Google Home-fest, new Extron amp, engineering behind Surface Studio, Cubs scoreboard

ProAV Today   Cynthia Wisehart - Editor     Today's Top Stories - 11.04.16     1. Mossberg Review: Google Home shows promise but needs work By Walt Mossberg, The Verge I was excited to test Google Home, the $129 Echo competitor that puts the search giant's much-touted new Google Assistant intelligence technology inside a small, but powerful Echo-like speaker and microphone unit. Surely, I thought, after collecting all that info about the world (and about me) for years and years, Google would crush Amazon in the home-intelligence race. More» Why This Matters: Well, not crushing Alexa, apparently. Mossberg says Bezos should not lose sleep. Here's an in-depth review from Dan Seifert. And another review from Ars Technica and CNET and Wired. -Cynthia Wisehart   2. Microsoft Surface Studio: the engineering behind floating pixels By Tom Warren, Circuit Breaker Microsoft's latest creation, the Surface Studio, is designed to create an illusion of floating pixels. I met with the Surface Team last week to hear the history of the Surface and its latest Surface Studio hinge. More» Why This Matters: Fun inside ball engineering story with cool component pictures. -Cynthia Wisehart   3. Deadline Monday via 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. Google Home vs. Amazon Echo IQ test (Tim Moynihan, Wired)   5. Tesla shows off integrated solar roof and energy ambitions at Los Angeles event (Megan Geuss, Ars Technica)   6. Extron now shipping compact two-channel amplifier for high impedance systems (via TheWire@SVConline)   7. LG V20 review: awesome for audiophiles, an even bet for everyone else (Will Shanklin, NewAtlas)   8. A dozen iOS 10 feature gems that Apple forgot to mention (David Pogue, Yahoo Tech)   9. The Wrigley Field scoreboard through the years (Blair Kamin, The Chicago Tribune)   10. From TheWire@SVConline: Aaronia USA expands LNA and pre-amp product line   AV JOBS     wePresent – Regional Sales Manager, Central Region (Dallas, TX)   FIND US ONLINE     Facebook Twitter LinkedIn RebelMouse PRODUCTS MARKETS STAGING NEWS EVENTS SUBSCRIBE   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2016 NewBay Media, LLC

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