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Analog Devices Completes Acquisition of Linear Technology
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Analog Devices Completes Acquisition of Linear Technology

Analog Devices announced the completion of its acquisition of Linear Technology Corporation, announced in July 2016. The combination creates a premier analog technology company with the industry’s most comprehensive suite of high-performance analog offerings and integrated engineering, manufacturing, sales and support operations that will accelerate innovation and revenue growth opportunities.
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ANAM Electronics Announces Strategic Partnership with Linkplay Technology To Deliver Voice Recognition WiFi Audio Products
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ANAM Electronics Announces Strategic Partnership with Linkplay Technology To Deliver Voice Recognition WiFi Audio Products

ANAM Electronics, a division of ANAM Group, manufacturer of premium quality A/V receiver and speaker products, announced a strategic partnership with turnkey WiFi audio solution provider Linkplay Technology. Linkplay is one of the first audio speaker platforms approved for integration with Amazon Alexa Voice Service (AVS). The partnership enables ANAM to bring these capabilities to its portfolio of A/V receiver, audio speaker, amplifier and smart home electronics customers.
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Sound United Acquires Denon, Marantz, and Boston Acoustics
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Sound United Acquires Denon, Marantz, and Boston Acoustics

Sound United, parent company to Polk Audio, Definitive Technology, and Polk BOOM, announced it has completed the acquisition of the D+M Group, owner of the Denon, HEOS by Denon, Marantz, and Boston Acoustics brands. The D+M Group is the largest supplier of audio/video receivers worldwide and a leader in wireless multi-room audio. Sound United is the largest supplier of loudspeakers in North America and a leading supplier of sound bars and wireless music systems.
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COMSOL Conference 2017 — Call for Papers and Posters
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COMSOL Conference 2017 — Call for Papers and Posters

The COMSOL Conference 2017 Boston will be held October 4-6, 2017 at the Boston Marriott Newton hotel. The program committee of the 13th annual COMSOL Conference is inviting members of the COMSOL community to submit paper and poster abstracts on their numerical simulation work and custom applications. Following the Boston event, other 2017 conferences take place in Rotterdam (Oct 18-20), Beijing (Nov 2-3), Singapore (Nov 22), Taipei (TBA), Seoul (Nov 17), and Tokyo (Dec 8).
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Shazam Launches Augmented Reality Solution for Brands Worldwide
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Shazam Launches Augmented Reality Solution for Brands Worldwide

Shazam, one of the world’s most popular audio recognition apps, announced the launch of a massively scaled augmented reality (AR) platform for its brand partners, artists and hundreds of millions of global users, adding visual recognition to its popular music identification service. Beam Suntory, Inc., the world's third largest premium spirits company, has signed on as one of several launch partners.
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VB-Audio Expands VBAN Audio Streaming Capabilities with VBAN-Receptor
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VB-Audio Expands VBAN Audio Streaming Capabilities with VBAN-Receptor

VBAN streaming audio protocol is an Open Source project, developed by Vincent Burel, which allows streaming up to 8 channels (7.1) of PCM audio at up to 24-bit/96kHZ on any LAN or WLAN network, including wireless. VB-Audio already offers a family of software solutions with VBAN support and now announced availability of VBAN Receptor, a simple application to receive and listen to VBAN Audio Streams.
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Elliptic Labs Introduces Inner Peace Ultrasonic Presence Detection Technology
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Elliptic Labs Introduces Inner Peace Ultrasonic Presence Detection Technology

Elliptic Labs, a company specializing in ultrasound sensing, announced Inner Peace, a new technology that takes presence detection to new levels and is aimed at the fast-multiplying market for intelligent personal assistants and similar consumer/household devices. The new technology was demonstrated at the 2017 Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, and is more reliable, and covers broader area than alternative approaches.
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AXPONA 2017 Returns To Chicago With Record Number of Exhibitors
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AXPONA 2017 Returns To Chicago With Record Number of Exhibitors

AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) returns to the Westin O’Hare in Rosemont, IL, April 21-23, 2017, offering music enthusiasts, three jam-packed days of incredible sounds, presentations, design, and the very latest products and technology in the audio industry. Now in its eighth year, AXPONA is the defining high-end consumer audio show in the United States, with more than 450 companies confirmed to attend.
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The World of Live Entertainment Returns to Prolight+Sound 2017 in Frankfurt
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The World of Live Entertainment Returns to Prolight+Sound 2017 in Frankfurt

Prolight+Sound Frankfurt returns this year with a reinforced proposition on the model adopted in the previous year, while introducing several key changes on the outdoor demonstrations and coordination with the concurrent Musikmesse 2017, now overlapping during the last three days. Prolight+Sound 2017 will introduce visitors to the Silent-Stage concept in Hall 4.1.
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AES Technical Committee Group Formed to Explore Audio for New Realities
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AES Technical Committee Group Formed to Explore Audio for New Realities

The Audio Engineering Society’s Technical Council (AESTC) has formed a new group to advance the science and application of Audio for New Realities. The group will serve the needs of the audio community working in Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality environments. “New realities” covers a whole gamut of application areas including film, games, music, communications, medicine, forensics, simulations, education and virtual tourism.
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