TiVo Corporation announced this week that it has entered into a global IP (intellectual property) licensing agreement with leading home electronics supplier LG Electronics, Inc. (LG). This deal is consistent with the company’s persistent efforts to deliver a more comprehensive, unique, and easy-to-use feature pack and user experience on their premium TVs.
Jumping June Jobs Report Suggests Softer Decline
With most economists on pins and needles over the recent number of economic data points that seem to suggest an impending economic slowdown, word came at the end of the last week that the latest jobs report from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics saw employment take a big jump. According to this latest data, employers added a significant 224,000 jobs in June, a big increase from May’s anemic results.
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[Read more…] about Jumping June Jobs Report Suggests Softer DeclineTrio of New Economic Reports Suggest Growth is Slowing
Although the US is in the midst of a record period of economic expansion, more and more troubling signs have appeared over the last few months in the form of negative economic data points to suggest that a turn in the economy may be coming. This week, a trio of new reports – consumer confidence, sales of newly constructed homes, and corporate earnings revisions – suggest that economic growth is stalling and that “turn” may be here.
See the latest economic data suggesting a slowdown…
[Read more…] about Trio of New Economic Reports Suggest Growth is SlowingIndependence Day 2019
More Interesting Finds From CE Week
See Vizio, Focal & Caavo Tech
Perhaps this story will be a bit of a mirror of my experience from CE Week, some short takes on the interesting stories and technologies I uncovered there. Nothing was particularly earth-shattering…but that doesn’t mean that there weren’t many interesting items. So I encourage you to read on…
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[Read more…] about More Interesting Finds From CE WeekCE Week: Acoustic Innovations Wallscapes Improves Both Design & Sound of Rooms
At CE Week last month, I was prepared to see the usual crop of gadgets and doodads designed to be sold to the masses through the retail channel. However this year, I was pleased to see a few more exhibitors offering products responsive to the custom integration channel. That includes the acoustics experts from Acoustic Innovations.
See what Acoustic Innovations showed at CE Week…
[Read more…] about CE Week: Acoustic Innovations Wallscapes Improves Both Design & Sound of RoomsCE Week: Motorola Says a Smart Home Needs a Smart Safe
Smart home and security solutions were all over CE Week last month in Manhattan at the Jacob Javits Center. One solution I saw that hits both of those markets was the cleverly designed Smart Safe by Motorola. Didn’t think you needed your really dumb safe to be smart? Didn’t think you needed a safe at all? You may rethink all that when you hear Motorola’s pitch for their Flex and Bolt Smart Safe.
Why a Motorola Smart Safe…
[Read more…] about CE Week: Motorola Says a Smart Home Needs a Smart SafeCE Week: Plott AR/XR Measuring Tools May Change Everything
One of the more interesting booths I visited at CE Week earlier this month was by a company called Plott, a startup that offers very cool digital interactive measuring tools featuring augmented reality (AR) – or what they like to call extended reality (XR) – technology that interacts with an app on your smartphone in remarkable ways. This could be a game changer not only for the consumer, but for the construction, remodeling, custom integration communities as well.
See more on the very clever Plott tools…
[Read more…] about CE Week: Plott AR/XR Measuring Tools May Change EverythingSnapAV and Klipsch Join in Distribution Partnership
Showing they can effortlessly walk and chew gum at the same time, SnapAV announced today the have reached a distribution agreement with Klipsch – an action they are taking while still in the middle of the process to buy Control4. As SnapAV has taken aggressive actions to grow their distribution infrastructure, they have been seeking these types of partnerships with brands to help better leverage their investment. This new agreement with Klipsch helps drive that goal.
See more details on SnapAV’s distribution of Klipsch…
[Read more…] about SnapAV and Klipsch Join in Distribution PartnershipLenbrook Responds to Sonos Lawsuit, It Will ‘Defend Vigorously the Claims’
Strata-gee reported yesterday that late last week Sonos had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Lenbrook Industries Limited and Lenbrook America. This suit, which is almost identical to the one Sonos had successfully pursued with D&M Holdings and Denon over its HEOS line, was resolved in Sonos’s favor a little over a year ago.
Now we have Lenbrook’s response to this development – the company says it will “defend vigorously the claims of patent infringement made by computer audio company Sonos…”