Staples Makes $6.3B Bid For Office Depot Framingham, Mass. Staples will buy Office Depot for $6.3 billion in cash and stock under a definitive agreement reached between the two remaining office-supply chains. More »
Kantar: Apple Tops In Q4 U.S. Smartphone-OS Share London Apple's fourth-quarter share of smartphone sales exceeded Android-phone sales in the U.S. in for the first time in any quarter since the fourth quarter of 2012, although barely, a Kantar Worldpanel ComTech survey of consumers found. More »
Sprint Bundles iPhone, Mini Overland Park, Kan. Sprint is bundling an iPhone 6 and iPad Mini 3 as part of a device-leasing deal that saves consumers $17 per month. More »
Lenovo Raises Mobile Share As Motorola Sales Soar Hong Kong Motorola's smartphone shipments jumped 188 percent to more than 10 million in Lenovo's fiscal third-quarter ending December, boosting Motorola sales to $1.9 billion, Lenovo reported. More »
RTI Adds Control Of Denon's Heos Wireless Speakers Shakopee, Minn. Remote Technologies Incorporated (RTI) has begun offering two-way drivers to integrate Denon's Heos wireless multiroom-audio speakers into its home-control systems, and Denon is working with additional home-control companies to integrate Heos products into their systems. More »
Shopify Adds DHGate Access San Francisco Shopify, a provider of e-commerce storefronts, has added a new service through DHGate, the direct-sale platform for Chinese factories. More »
Wilson Benesch Returns To U.S. Market In Spring Dallas High-end turntables and speakers from U.K.-based Wilson Benesch will return to the U.S. in the spring when importer The Sound Organisation will launch the products through select dealers. More »
Nationwide East Adds Two Demorest, Ga. Nationwide East, a regional division of the Nationwide Marketing Group buying organization, has added two new territory managers. More »
PowerHouse Members Set Q1 Training Sked Pittsburgh Members of the PowerHouse Alliance, a national consortium of 13 regional CE/IT distributors, have set a full slate of training sessions for the first quarter. More »
Azione Enhances Website Chester Springs, Pa. Azione Unlimited (AU), the buying and educational group for integrators and custom retailers, has updated its website with new features for current and potential members. More »
Tweet Of The Day @JosephPalenchar: @Jawbone chair Alex Asseily in Feb. 1 Fortune: "..our future value is focused on wellness. Audio is great...but it's not as big a market."
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