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.

Why You Should Care About the Kindle “Fire”

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News of Amazon’s official unveiling of the Kindle “Fire," Amazon’s first tablet, blazed across the blogosphere as the...

Best Buy Cuts Holiday Hiring in Half

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Best Buy will cut its hiring of holiday workers in half this year. The largest consumer electronics chain...

Vais Tech Expands MediaLinQ

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VAIS Technology has expanded its MediaLinQ + car kit that adds Pandora control and iPod Out and iPod...

Apple Event Official on October 4

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Apple finally sent out press invitations for an event next Tuesday, October 4 to ‘talk’ about a new...

Clarion Launches Facebook Contest for Marine Audio

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Clarion is offering a Facebook “End of Summer Boat Photo” contest to win a CMD7 marine audio CD/USB...

Magnum Fall Customer Appreciation Event

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Phoenix, AZ--Magnum Sales and Distribution Southwest will host a sales and product training event at their Phoenix location...

JVC Mobile Launches 84 Facebook Pages

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JVC Mobile Entertainment announced the launch of a network of 84 Facebook pages designed to lure the 16...

Pioneer Video #3 Focuses on Installation

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Pioneer's third YouTube video in a 4-part series focuses on car audio installation question for novices. Pioneer is...

Audiovox to Offer Mobile DTV with Info Channel

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Audiovox said it will deliver a new Mobile DTV add-on tuner for the car that will include a...

NAV-TV Ships Land Rover Backup Cam

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NAV-TV is shipping two new backup camera modules for Land Rover vehicles. The two modules-- VTC-RR-X-CAM and OPV-iR-X-CAM—offer...

New Rules for Mobile DTV

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New rules have been spelled out for mobile digital TV products that now call for an Internet “back...

Sept. New Car Sales Upbeat

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Despite a jittery economy, new car sales this month are expected to be much stronger than in August....

iPhone 5 to be Announced Oct 4: AllThingsD

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A blog that is part of the Wall Street Journal network reported that Apple will introduce the next...

OnStar FMV Gets $100 Instant Rebate

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OnStar’s new retail mirror, the FMV, is now $100 cheaper through an instant rebate that brings the price...

Ford Sync Get’s OnStar-Like Free Operator Help

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Ford began testing live operator assistance this spring, and Tuesday it officially switched on the feature for users,...

First 4G LTE Phone Under $100 from Verizon

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On Monday, Verizon announced it will carry its first 4G LTE smartphone to break the $100 price floor....

Motor Vehicle Theft Drops 7.4 Percent

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Motor vehicle thefts continue to decline, according to the FBI, which said vehicle thefts fell 7.4 percent in...

Atrend Offers Custom Woofer Loading

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Atrend, which makes car speaker box enclosures, launched a new custom loading service. Dealers can now arrange that...

A Quarter Use iPod/MP3 Player in Car

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A new study provides a sweeping look at gadget use in the car. Conducted in July, it found...

BlackBerry Sales Fall Below Expectations

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Fewer BlackBerry phones were shipped during the recent quarter, parent company Research in Motion (RIM) disclosed, causing a...