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Voicera Launches New Voice Collaboration AI Solution Featuring Transcription and Voice-Activated Integrations
November 19, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Voicera Launches New Voice Collaboration AI Solution Featuring Transcription and Voice-Activated Integrations

Voice applications for business are benefiting from both new technology advances and user's familiarity with voice recognition and interfaces. Voicera, maker of the Enterprise Voice Assistant EVA, unveiled a number of innovations that further separates its voice collaboration platform from transcription apps and note-taking assistants. The new features, which include an Artificial Intelligence (AI) phone dialer, voice-activated reminders, and visual integrations, help increase productivity from workplace conversations.
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HELM Audio Announces Studio Planar Headphones, True Wireless Headphones, and Boost In-Line Cable Amplifier Powered by THX AAA Technology
November 19, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

HELM Audio Announces Studio Planar Headphones, True Wireless Headphones, and Boost In-Line Cable Amplifier Powered by THX AAA Technology

Hong-Kong-based consumer electronics company HELM Audio announced their North American launch, debuting three premium audio products - the HELM Studio Planar Headphones ($349.99), the HELM True Wireless Headphones ($99.99), and the HELM Boost Cable, powered by THX Achromatic Audio Amplifier (THX AAA) technology ($99.99). The HELM Studio Planar and Boost Cable bundle is now available as an early bird offer on Indiegogo, and their True Wireless is now available for pre-order at helmaudio.com and Amazon at the end of November 2018.
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Intel Unveils the Intel Neural Compute Stick 2 for Building Smarter AI Edge Devices
November 19, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Intel Unveils the Intel Neural Compute Stick 2 for Building Smarter AI Edge Devices

For developers working on industrial robots, drones and all sorts of connected or smart home devices, the new Intel Neural Compute Stick (NCS) 2 offers what's needed to prototype faster and smarter, runs on a standard USB 3.0 port and requires no additional hardware. The NCS 2 was introduced at Intel's first artificial intelligence (AI) developer conference in Beijing (Nov. 14-15, 2018), an event were the company promoted its vision for building smarter AI algorithms and intelligent devices at the network edge.
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Smaller and More Affordable 64-bit Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ Announced
November 16, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Smaller and More Affordable 64-bit Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ Announced

The Raspberry foundation announced what it says will be its last "classic" Raspberry, introducing the new Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ with a 1.4GHz clock speed, 5GHz wireless networking and improved thermals of a Raspberry Pi 3B+ in a smaller form factor, and at the smaller price of $25. As with the original Raspberry Pi 1 Model A+, by halving the RAM, and removing the Ethernet controller, this is an affordable platform that is certain to be extremely popular since it can be used to directly replace the Raspberry Pi 1 Model A+.
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Bowers & Wilkins Restructures to Invest in Product and Brand
November 16, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Bowers & Wilkins Restructures to Invest in Product and Brand

With a vague corporate announcement, Bowers & Wilkins announced a restructuring across the company, confirming organization changes to drive innovation and growth and a refocus of strategic investments. Following the acquisition of the famous British audio brand in 2016 by EVA Automation, an investment firm owned by millionaire Gideon Yu, the recently appointed company Chief Executive Officer Gregory Lee, former CEO of Samsung North America, has confirmed it will change the company structure.
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V-MODA Unveils BassFit Wireless Sports In-Ears
November 16, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

V-MODA Unveils BassFit Wireless Sports In-Ears

Always showing impressive designs with straight angles and strong color schemes, Roland's lifestyle headphone brand, V-MODA has announced its first fitness-focused Bluetooth in-ear headphones combine a versatile TriFit design to enhance sport performances, while offering a clear sound signature with strong bass and clear treble definition. The new BassFit Wireless in-ear headphones are now available and "ready to withstand even the most rigorous of workouts," the brand says.
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49101 Introduces Changer Bluetooth 5 Headphones with Power Sharing Abilities on Indiegogo
November 15, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

49101 Introduces Changer Bluetooth 5 Headphones with Power Sharing Abilities on Indiegogo

There's no lack of ideas for differentiating products and even more opportunities to bring those to market with crowdfunding platforms like Indiegogo. 49101, an innovative headphone brand from Taiwan, just announced Changer wireless Bluetooth earphones that offer a multipurpose cable for data transfer, charging and battery sharing capabilities between devices. The neckband design features Micro USB, Lightning or Type C power connections and behaves like a true power-vampire, borrowing battery power from other Android smartphones.
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Creative Technology Introduces Nova Smart Multiroom Speaker with Amazon Alexa
November 15, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Creative Technology Introduces Nova Smart Multiroom Speaker with Amazon Alexa

Creative Technology announced Creative Nova, a portable WiFi multiroom Smart Speaker with a light and sound mood-setting environment which the company calls "a Light & Sound Spa". The Nova features a powerful 5-driver design in a WiFi/Bluetooth high-performance speaker system with Amazon Alexa-enabled voice assistance, complete with far-field voice recognition. A design which the company believes will set it apart from other smart speakers, inspiring "a smarter lifestyle."
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Drobo Launches High Performance Thunderbolt 3 8D Direct Attached Storage Solution
November 15, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Drobo Launches High Performance Thunderbolt 3 8D Direct Attached Storage Solution

For professionals involved in content creation, or those keen on amassing large quantities of media files simply because they like/need to keep their assets private and locally stored, there is now a new great solution. Drobo has launched the new Drobo 8D, a Thunderbolt 3 Direct Attached Storage (DAS) solution which brings a 10x performance increase, allowing to mix and match hard disks or SSD drives on 8 bays, and featuring Intelligent Volume Management and a new SSD accelerator bay, increasing performance by up to 30% for frequently accessed data.
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Steinberg Unveils Cubase 10 Music Production Software
November 14, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Steinberg Unveils Cubase 10 Music Production Software

German software company Steinberg, part of Yamaha, officially unveiled the highly anticipated release of the latest version of its award-winning DAW: Cubase 10. The latest iterations of Steinberg’s music production software, Cubase Pro 10, Cubase Artist 10, and Cubase Elements 10, combine best audio quality and with a vast range of advanced audio and MIDI tools for composing, recording, editing and mixing music.
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