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.

Phoenix Gold Launches Elite Line

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Phoenix Gold (Aamp of America) will introduce at the CES show next month, a new top-of-the line Elite...

Aftermarket Car Audio/Video Up 3 Percent: NPD

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Car audio/video aftermarket sales for the year through October were up 3 percent in dollars, according to The...

Hertz, Audison Hire Rob Wempe

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Elettromedia USA, which sells the Hertz and Audison car audio brands, has hired Rob Wempe as Director of...

Pioneer Intro’s MIXTRAX into Car Radios

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Pioneer is bringing new technology from its DJ division into several of its car audio products to turn...

Aftermarket Car Audio Exec Sues Ford

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Updated! Marlowe Patent Holdings, owned by Ira Marlowe who also heads Blitzsafe, an aftermarket and OE car kit...

JVC Mobile Gets Android and Gesture Control

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JVC Mobile Entertainment is aggressively pushing Android control for 2012.  The feature can be found on a pair...

Aamp Buys American Internat’l, Hires Wiseman

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AAMP of America, Inc. announced it completed the acquisition of American International – a California-based maker of car...

Audiovox Changes Name to VOXX International

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Audiovox Corporation is now VOXX International Corporation-- a name which better reflects the 30 brands now sold by...

Black Tuesday, Wednesday for Car Stereo Specialists?

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Some car audio specialists want to get a jump on the holidays next year with Black Tuesday or...

New Universal Car Keyless Entry Replacement Transmitters

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If you lose your car's key fob for remote keyless entry, you can buy a universal remote that...

HushMat Hires Vince De Stefano

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HushMat, maker of sound deadening material, has hired Vincent De Stefano as Western Regional Sales Manager. De Stefano...

Pioneer Resolves iOS5 Aha Radio Blip

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Pioneer said that audio problems with Aha Radio that resulted from Apple’s release of iOS5 have been resolved....

Even Your Wealthy BMW-Owner Customers Price Shop on the Internet: Windsor

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Letter from Ray Windsor of German Maestro and Leadership Systems Consulting to Retailers:   Brick & mortar specialty...

Remote Start the Car By Voice with Siri?

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Just a week ago, the hot advancement in remote start was to achieve it by tapping on your...

Blaupunkt Returns to the U.S.

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Corrected! After a 2-year hiatus, Blaupunkt will return to the U.S. as a full line specialist brand. American...

Black Friday Car Audio Sales Upbeat

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Many car stereo retailers reported single digit gains over Black Friday or the Thanksgiving Day weekend. The retailers...

Ford First to Integrate Slacker Radio App

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DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- * Slacker Radio joins the lineup of smartphone apps that Ford...

Livio’s Grooveshark Car Kit for Android on Pre-Order

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Livio is preparing to deliver an Android version of its Livio Radio Car Kit, and it bears the...

OEM Navigation Gets Poor Reviews: J.D. Power

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A J.D. Power & Associates study found that factory navigation in new cars is still fraught with problems....

Cobra, Escort in Legal Battle

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Cobra and Escort are in a legal battle over technology in their new GPS-enabled radar detector systems and...