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Today's Top Stories #1 On site at Biamp's new facility   By Steve Harvey, Sound & Video Contractor   Biamp Systems invited me to Oregon last week to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the company's new Cascade Building in Tigard, a suburb of Portland. The facility is the new home to Biamp's manufacturing and customer support teams, which have relocated from the company's Gemini Building in nearby Beaverton. More» Why This Matters: More detail on this from someone who was there to see it. - Cynthia Wisehart #2 Appliance Science: "Alexa, how does Alexa work?" The science of the Amazon Echo   By Richard Baguley and Colin McDonald, CNET   There are plenty of things in my house that I yell at. Some of them answer back these days, though, and even do what I ask. My dog is still a work in progress as far as that goes, but my Amazon Echo has just about nailed it. How? More» Why This Matters: The answer is not very complicated but it's good to know. –Cynthia Wisehart #3 The $3000 wireless speaker that's as loud as a rock concert   By Jacobo Prisco, CNN Money   It may look like a hair dryer or even an alien egg, but the Phantom is actually a loudspeaker. More» Why This Matters: This will introduce you to the manufacturer Devialet which claims to be the "the next Dolby". -Cynthia Wisehart 4. Global sales of solid state projectors up 17 percent in one year (via InAVate) 5. Canon USA expands their 4K projector lineup with first ProAV LCOS projector (via TheWire@SVConline) 6. LG Super UHD, OLED TVs first to support Amazon's Dolby Vision and HDR 10 content (via Dealerscope) 7. Samsung joins race to develop first rollable TVs and tablets (Charlotte Ashley, InAVate) 8. The future is now: Here's what Pokemon Go looks like on a $2750 virtual reality headset (Peter Kafka, Recode) 9. Apple gets into producing self-serving Reality TV and Gwyneth Paltrow is helping (Lauren Goode, The Verge) 10. From the Wire@SVConline: BenQ launches Color Vibrant portable LED projector For more, see the WHY THIS MATTERS archive. Thanks, Cynthia For daily AV industry headlines see #SVCWIRE archive AV Jobs New England Regional Sales Manager Position; SYMCO, Inc. » Full Compass Systems - Director of Merchandising (Madison, WI)» Full Compass Systems – Service Technician (Madison, WI)» Find Us Online Facebook Twitter LinkedIn RebelMouse Was this copy of Pro AV Today forwarded to you? Start your own subscription by clicking here. Pro AV Today Editorial Team SOUND & VIDEO CONTRACTOR CYNTHIA WISEHART, Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 x526 | Send Email DIGITAL SIGNAGE DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email RENTAL AND STAGING SYSTEMS DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email

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