a revolutionary new television design – to various testing agencies for approval. [Read more…] about New Wave of Apple iTV Rumors Circulate as Industry Remains on Edge Waiting for Launch

Filed Under: Brands, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: App Store, Apple, apps, Canada, Globe and Mail, HDTV, innovation, iTV, Jefferies & Co., Peter Misek, revolutionize, rumors, Siri, Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson

Soul by Ludacris Shows Party in a Box

January 26, 2012 by Ben Leave a Comment

Party in a Box<January 25, 2012> First revealed by the ALERT just after the 2010 CEDIA Expo, Soul by Ludacris at CES showed their remarkable product with a funny name, the Party In A Box. [ See original story here…]Sort of a boombox on steroids, PIAB was meant to re-invent boomboxes adding in today’s new technologies and taking the street beat to a whole new level. [Read more…] about Soul by Ludacris Shows Party in a Box

Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, News, Shows & Events Tagged With: AirPlay, Apple, Atlantic Technology, boombox, CEDIA Expo, CES, DJ, H-PAS, Hybrid Pressure Acceleration System, Party in a Box, Signeo, Soul by Ludacris

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