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Today's Top Stories #1 Mobile devices to beam 4K video direct to TVs with Qualcomm buy   By Agam Shah, PC World   Smartphones and tablets will be able to transmit 4K video directly to big screens now that mobile chip maker Qualcomm has acquired Wilocity. More» Why This Matters: Your phone as a 4K media server. This is supposed to be real in the second half of next year. This could reportedly mean the end of HDMI ports in mobile devices and wires in computers due to the "WiGig chip." –Cynthia Wisehart #2 Christie expands digital signage options with acquisition of content creator Arsenal Media   Via AV Interactive   Montreal-based Arsenal Media will become Christie Creative Media Services, operating within Christie's Global Professional Services group. More» Why This Matters: Just as branding agencies are starting to figure out that making content for digital signage and other video display applications is a thing, a platform company—Christie—buys a content company to connect the dots. -Cynthia Wisehart #3 Rental & Staging Roadshow New York   Via AV Network   Now, more than ever it is important for the rental and staging industry to get together, network, and share information. We are pleased to provide the Roadshow as lively means for doing so. The continued growth in attendance proves that this is the ideal showcase for professionals to see the latest technology and hear about ways to improve their business. In each city pros like you will enjoy a full day of awesome business and technical tracks, as well as exhibits, breakfast, lunch, and cocktail networking sessions. More» Why This Matters: Take a look at the lineup of sessions. In my experience, it's a good use of a day, or drop by for the sessions that seem most important to you. -Cynthia Wisehart 4. QSC launches loudspeakers for fixed installs (via InAVate) 5. This is Samsung's last year making plasma TVs (Sean Buckley, Engadget) 6. Smart Home devices need to get a lot smarter than they are (Simson Garfinkel, MIT Technology Review) 7. Old materials are leading to new innovations for LED lighting (Kate Fehrenbacher, GigaOM) 8. The best portable Bluetooth speaker you can buy (David Pierce, The Verge) 9. Why your earphone cords are always a tangled mess (Adam Mann, Wired) 10. From the Wire@SVCOnline: Community introduces I SERIES high-power modular speakers Find Us Online Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Jobs from TWICE.com Field Market Managers - Mega Group USA » Independent Sales Representatives for New England, South East and Mid West Territories - ICON Q CORP » Outside Sales Managers - BrandSource - Pennsylvania » More Listings » Jobs from Eduwire Click here to see all posted positions » Upcoming Events AES Conference on Spatial Audio, Aug. 27-29, Helsinki, Finland CEDIA Expo, Sept. 10-13, Denver IBC 2014, Sept. 12-16, Amsterdam, Netherlands For more events, see our calendar. 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 JESSACA GUTIERREZ, Senior Associate Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 x527 | 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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