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.

ADS Combines Remote Start and Bypass into One Product

Automotive Data Solutions (ADS) will ship in Q2 next year what it calls the first remote starter with...

Black Friday in Car Audio Sneak Peak

Black Friday deals in car audio this year will see a bargain CD-less head unit as low as...

Pioneer AppRadio Gets $50 Rebate, Updates, More Apps, iOS5

Pioneer launched a $50 mail-in rebate on its new tech AppRadio that uses an iPhone to provide much...

DICE: First iOS5 Car Kit Update

DICE Electronics has released an update for its car audio kits that supports iOS5, which allows for some...

Industry Veteran Vogel Departs Mitek

Industry veteran Barry Vogel has left Mitek Corporation after serving as Consumer Brands Manager since June. He will...

The Car Aftermarket Fights Back: CEA

The car AV aftermarket can give itself a small pat on the back, according to the Consumer Electronics...

The Car is the 3rd Fastest Growing Wireless Gadget

The race we are now seeing to connect smartphones to car radios is just an interim step, say...

Pioneer Earnings Still Pinched By Earthquake

Pioneer Corporation reported a slight drop in sales for is recent quarter but a sharp dive in net...

Pioneer Cites iOS5 Issues with Aha Radio

Pioneer released an accounting of how well its car radios work with new Apple’s new iOS5 devices, on...

Ford Improves MyFord Touch

Ford will improve its MyFord Touch user interface—even for existing customers— offering simpler graphics and a faster touch...

Pioneer Wants to be the Siri of Consumer Electronics

Pioneer says its free Zypr cloud platform will soon be the most robust voice interface for the car....

Best Buy and Car Toys Trial: Update

Under a Car Toys/Best Buy test trial, employees in some Pennsylvania Best Buy stores are undergoing training by...

Harman: 7 of 10 Want In-Car Voice Control

A new survey from Harman confirms what most drivers already know: we want talk-to-type emails, voice texts and...

Directus Intro’s First Car Kit with MirrorLink (Terminal Mode)

Directus’ new Prodigy One Pro is the first aftermarket car kit to offer MirrorLink (formerly Terminal Mode) to...

SiriusXM Posts Record Quarter in Revenue

Despite a weak economy and mounting competition, SiriusXM Radio said it added 334,000 net new subscribers in the...

Sirius XM Confirms Lynx with WiFi, Bluetooth, Android

SiriusXM confirmed it will offer a Lynx plug and play 2.0 radio due at the end of the...

Clarion Intro’s Pandora Car Radio at $129 SRP

Clarion is adding its name to the handful of car radio suppliers offering Pandora control, with an aggressively...

Kicker Launches All-Vehicle iPod/iPhone System

Kicker (Stillwater Designs) will unveil at the SEMA Show this week, an amplifier for an iPod or iPhone...

DEI Shifts Management

DEI Holdings, parent to Directed Electronics, announced new executive changes, effective immediately. Jim Minarik, the current President &...

iPad Car Deck Due from iRoc

Jackson Electronics, maker of the iRoc car stereo deck that lets you snap your iPhone into the face...