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Colder’s Buys Flanner’s
Flanner’s has been acquired by Colder’s a 4-store home furnishings retailer in Milwaukee, Wi. The chain plans to...
Borders Offers Free eBooks
After opening up an eBookstore this week, Borders is giving away 5 free best-sellers for anyone who downloads...
Sears Launches GPS Configurator
It can be confusing, buying a portable GPS device, with so many on the market and so many...
Sirius XM May Switch over to XM
Sirius XM is preparing to switch over to XM satellites and run its service over XM rather than...
Expresso Launches Combo Golf-PND
Expresso Satellite Navigation is offering a $249 combo portable car- and golf-GPS device. It uses Navigon and iGolf...
Ford Improves Sync Texting Safety
Ford is taking steps to ban texting while driving (but improve incoming verbal texts). The company announced its...
Motorola Intro’s CHARM T-Mobile Phone
Motorola’s next smartphone—the CHARM—is a “social networking” Android 2.1 phone to be offered through T-Mobile this summer. The...
Rockford Adds ICE Programs
News brief: Rockford Corp. said it has added new programs for retail members of the ICE (In Car...
Borders Launches eBookstore
Borders bookstore chain launched an eBookstore Wednesday, aiming to take a 17 percent share of the eBook market....
ICE, MESA Ponder Smartphone/Apple Retail Deals
Here’s the new age of car electronics expediting: work out a deal with a local independent cellphone store...
Sirius XM Ups 2010 Guidance Again
Sirius XM Radio added over a half million net new subscribers in Q2 and set a new record...
Amazon Kindle Gets Patent: Watch out Nook
Amazon has just been granted a U.S. patent for a dual screen eReader; and the patent appears to...
MERA Pegs 5K Car AV Shops
Ever wondered how many car electronics specialty retailers are dotted across the country. The answer is officially 4,717...
NAV-TV Update for iPhone 4
NAV-TV said Friday, its Tooki Bluetooth and OPI iPod car kit models for the iPod/iPhone can now work...
Kenwood Launches Ad Campaign for HD Radio
Kenwood USA is launching a radio advertising campaign to promote awareness of HD Radio in one of its...
Droid X Gets Thumbs Up
The Droid X may be a solid competitor to the iPhone based on early reviews. The New York...
Apple Finds New Cause of iPhone 4 Glitch
Apple said it discovered the cause of the iPhone 4's tendency to drop calls when the phone is...
New Rydeen Back up Sensor
Rydeen is shipping its rear view back-up system called the N series. It automatically starts beeping when the...
Kindle DX Gets Lower Price
Amazon is aggressively tweaking its posture in the post-iPad world, while ratcheting up the competition for other eReader...
Microsoft Nixes KIN; Apple Sued over iPhone 4 Antenna
It's been a rough week for mobile phone makers. Microsoft has pulled its KIN phones from the market...