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CEVA NB-IoT IP Completes Release 14 GCF Certification with Rohde & Schwarz
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CEVA NB-IoT IP Completes Release 14 GCF Certification with Rohde & Schwarz

CEVA, the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, and Rohde & Schwarz, a leading supplier of test and measurement equipment, announced that CEVA has successfully completed Protocol Conformance testing of the CEVA-Dragonfly NB2 IP platform for Narrowband IoT Release 14 as defined by the Global Certification Forum (GCF). The comprehensive testing was performed using the Rohde & Schwarz R&S CMW500 wideband radio communication tester, a GCF validated platform for NB-IoT protocol conformance testing.
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The Audio Engineering Society Welcomes Agnieszka Roginska as President
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The Audio Engineering Society Welcomes Agnieszka Roginska as President

Agnieszka Roginska has begun her term as President of the Audio Engineering Society as of January 1, 2020. Currently celebrating her 20th year as an AES member, Roginska has served in numerous leadership roles within the Society. Professionally, she currently holds the positions of Professor of Music Technology and the Vice-Chair of the Music and Performing Arts Professions Department at New York University.
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SoundHound Partners With Wcities to Bring Extensive Location and Event Data to Houndify’s Voice AI Platform
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SoundHound Partners With Wcities to Bring Extensive Location and Event Data to Houndify’s Voice AI Platform

SoundHound, the voice-enabled AI and conversational intelligence technology company, announced a partnership with Wcities, a travel and entertainment content publisher specializing in city guides and event aggregators, to bring location-based events data to the Houndify voice AI platform. This new collaboration will provide developers using Houndify with information on more than 3 million events worldwide to include in voice-enabled apps and services via Wcities’ eventseeker APIs.
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Renesas Electronics and Panthronics Announce Collaboration to Combine Wireless Charging and NFC
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Renesas Electronics and Panthronics Announce Collaboration to Combine Wireless Charging and NFC

Renesas Electronics, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Panthronics AG, a fabless semiconductor company from Austria, specializing in high performance wireless products, jointly announced they are collaborating to bring best-in-class solutions combining Renesas wireless charging technology and Panthronics NFC technology. Combining Qi wireless chargers with NFC will create superior solutions for consumer and industrial applications.
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New Record for Smart Speakers As Global Sales Reached 146.9 Million in 2019
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New Record for Smart Speakers As Global Sales Reached 146.9 Million in 2019

The global smart speaker market reached a new high in 2019 with sales of 146.9 million units, an increase of 70% on 2018, according to new research from Strategy Analytics. Amazon remained the leading brand with a share of 26.2%, down from 33.7% 2018. Google retained second place with a 20.3% share, also down from 25.9% the previous year. Chinese vendors Baidu, Alibaba and Xiaomi all increased their shares, while Apple remained in sixth place with 4.7%.
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Biamp Adds Wireless USB and Content Sharing to Meeting Solutions Portfolio With Purchase of HRT
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Biamp Adds Wireless USB and Content Sharing to Meeting Solutions Portfolio With Purchase of HRT

During ISE 2020, Biamp announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire another company with a product portfolio that expands significantly its offering for meeting rooms and collaboration applications. This time it was Huddle Room Technology (HRT), a company based in Modena, Italy, which adds an innovative family of Huddle Hub wireless USB and content sharing products to its extensive range of meeting room solutions.
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Data-Over-Sound Pioneer Chirp Acquired by Sonos
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Data-Over-Sound Pioneer Chirp Acquired by Sonos

Founded in 2011 and with a very promising trajectory of industry partnerships and growth, Chirp.io, the British data-over-sound company announced that it was acquired by Sonos, the wireless speaker company from Santa Barbara, California. With this new acquisition, that follows closely on other investments in voice- and edge-processing technologies, Sonos shows serious ambitions to expand its connected ecosystem of smart devices into the smart home and beyond.
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GSMA Announces Decision to Cancel MWC 2020 Show In Barcelona
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GSMA Announces Decision to Cancel MWC 2020 Show In Barcelona

The GSMA, the promoters of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) annual show in Barcelona just announced the decision to cancel the tradeshow because of concerns with the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. This is a decision with major impact in multiple industries, but one that was almost predictable, given the fact that MWC is traditionally a show dominated by large Chinese exhibitors, which have been all forced to cancel their presence, due to international traveling restrictions.
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Genelec Expands Factory and Logistics Operations Powered Exclusively by Sustainable Sources
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Genelec Expands Factory and Logistics Operations Powered Exclusively by Sustainable Sources

Genelec has signaled a new era of sustainable growth for its operations with the opening of a brand new extension to its lakeside factory in Iisalmi, Finland. Adopting the latest technologies, the factory extension will significantly increase the space, flexibility and efficiency of the company’s warehousing and logistics operations, while ensuring that the entire facility is now powered exclusively by sustainable sources including solar, wind and hydroelectric energy.
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MIDI Manufacturers Association Announces MIDI 2.0 Set of Specifications
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MIDI Manufacturers Association Announces MIDI 2.0 Set of Specifications

MIDI 2.0, the next-generation music and arts specification that enhances virtually all aspects of 1983’s original MIDI 1.0 spec, made its worldwide debut at the 2020 Winter NAMM show. Current MIDI users wanted more nuanced expressiveness, higher resolution, and increased ease of use, but also demanded backward compatibility with the billions of existing MIDI 1.0 devices. The suite of MIDI 2.0 specifications adopted at the Winter NAMM 2020 meeting of the MIDI Manufacturers Association delivers on those promises.
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