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.

Escort Diversifies at CES

Escort, known for its radar detectors, is branching out into new product areas at CES, including a remote...

AudioControl Names Alex Camara CEO

Seattle, WA – January 9, 2012  – AudioControl, a leader in award-winning high-end audio/video equipment for music, home...

PAC Steering Wheel Controls for an iPhone (Not the Radio)

The Pacific Accessory Corporation (PAC)  won a CES Innovation award for taking a different approach to controlling your...

Audiovox Heads Up Market

Audiovox Electronics said it will head upmarket on car audio head units and refrain from the current “...

New Diamond Audio Black Series

Diamond Audio is adding new black matte cosmetics to its full 2012 line, which has been restructured into...

CES: The Next Car Audio Display

Head up displays on the windshield are already being touted as the car radio display of the future...

DICE Brand Is Now Audiovox Driven by DICE

Audiovox and DICE have formed a partnership where Audiovox will distribute, market, and sell DICE car audio kits,...

Mobileye 5 Series Delivers Real Time Driving Alerts to Smartphone

While you are driving, if you drift from your lane or approach a car ahead too fast. your...

Directed Launches SmartStart from Cloud

Directed is showing at CES, its next generation remote start-from-a-phone, SmartStart 3.0 app, which now gathers info from...

TomTom Launches New “Start” PNDs

TomTom said it will simplify its portable GPS lineup and slash the number of models it carries by...

Clarion Adds Pandora; Beefs up Amps, Speakers

Clarion is placing a greater emphasis on amplifiers and speakers this year and is heading upscale on its...

OnStar Sells 20K Retail Mirrors To Date

OnStar officially answered the question we’ve been asking for months now.  It has sold 20,000 retail FMV mirrors...

Android Control Sweeps JVC lineup

With Android smartphones gaining in market share, JVC Mobile is now including basic Android control on any of...

Alpine Shows First 8” Car In-Dash AV Radio

Alpine has figured out a way to place an 8-inch WVGA screen in a car radio with navigation...

Kenwood Adds Aha Radio; Expands Android

Now that more than half of smartphones sold are Android models, the car stereo market is responding with...

Sony Intro’s First MirrorLink Aftermarket Car Radios in U.S.

Sony announced 4 new car radios on Monday including 2 models with MirrorLink (formerly known as Terminal Mode). ...

Honda, Subaru First Car Makers to Include Aha by Harman

Aha by Harman—the app radio service for cars—will be available on 2013 model vehicles from Honda and Subaru—the...

O Car Gets New Features

Oxygen Audio’s O CAR, arguably the first iPhone-specific car radio, is getting an upgrade. The radio that lets...

Pioneer Announces AppRadio Family

Since its introduction in June, the Pioneer AppRadio—that displays apps on the radio—has performed well, says Pioneer, so...

Audiovox Sprint Intro Advanced OBDII Device

Audiovox revealed details on is new OBDII car locator launching with Sprint, just prior to the opening of...