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.

Auto Page Hires New Tech Support Manager

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Torrance, Calif. -- Auto Page has hired Louis Bravo as the new Technical Support and Operations Supervisor. He...

M.E.S.A. Member Generates Over $100,000 in a Single Weekend Sale!

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For Immediate Release M.E.S.A. Member Generates Over $100,000 in a Single Weekend Sale! Arvada, CO — June 7,...

Pioneer renames OEM App Platform Zypr

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Pioneer has renamed its OEM app platform as “Zypr.” We agree, it’s much better than the old name,...

4 New Tablets, Even as Android Tablets Struggle

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Tablets from Toshiba, HTC and others are hitting the market this summer, but the track record of Android...

Crutchfield Improves its Checkout

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Crutchfield improved its ability to convert shoppers on its Web site to buyers this year by 34 percent....

45% of Smartphone Owners Want Remote Start from Phone

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JD Power & Associates released a study stating 45 percent of smartphone owners are interested in technology that...

MOG Music Heading for Cars

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Pandora isn’t the only music service attaching itself to radios in new cars. A new MOG "music juke...

Apple Intro’s iCloud Service

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Apple is launching a new iCloud service that automatically syncs your music, photos, documents, apps and ebooks across...

OnStar Due August 1 to Mixed Expectations

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The OnStar FMV retail mirror is now scheduled to land in dealers August 1, with many retailers placing...

Vibe Enters Pro Audio in U.S.

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British speaker brand Vibe Audio is the latest company to launch a new line of Pro Audio car...

Mitek Names Barry Vogel Brand Manager

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The “ultimate” car audio retailer, Barry Vogel, has swung over to the manufacturing side of the car electronics...

Pandora Adds a User Every Second

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Pandora is adding on average a new user every second and now has 90 million registered users, up...

The New Sixth Avenue Electronics

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The downsized Sixth Avenue Electronics chain will be rescued by a Brooklyn, N.Y. distributor of camera equipment, according...

Boston Shipping GTA Amps

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Boston Acoustics is shipping six new GTA Series car audio amplifiers that have 25 percent more power, first...

Ford CEO Admits Sync Glitches

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So here we have it from Ford CEO Alan Mulally that yes, there are some problems with the...

Ford Demos Car to Car WiFi to Prevent Accidents

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Ford is demonstrating a car to car communication system based on WiFi and GPS that can alert the...

Jensen Ships 2011 Line w/$650 Navi

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Jensen (Audiovox) is shipping its 2011 car audio first unveiled in January including it VM9424BT in car AV/navigation...

Massive: Pro Could Take 15% of its US Sales

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80 percent of Massive Audio’s Pro Audio business for the car is in South America, but the Latin...

Fed Warns Car Cos. Against Car Gadgets

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Outspoken U.S. Transportation secretary Ray LaHood is telling car makers he is not happy with so much distracting...

TomTom’s Blue&Me Finally Hits U.S.

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TomTom is finally bringing its “Blue&Me” car navigation/radio to North America in the 2012 Fiat 500. The system...