Amy Gilroy

Amy Gilroy

Amy has been reporting on the consumer electronics industry since cellphones and compact disc players were first introduced. She's worked for numerous industry publications and was a senior editor at This Week in Consumer Electronics (TWICE) magazine for 15 years.
Dow toy truck
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Dow Announces Toy Truck Build Off

DOW Electronics announced a Toy Truck Build Off that will include six regional car audio retailers competing to...

Samsung S6 Edge
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A 12 Volt View of Samsung’s New S6 and 6 Edge

Samsung unveiled the next generation of its popular Galaxy S series smartphone over the weekend with two models--the...

Elettromedia training Mobile Solutions
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Elettromedia’s First Fundamentals of Autosound Training

20 dealers participated in Elettromedia’s first “Fundamentals of Autosound Training" this month, held at Mobile Solutions in Tempe,...

Apple Watch apps
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Apple Says its Watch Will Replace Car Keys

As Apple gets ready for a March 9 press event on the Apple Watch, the company’s CEO Tim...

JD Power Dependability Study 2015
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Some New Car Facts for 12 Volters

Here’s some interesting facts and observations from the new JD Power & Associates study which questioned owners of...

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Rydeen Ships New Smart Mirror

Rydeen is now shipping a replacement rear view mirror with built-in navigation that has been updated with faster...

JL Audio logo
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JL Audio to Intro FiX and TwK DSP Processors This Year

JL Audio said it will introduce two car audio digital signal processors this year that can be used...

Massive GTX
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Massive Audio Intros GTX Subwoofers

Massive Audio will release in March a new GTX series of car audio subwoofers that balance performance and...

Ford F150 2015
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Advent Ships F150 Navigation Interface

VOXX Electronics  is offering an advanced plug & play aftermarket solution for the F-150 that allows dealers to...

hydroblast
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Two New Rockford Electronics Products

Rockford introduced two electronics products at CES that slipped under our radar. The first is a Bluetooth module...

Omega remote start
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Omega Ships DVR

Omega Research and Development Technologies is  shipping the SM-DVR-901E Driving “HD” Video Recorder to help protect drivers from...

ports
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Port Strike Settled, But Delays Continue

The good news is that the dock strike/slowdown at West Coast ports was settled late on Friday. The...

Spring Knowledgefest
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Spring KnowledgeFest Speakers Announced

The MEG Group (formerly the Mobile Electronics Retailers Association) announced the speakers for the first Spring KnowledgeFest to...

VAIS ULM
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VAIS Releases its First Unlock for Navigation

VAIS Technology announced its first unlock/bypass system that allows users to input an address while the car is...

AutoStudio of Finland
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Check Out This 12V Operation Across The Pond

Ever wonder what selling car audio is like in other countries? We happened to visit the largest car...

End Result logo
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Educational Seminars for End Result Show

Pittsburgh, PA—Car and home audio rep End Result announced a seminar schedule for the End Result dealer show...

Sony micro SD
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Sony to Intro Audiophile SD Cards in Japan

Sony will introduce a premium memory card designed specifically for sound quality, said The Wall Street Journal. The...

ports
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Delays in Car Audio Shipments Due to Port Slowdown

A work slowdown by dock workers on the West Coast, has reached a critical point where it is...

Avidworx
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Avidworx Announces Training Schedule

Avidworx announced a training schedule at regional events this year for retailers who want to learn about its...

Garmin logo
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Still Some Life in PNDs

Garmin said today that portable navigation devices (PNDs) are declining at a slightly lower rate than expected on...