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Today's Top Stories #1 Surface Studio: Microsoft's first ever desktop is a crazy powerful giant tablet   By Daniel Howley, Yahoo Tech   Yes, Microsoft, a company that has never built a desktop of its own in its 40-year history, debuted a new all-in-one (AIO) PC called the Surface Studio at an event in New York yesterday. But this isn't your average desktop. More» Why This Matters: This is a hands-on review. In other news, apparently it is an "engineering marvel". And New Atlas describes it as a "digital drafting table." -Cynthia Wisehart #2 Neuroscience says listening to this one song reduces anxiety up to 65 percent   By Melanie Curtain, Inc.   Make a playlist of the 10 songs found to be the most relaxing on earth. Sound therapies have long been popular as a way of relaxing and restoring one's health. For centuries, indigenous cultures have used music to help enhance well-being and improve health conditions. Now, neuroscientists out of the UK have specified which tunes give you the most bang for your musical buck. More» Why This Matters: The #1 song on this list (which I am listening to right now…) was written by musicians and sound therapists with carefully arranged harmonies, rhythms and bass lines help slow heart rate, reduce blood pressure and lower cortisol. If you don't like it there are 9 other popular songs that supposedly work almost as well. -Cynthia Wisehart #3 Deadline tomorrow: 5th annual Innovative Product Awards   va SVC   The 5th annual 2016 Sound & Video Contractor Innovative Products Awards honor electronic and mechanical innovation across the full range of ProAV products. More» Why This Matters: This is a great and popular reader-voted program. It's easy to enter products and see how they do when the readers decide. –Cynthia Wisehart 4. The 8 biggest announcements from yesterday's Microsoft event (Ashley Carman and Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge) 5. AMX by Harman debuts low bandwidth 4K networked AV solution (via AV Interactive) 6. Four predictions for touch screen software in 2017 (Casey Dubbs, Digital Signage Today) 7. Apple AirPods indefinitely delayed (Sam Machovech, Ars Technica) 8. The Samsung HW-K950 Dolby Atmos soundbar is the best soundbar we've every heard (Ty Pendlebury, CNET) 9. Pogue on Yuneec Breeze: the idiot-proof $500 drone with 4K video (David Pogue, Yahoo Tech) 10. From TheWire@SVConline: New Extron SMP 111 provides extensive recording and H.264 streaming capabilities in a compact package For daily AV industry headlines see #SVCWIRE archive AV Jobs wePresent – Regional Sales Manager, Central Region (Dallas, TX) » 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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