| Today's Top Stories | | #1 | Why did Polycom burn CEO Andy Miller publicly for "expense account irregularities"?—a theory | | | by Howard Lictman, Telepresence Options | | | The big story in visual collaboration last week is the departure of Andy Miller as the CEO of Polycom who "resigned" from his $819,949 a year job (Businessweek calculated his total comp for 2012 at $7,356,905) over "irregularities" in his expense reports. More»
Why This Matters: Here's one theory from a telepresence insider, which includes an assessment of the company's pros (tons of cash) and cons (almost no senior executives remain). Or if you'd rather not get into speculation, here's the no frlls news on Miller's resignation which is obviously not great news for a company that was already dealing with an amount of chaos and reinvention. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | This could be the startup that brings The Internet of Things to the real world | | | via Megan Rose Dickey, Business Insider | | | Startup Zonoff wants to help big electronics manufacturers and retailers connect their smart devices with products from other companies through its software platform. It acts as the brains of the connected home, allowing all of your Internet-connected devices to interact with each other. More»
Why This Matters: The proliferation of internet-connected devices has finally made the promise of the so-called smart home a near reality. Perhaps this start-up with help push the concept further along, but I'll really believe smart ovens and refrigerators when I see them. Fool me once…–Jeremy Glowacki
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| | #3 | K-array introduces the very flexible Anakonda KAN200 speaker | | | by Paul Ridden, Gizmag | | | Ensuring the dulcet tones of your keynote speaker reach every nook and cranny of a crowded conference room can be something of a challenge. Italian audio specialist K-array has come up with a distinctly bendy answer to the problem of placing speakers in those awkward, out of reach places. The Anakonda KAN200 is so flexible it can be wrapped around lamp stands or table legs, mounted to curved surfaces, or quite literally be tied in knots.More»
Why This Matters: This is month-old news, but since the Anakonda got past me when it was released, I thought it might have got past some of you. (Or maybe you saw it demoed at ISE or InfoComm). K-array is marketing it on audio quality as well as it's uniquely flexible form factor and it won Sound Product of the Year last month from the British Theatre Technicians. –Cynthia Wisehart |
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