Toshiba Licenses Off TV Business Tokyo Toshiba officially revealed Thursday that it is getting out of the TV manufacturing business in North America and has licensed the brand to Taiwan's Compal Electronics for the category. More »
Amazon Q4: Sales Up, Profits Down Seattle Amazon.com reported a 15 percent increase in net sales, to $29.3 billion, and a 10.5 percent decline in earnings, to $214 million, for its fourth quarter ended Dec. 31. More »
Rotel Adds Surround Processor North Reading, Mass. A new $3,499-suggested 7.1-channel preamplifier/surround processor from Rotel features a 7-inch front-panel TFT color display for navigation, HDMI 2.0 inputs and outputs, and an embedded aptX Bluetooth receiver. More »
D&H Ups Connected-Home Ante Harrisburg, Pa. National IT/CE distributor D&H Distributing has beefed up its assortment of connected-home devices, and is encouraging its dealer and integrator customers to do likewise. More »
CIRP: No Big Spike In iPhone Buyers Who Dumped Android Chicago The launch of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus didn't cause a bigger spike in the percentage of U.S. iPhone buyers who switched from Android than previous iPhone launches did, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) found. More »
FCC Ups Sec. 706 Broadband Speed to 25 Mbps Washington - The FCC majority has voted to up the definition of high-speed broadband in its annual Sec. 706 report from 4 Mbps downstream/1 up, to 25 Mbps down/3 up. More »
Tweet Of The Day @JosephPalenchar: New iPhones didn't cause big spike in percentage of U.S. iPhone buyers who switched from Android.
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Taking On Navigation-App Abuse By Joseph Palenchar The potential misuse of social media has now extended to navigation apps. We've all known that terrorist groups use Facebook and Twitter to communicate surreptitiously, but now we have Google's Waze navigation app to worry about too. More »
Deflategate Unlikely to Flatten Super Bowl TV Sales By Ben Arnold We are moderate football fans at my house, but preparations for this year's Super Bowl are nonetheless underway. Our game menu is set, my kids have clearance to stay up a little later than normal, and a few neighbors will be stopping by to enjoy the game with us. I've never had a Super Bowl viewing party before, mostly because in previous years I've been too embarrassed about the size (and age) of my TV to have people over. More »