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.

Pioneer YouTube Video Part 2

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Pioneer relesed video number 2 in a 4 part video campaign on YouTube. The new segment focuses strictly...

SoundMan Seeks to be Facebook of Car Audio

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SoundMan Car Audio is hoping you will visit a new area of its web site, which it wants...

Crimestopper Offers Remote Start from Phone

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Crimestopper is shipping MobileStart, which remote starts your car from your smartphone or computer from virtually anywhere in...

Viper SmartStart Extends to Windows Phone

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Directed Electronics said a new Viper SmartStart for Windows Phone 7 smartphones should be available by the end...

SiriusXM to Raise Fee to $14.49/month

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Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin announced the satellite radio service will increase prices on January 1, which will...

Another Alpine Maverick Passes

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Dean Foster, known as the late Reese Haggott’s right-hand man, who helped launch the Alpine car audio brand...

What Exactly Is Revenew?

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By now you may have seen that Revenew Systems has teamed up with the Mobile Electronics Retailers Association...

Ford Future: Hardware Modules for the Dash

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At Techcrunch Disrupt this week Ford showed aftermarket hardware modules for the dash that car stereo shops and...

Al & Ed’s Raises Labor Fees to $125/hour

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18-store chain Al & Ed’s Autosound --the Southern California retailer that pioneered the “free install,“ it claims--now charges...

Alpine Ships 3 New Car Speakers

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Alpine is now shipping three new car speakers  including an SBR-S837 enclosed subwoofer. The SBR-S83V uses an 8-inch...

NPD Update on Car Audio

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New car audio/video/navigation results from the NPD Group, show again that the industry’s losses have plateaued, and that...

See in Action Mercedes Concept Radio

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Mercedes-Benz released a video on the concept A-Class entertainment system, and its pretty wild. The dash board doesn’t...

Auto Page C3 Now Works w/Apps & OEM Remote Start

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The Auto Page C3—the first remote car starter that your cellphone controls—has been updated to communicate with apps...

Mobile Solutions Adds to Sales and Marketing Team

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TEMPE, AZ – Mobile Solutions announced today that it has added Brian Ford as the Director of National...

The Motorola Droid Bionic is Now on Sale; Reviews

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The Motorola Droid Bionic--Verizon's first dual-core 4G LTE phone-- is now available  after a long delay and a...

NAV-TV Gets New National Sales Manager

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NAV-TV Corporation announced the promotion of Rich DeSclafani to national sales manager. DeSclafani formerly helds posts at NAV-TV...

Aha Radio Adds Slacker to Car Radio

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Aha Radio, a free service in two Pioneer radios, has teamed up with Slacker Radio to offer Internet...

Abt Electronics Adds Axxera, Bazooka

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A leading Chicago area retailer, Abt Electronics, said it added Dual Electronics’ Axxera, and Bazooka to its car...

Mercedes-Benz Head to Keynote at CES

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Remember the buzz when General Motors’ CEO Rick Wagoner was the first auto executive to keynote at the...

Best Buy Expands Online Assortment by 1/3rd

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Best Buy announced it has created a new online Marketplace where it has partnered with other sellers to...