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.

Auto Page Hires New CFO

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Torrance, Calif. -- Auto Page announced it has hired Kenichiro (Ken) Watanabe as Vice President and Chief Financial...

Clarion Attends KnowledgeFest

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Clarion announced it will attend the KnowledgeFest trade event to be held in Dallas, August 28-30 at the...

Aamp Offers 1/2 Off K’fest

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Aamp of America is offering to pay 1/2 of retailers' registration fees if they attend the KnowledgeFest trade...

Two Sirius XM 2.0 Radios Due at End of Year

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Sirius XM’s Jim Meyer announced today that “SXM 2.0” will roll out in phases starting at the end...

Sirius XM Gets OK To Raise Prices as Subs Pass 21M for First Time

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Sirius XM subscribers exceeded 21 million for the first time as the satellite radio company reported record revenue...

OnStar Tests Teen Tracking

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OnStar is running a pilot program for new teen tracking and vehicle location services. The pilot service is...

State Farm and Hughes Offer Telematics

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Maybe you have heard of Pay as You Drive car insurance--you install a device in the car that...

Could Sirius XM Still Get a Boost from Smartphones?

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Is it too late for Sirius XM to get a boost in subscribers from a direct chip implant...

Watch One of OnStar’s TV Ads

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For all those wishing for more car electronics promotional dollars it’s hard not to be impressed by the...

NAV-TV Adds Back up Cam/Navi to Dodge Uconnect

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The Uconnect TouchT 4.3 in the 2011 Dodge Charger has nearly everything: a sexy 4.3 inch LCD touch...

OnStar Highlights Best Buy in Ad Campaign

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General Motors’ OnStar is launching on August 1, a TV ad campaign for its new rear view mirror...

Rockford on Motorcycle Market

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Rockford Fosgate said it may offer products specifically for the motorcycle audio market. The company unexpectedly entered the...

Ford Says Car CD Players on the Outs

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Ford announced it omitted the CD changer in its new Ford Focus for the European market and says...

Mobile Solutions’ Smart Templates Awarded Patent

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Mobile Solutions has been awarded its first U.S. patent for the innovative design of its Smart Templates for...

Toyota Demos Heart Monitoring Steering Wheel

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In May Ford showed off a car seat that can monitor your heart activity and last week Toyota...

Scosche Ships Scion TC Kit

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Scosche is now shipping a radio installation kit for the Scion TC. The kit permits both double and...

How Popular is Internet Radio in Car Radios?

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Just how popular are car radios that can control Pandora or Internet Radio? It’s a bit early to...

12 Volt’s Last Gadget Standing

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Five new/game-changing products will compete in a format similar to “America’s Got Talent,” at a KnowledgeFest seminar called...

“New Marketing” One of Themes of K’Fest

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This August's car electronics KnowledgeFest trade event will offer 24 seminars with one of its themes to be...

TomTom Reports “Steep” Decline in U.S. PND Market

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TomTom reported a 23 percent decline in its consumer business, which includes portable navigation devices (PND)s as the...