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Aider Releases AI Powered Digital Assistant for Small Businesses
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Aider Releases AI Powered Digital Assistant for Small Businesses

Aider, an artificial intelligence (AI) powered digital business assistant created specifically for small businesses, has been in beta phase in Australasia for several months. The company based in Auckland, New Zealand, wants to explore the potential of voice interfaces for business applications. According to Brendan Roberts, Aider's co-founder, the app is now ready for the market and will offer small businesses a powerful, new intuitive tool to help drive their success.
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Zippo Get Its Signature 'Click' as a Sound Trademark
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Zippo Get Its Signature 'Click' as a Sound Trademark

With electric vehicles now circulating silently in the roads, brands will need to trademark their iconic engine sounds as a way to simultaneously comply with safety requirements and convey a familiar sense of excitement to drivers. When a sound is immediately recognized as part of a brand or iconic product it should be trademarked and protected and that's exactly what iconic windproof lighter Zippo achieved. The Zippo lighter's 'click' is now officially among the most recognizable sounds in the world and is protected by a sound trademark.
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Artificial Intelligence Tool Promises to Revolutionize Patent Analysis
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Artificial Intelligence Tool Promises to Revolutionize Patent Analysis

Aistemos, a London-based company in the field of harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze patents, announced the launch of its Cipher n / d service, a new approach to analyzing patent information designed to increase rational licensing and reduce patent litigation. Aistemos developed Cipher n / d as a new approach to IP analytics in collaboration with AST, the member-driven collaborative and leading provider of proactive patent defense solutions, which provided Aistemos with access to AST’s rich taxonomy and data of classifications of technologies and patents.
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Meyer Sound Conducts Research on the Effect of Variable Atmospheric Conditions on Concert Sound Reinforcement
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Meyer Sound Conducts Research on the Effect of Variable Atmospheric Conditions on Concert Sound Reinforcement

Thanks to its unprecedented partnership with Denmark’s Roskilde Festival, Meyer Sound realized a rare opportunity to make precision measurements on the effect of variable atmospheric conditions on concert sound reinforcement. Working under the direction of Meyer Sound Senior Scientist Roger Schwenke, a technical team installed multiple weather sensors and measurement microphones during last summer’s event to measure the effects of atmospheric conditions on audio system response at varying distances above ground level.
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Expanded Program and Registration Options for AES@NAMM Pro Sound Symposium: Live & Studio 2019 Revealed
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Expanded Program and Registration Options for AES@NAMM Pro Sound Symposium: Live & Studio 2019 Revealed

AES@NAMM once again brings high-end, professional education for live sound, recording and audio for the performing arts to Anaheim. The Audio Engineering Society has opened registration for AES@NAMM Pro Sound Symposium: Live & Studio 2019. The AES returns to Anaheim, CA, for its four-day international symposium, January 24 – 27, in conjunction with The 2019 NAMM Show at the NAMM U Education Center on the 4th floor of the Anaheim Hilton.
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Solotech Acquires UK-Based SSE Audio Group to Expand Global Scope in Professional Audio Services
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Solotech Acquires UK-Based SSE Audio Group to Expand Global Scope in Professional Audio Services

Martin Tremblay, president and CEO of Groupe Solotech Inc. announced that Solotech has acquired SSE Audio Group, the largest supplier of professional audio services in the UK, employing more than 150 people. This is the most important transaction ever for the Canadian company. With the addition of SSE Audio, Solotech, already the North American leader in audiovisual and entertainment technologies, becomes one of the world's largest companies in the rental, production and touring segment.
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Tectonic Audio Labs and Tectonic Elements Combine Assets to Accelerate Release of Next-Generation Audio Products
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Tectonic Audio Labs and Tectonic Elements Combine Assets to Accelerate Release of Next-Generation Audio Products

Tectonic Audio Labs announced the consolidation of their assets with Tectonic Elements and launched a new website to highlight the company's consolidated portfolio of patented flat speaker technologies. Following the recent appointment of a new President and CEO, this is the final step in the merger of the two companies and will streamline the three primary areas of focus: smart speaker technology, professional audio products, and OEM audio component sales for IoT devices, automotive and other high-fidelity solutions.
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Tempow and CEVA Partner to Deliver Low Power, Low Latency True Wireless Stereo Technology for Bluetooth Earbuds
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Tempow and CEVA Partner to Deliver Low Power, Low Latency True Wireless Stereo Technology for Bluetooth Earbuds

CEVA, the leading licensor of signal processing platforms for connected devices, along with French wireless audio pioneer Tempow, unveiled a collaboration to bring next-generation True Wireless Stereo (TWS) to the Bluetooth earbud mass market. As mentioned in a recent article by CEVA's Marketing Director, Franz Dugand, the resulting joint IP solution delivers synchronized left/right audio over standard Bluetooth dual mode connected links with short latency and without the power consumption penalty associated with many of today’s TWS implementations.
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Qobuz Postpones US Launch for 2019 and Announces Pricing Plan
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Qobuz Postpones US Launch for 2019 and Announces Pricing Plan

French online music service Qobuz promised to launch its streaming and download subscriptions in the US in 2018, offering a completely new option for the industry, with a high-end tier plan of 24-bit FLAC streaming that until now has never been available. Throughout the year, Qobuz has been actively promoting the service and the different hi-res streaming and download options. The company finally made an announcement confirming its US pricing plan, and stated that steps have been taken towards an "early 2019 US launch."
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L-Acoustics Strengthens R&D and Production Expertise with Acquisition of HGP
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L-Acoustics Strengthens R&D and Production Expertise with Acquisition of HGP

French professional audio manufacturer L-Acoustics, a market leader in large scale sound reinforcement systems and premium audio installations, announced the acquisition of HGP, a manufacturer of precision sheet metal, based in Amboise, France, and its sister entity API, which specializes in powder coating. According to L-Acoustics, both companies were already regular suppliers and the acquisition will enable better R&D support, faster prototyping, and tighter production schedules.
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