The 2020 Design & Construction Week (DCW) brought more than 90,000 residential design and construction industry professionals to Las Vegas and featured over 2,000 exhibits showcasing the latest products and technologies from the world’s top kitchen, bath and building products brands. Architects, designers and builders attended the three-day annual tradeshow, including the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) and International Builders’ Show (IBS), and Merlot Marketing trendspotters…
Azione Unlimited has announced that DISH is joining The Smart Home Association as its newest vendor member. Azione Unlimited members now have access to DISH’s best-in-class luxury residential and commercial video offerings, including the company’s flagship satellite television, and its live streaming and over-the-air solutions, SLING TV and AirTV. “The beauty of DISH joining Azione Unlimited is its ability to expand…
Don’t miss out when Dish General Manager of Custom Integration, Frank DeFilippis, Owner of Twisted Pair Media, Ryan Shelton, and Josh.ai’s Casey Levy-Tulloch chat about voice control, video, and intuitive home entertainment experiences. They’ll cover how systems design is evolving and how to position each project for success amid the evolving landscape of content consumption. This insightful discussion…
CEDIA has announced a new training collaboration with the Imaging Science Foundation (ISF). This development aligns with CEDIA’s strategic mission to bolster industry education and standards and provides integrators with unparalleled access to ISF’s renowned video calibration curriculum and certification. CEDIA has worked with ISF Founder and CEDIA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Joel Silver to create a hybrid version of the ISF…
Singapore-based uHoo, a global air quality management company, has launched the “uHoo Virus Index” – the world’s first real-time assessment of virus survival (such as COVID-19) based on air quality. The “uHoo Virus Index” is a patent-pending technology that analyzes air quality data, monitored by uHoo, and provides an assessment on the risk of viruses surviving in homes or workplaces,…
Essence Group, a provider of IoT solutions for security, connected home and healthcare, has joined Zigbee Alliance as a member in the “Project Connected Home over IP” initiative. In doing so, the company will contribute to developing and promoting the adoption of a new, royalty-free connectivity standard to increase compatibility among smart home products, with security as a fundamental design…
PSB Speakers is running a promotion in the U.S. and Canada for customers shopping at participating retailers or at the PSB speakers.com web site through July 16 that provides savings of up to 25 percent on the company’s CS1000 and CS500 Universal In-Outdoor Speakers. The models are designed for use indoors, on a patio or poolside. The CS1000 features a…
Sound United’s Denon brand, celebrating its 110th anniversary in 2020, has announced four new X-Series AV receivers, which it is promoting as the industry’s first 8K-ready AVRs. The Denon AVR-X6700H ($2,499), AVR- X4700H ($1,699), AVR-X3700H ($1,199), and AVR-X2700H ($849), to be released starting this month through August, are designed for music reproduction, home theater installation and gaming applications, in addition…
Canadian tech start-up, VoltSafe is redefining the way the world connects to electricity with the very first prong-less magnetic electrical plug. Its patented technology creates a safer, simpler, and smarter alternative to the traditional pronged plug. VoltSafe’s revolutionary design hasn’t been seen since electricity first came into homes more than a century ago. In fact, the company’s prong-less plug is…
NPD recently shared some industry insights regarding U.S. consumer technology sales, accounting for trends that have emerged as Americans continue to face the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The NPD Group, as it relates to The NPD Group’s Consumer Tech Tracking (U.S. only) posted its sixth consecutive week of year-over-year 20%+ revenue growth for the week ending May 23. That particular week…