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Despite Pandemic, Global Consumer Electronics Revenues Rose 7% in 2020
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Despite Pandemic, Global Consumer Electronics Revenues Rose 7% in 2020

While most analysts and market intelligence firms predicted significant declines in the first months of the COVID-19 global pandemic, it seems that the global consumer electronics sector did very well, given the circumstances. According to Strategy Analytics latest report Global Consumer Electronics Market Forecasts 2014-2024, consumer electronics revenues rose 7% in 2020, reaching $358.5Bn. Home computers, tablets and games consoles led the way.
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Resonado Labs Announces Flat Core Speaker Technology Debut in Airstream Touring Coaches
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Resonado Labs Announces Flat Core Speaker Technology Debut in Airstream Touring Coaches

Resonado Labs announced its proprietary Flat Core Speaker (FCS) technology will soon be available to consumers in the recreational vehicle (RV) industry. The novel speaker technology developed by the Chicago-based audio startup will first be implemented in iconic travel brand Airstream's 2022 Touring Coach model line. The launch will represent the first commercial implementation of FCS technology into an established consumer product line, and in automotive audio.
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Peachtree Audio Adopts BluOS High-Resolution Multiroom Audio Platform
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Peachtree Audio Adopts BluOS High-Resolution Multiroom Audio Platform

Peachtree Audio, the Canadian amplifier manufacturer renowned for its compact retro aesthetics, and Lenbrook International, the owner and developer of the market-leading BluOS high-resolution multiroom platform, announced a global partnership that will bring the BluOS streaming platform to upcoming Peachtree Audio products. With this new agreement, the BluOS ecosystem adds a new premium hardware partner to its best-in-class platform.
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Turtle Beach Teams-Up With Oakley To Optimize Sight and Sound in Gaming
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Turtle Beach Teams-Up With Oakley To Optimize Sight and Sound in Gaming

See Better. Hear Better. Play Better. That is what inspired leading gaming accessory brand Turtle Beach to partner with Oakley, the leading brand in optical innovation for sports. As a brand rooted in competition, Oakley is expanding its lineup of eyewear developed for gamers and the new partnership pairs Turtle Beach's expertise in creating high-quality, glasses-friendly gaming headsets. The resulting Oakley x Turtle Beach Collection optimizes vision and gaming performance.
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Daniel Weiss Awarded 2021 Technical Grammy
by Joao Martins

Daniel Weiss Awarded 2021 Technical Grammy

The Recording Academy announced its annual 2021 Special Merit Awards Honorees that include artists Selena, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Talking Heads, Lionel Hampton, Marilyn Horne, Salt-N-Pepa and more, and also names Daniel Weiss, the founder of Weiss Engineering as this year's Technical Grammy Award recipient. Daniel Weiss, will be recognized at the 2021 Grammys ceremony, scheduled to be streamed in March.
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Jieli Joins TempowOS Chipset Partner Program for TWS Designs
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Jieli Joins TempowOS Chipset Partner Program for TWS Designs

Tempow, the Bluetooth-specialist, Paris-based startup, announced a new partnership with Zhuhai Jieli Technology, a leading chipset manufacturer in the TWS Bluetooth SoC segment. Jieli Technology is joining Tempow's chipset partner program to deploy TempowOS, an operating system for True Wireless Earbuds, on its flagship AC897N and AD697N extreme low power Bluetooth TWS solutions.
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Michael von Keitz Acquires 100% Ownership of VUE Audiotechnik
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Michael von Keitz Acquires 100% Ownership of VUE Audiotechnik

Michael von Keitz, the veteran international pro-audio entrepreneur, has acquired 100% ownership of VUE Audiotechnik, the company he co-founded in 2012, with Ken Berger, Jim Sides, and Mike Adams and which experienced fast growth since its inception. Michael von Keitz is the owner of Speaker Trade in Solingen, Germany, the group that combines also the brands SE Audiotechnik and Mivoc, with offices in Germany, Singapore, and its own manufacturing facilities, Speaker Electronic (SE) in China.
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Dirac and Sudio Work on New Cutting-Edge True Wireless Stereo Earbuds with Spatial Audio
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Dirac and Sudio Work on New Cutting-Edge True Wireless Stereo Earbuds with Spatial Audio

Swedish digital audio processing pioneer Dirac and Sudio, a designer and manufacturer of premium headphones and speakers, also from Sweden, announced that the two companies are collaborating to integrate Dirac’s patented sound optimization and spatial audio technology into next-generation Sudio true wireless earbuds. The project will be Sudio's first Dirac-enabled product, scheduled for release in Summer 2021.
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TOP-electronics Named Global Distributor for ArkX Laboratories Far-Field Voice Capture Technology
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TOP-electronics Named Global Distributor for ArkX Laboratories Far-Field Voice Capture Technology

Leading provider of advanced voice technology ArkX Laboratories announced an agreement with TOP-electronics for the global distribution of its EveryWord portfolio of ultra-far-field voice capture solutions. TOP-electronics is an international technology-driven distributor and representative of electronic components and modules. The ArkX high-performance EveryWord product line consists of an Audio Front End (AFE) Module, Integrated Voice Module (SOM + Audio Board w/AFE), and an AVS Development Kit qualified by Amazon Voice Service (AVS).
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Qualcomm and Amazon Deepen Strategic Engagement with the Pre-Integration of Alexa Custom Assistant with Snapdragon Automotive Cockpit Platform
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Qualcomm and Amazon Deepen Strategic Engagement with the Pre-Integration of Alexa Custom Assistant with Snapdragon Automotive Cockpit Platform

Qualcomm Technologies and Amazon announced new joint efforts to pre-integrate the Alexa Custom Assistant with the Qualcomm Snapdragon Automotive Cockpit Platforms - the new-generation of automotive-optimized SoCs from Qualcomm. This new system is designed to support automotive OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers to build customizable, in-vehicle intelligent assistants and is offered as an extension module to the Alexa Automotive Software Development Kit (SDK).
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