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.

NAV-TV, Directus Team for Uconnect System

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NAV-TV and Directus have joined forces to create the first add-on back up camera and navigation system for...

Oliver Grunhold CEO and Partner at Encore

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The inventor of the first cellphone-controlled remote starters, Oliver Grunhold, is now CEO and a leading partner in...

Viper SmartStart Hits 1M Downloads

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Directed Electronics said its Viper SmartStart smartphone app that can control a remote starter has surpassed the one...

Heavy Buy-In for Remote Starters Expected

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Industry members are bullish on the upcoming remote start season and are ordering as heavily as last year,...

Google to Buy Motorola Mobility: Will Produce “Supercharged” Phones

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Google is buying smartphone-maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash and plans to develop "supercharged" phones, it...

Hertz Adds New Car Amps

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Elettromedia-USA, which distributes the Italian Audison/Hertz/Connection brands,  announced Friday new Hertz full-range digital car amplifiers under its HDP...

First Peek at iPhone 5 “Photos”

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MacRumors gathered up the features that have been rumored to grace the next generation iPhone and hired an...

MESA Buying Group Exploring New In-Car Categories

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Car Audio buying/marketing group MESA (Mobile Electronics Specialists of America) is considering entering new areas in car electronics...

Harman Ad Campaign to Include Car Audio as the Company Restructures

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Harman is restructuring its business so that aftermarket car audio and branded OEM car audio will now be...

Sony Hits Breakthrough Car Audio Prices

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Updated. Sony revamped the low to mid-end segment of its car audio line to include what it termed...

R&D Distributor Show for 8 States

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The Progressive Group is aiming to expand its annual distributor show beyond the Michigan area to the other...

New iRoc iPhone Head Unit Ships

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The iRoc is joining a new class of car radios that let you swap out the traditional radio...

Pioneer App Radio Shows Promise, Needs Work Says CNET

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The Pioneer AppRadio is one of the most innovative car radios to hit the dash, but like other...

New BlackBerry Torch, Bold Models Debut from Research in Motion

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BlackBerry maker Research In Motion unveiled 5 new BlackBerry Torch smartphones Wednesday including a touch-only device--it's first model...

Chrysler Uconnect v Ford Sync Comparison

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Strategy Analytics recently studied the Chrysler Uconnect radio system and offered some comparisons with the MyFord Touch/Sync radio....

Intel Serious About Car Security

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Intel labs is working on a full car security platform that can tap into the car’s built-in cameras...

Auto Page Hires New CFO

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Torrance, Calif. -- Auto Page announced it has hired Kenichiro (Ken) Watanabe as Vice President and Chief Financial...

Clarion Attends KnowledgeFest

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Clarion announced it will attend the KnowledgeFest trade event to be held in Dallas, August 28-30 at the...

Aamp Offers 1/2 Off K’fest

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Aamp of America is offering to pay 1/2 of retailers' registration fees if they attend the KnowledgeFest trade...

Two Sirius XM 2.0 Radios Due at End of Year

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Sirius XM’s Jim Meyer announced today that “SXM 2.0” will roll out in phases starting at the end...