LingLing DingDong, Lutron Caseta, It’s a Sony, good jobs after 50, how much you’ve spent on Amazon

ProAV Today   Cynthia Wisehart - Editor     Today's Top Stories - 11.29.16     1 China's answer to Amazon Echo: the LingLing DingDong By Joshua D. Bateman, Wired The Amazon Echo is remarkably useful. Alexa, the digital personal assistant within the cylindrical black gadget, plays music, helps with recipes, and orders stuff online. One thing it cannot do, however, is speak Chinese. The LingLong DingDong can. More» Why This Matters: This is not fake news. It is also not fake news that in order to summon this particular smart speaker you have to say DingDong DingDong (twice) presumably to set it apart from all the other times you say DingDong. –Cynthia Wisehart   2. "It's a Sony" exhibit shows off decades of decadent design By Sam Byford, The Verge To celebrate the company's 70th anniversary, Sony is replacing its flagship location in the Ginza with a public park that it hopes will become a new Tokyo landmark. And until construction starts next year, the building is hosting a wonderful exhibition called "It's a Sony," which places hundreds of devices on show from the company's inception to the present day. More» Why This Matters: Please scroll through this awkward story and enjoy the pictures from decades of Sony design. And if you're in Tokyo? Marunouchi, Ginza, or Hibiya lines to Ginza station. -Cynthia Wisehart   3. Five myths about landing a good job later in life By Ann Tergesen, The Wall Street Journal The 55-and-older crowd is now the only age group with a rising labor-force participation rate, even as age discrimination remains a problem for many older job seekers. Workers age 50 or older now comprise 33.4% of the U.S. labor force, up from 25% in 2002. And more than 60% of workers age 65 or older now hold full-time positions, up from 44% in 1995. More» Why This Matters: And apparently not just at Burger King. These are six cheerful trends that will help you imagine the future. –Cynthia Wisehart   4. Luton Caseta In-Wall wireless smart lighting kit review; the best smart switch money can buy (Ry Crist, CNET)   5. Opinion: Holograms and HoloLens changing the AV space (via Installation)   6. Vote for Bold Engineering: The 5th Annual Most Innovative Product Awards (via Sound & Video Contractor)   7. This modular MIDI controller—SpecialWaves Mine—is smart, customizable, sexy (Rounik Sethi, Ask Audio)   8. An amusement part that's also a giant spa is obviously the greatest idea ever (Andrew Liszewski, Spoid)   9. Don't do it but if you must: Here's how to see how much you've spent on Amazon in your lifetime (Brandt Ranj, Business Insider)   10. From TheWire@SVConline: Aptovision releases BlueRiver API to streamline creation of software-defined video over Ethernet applications   For more, see the WHY THIS MATTERS Archive »   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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