CEA Takes Hollywood For CES Entertainment Preview Beverly Hills, Calif. The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) threw a party in the Hollywood Hills to make the case for International CES as a must-attend event for the entertainment, content and digital marketing, and advertising industries. More »
Sprint Plans Cutbacks As Postpaid Subscriber Losses Continue Overland Park, Kan. Sprint lost postpaid subscribers at a faster pace in its fiscal second quarter than in the previous quarter, and the company announced plans for additional cost cuts, targeting annualized cost reductions of $1.5 billion. More »
Acer Amps Up Aspire Switch 2-In-1 Convertible San Jose, Calif. Acer introduced Tuesday the Aspire Switch 12 two-in-one notebook/tablet with five viewing modes of usage and a new 12.5-inch FullHD IPS LCD screen. More »
AT&T Stuffing Stockings With Smart Watches, Phones, Camera Dallas AT&T is gearing up for the holiday season with the launch of the Moto 360 and LG G Watch R smart watches, HTC's first viewfinder-less point-and-shoot camera, two Windows phones from HTC and Nokia, and a ruggedized Kyocera LTE phone. More »
Onkyo Adds Spotify Connect, New iOS Remote App Upper Saddle River, N.J. Onkyo released a free firmware update that adds Spotify Connect streaming service to the brand's 2014-model networked A/V receivers, preamp processors, and HTiB receiver/speaker packages. More » 'TWICE Picks' Awards Launch New York Exhibiting a Product at 2015 International CES? It Could Be Recognized by the editors of TWICE as a "TWICE Pick"! More »
International CES Product Coverage Deadline Is Nov. 14 New York Once again, TWICE will be publishing the Official CES Daily at the 2015 International CES in Las Vegas. This is the only daily published jointly with the Consumer Electronics Association and the only daily that is distributed on the show floor. More » Herrington Leaves Sharp; Sanduski Named Interim President Mahwah, N.J. John Herrington left Sharp Electronics Marketing Company of America (SEMCA) on Friday after more than four years as SEMCA president. More »
Galaxy Note Edge Makes The Cut Dallas Samsung's Galaxy Note Edge smartphone, whose screen wraps around the device's right edge to display quick-access app icons, will be available starting Nov. 14. More »
Nortek's AVC Sales, Operating Loss Up In Q3 Providence, R.I. Sales rose in Nortek's AVC segment (audio, video and control solutions) segment in the third quarter by 1.5 percent to $47.6 million, but the segment's operating loss almost tripled to $6.3 million compared with a year-ago loss of $2.2 million. More »
Azione Holds 'Vendor-Only' Planning Session Scottsdale, Ariz. Azione Unlimited (AU), a buying group for integrators and custom retailers, held its first-ever "vendor-only" planning meeting last week. More »
Sanyo Launches TV Contest San Diego As a way of celebrating what it called the introduction of the largest number of TVs ever in a single year, Sanyo Manufacturing is offering a sweepstakes awarding three lucky winners a $200 Visa Gift Certificate. More »
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Amazon's Buy Box: The $80 Billion Button By Shmuli Goldberg E-commerce analysts are predicting that Amazon.com will make over $120 billion in revenue this year. Of that, between $40 billion and $50 billion will be going straight into the hands of third-party merchants the online retailers that sell on Amazon's massive international marketplace. More »