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D-Tools

No CMO Can Beat D-Tools’ Tim Bigoness on Drums

This is one musical industry! Tim Bigoness, chief marketing officer, D-Tools, spends his free time away from the…

News May 17
Training

Maverick Technical Institute Places 80% of First-Class Grads in Jobs

Maverick Technical Institute (MTI) in Nashua, N.H., has 100% graduation rate; places 80% from inaugural class in technician…

News May 17
Customer Service OneVision Smart Home

Why Customer Service Is the Last True Smart-Home Differentiator

Changes in the smart-home landscape — like IP-control, open-API’s, drag-and-drop programming and pre-configured UI's — are bringing technological…

News May 17
Patent ZigBee

LG’s Clever Tech for Commissioning Smart Lights Melds ZigBee with VLC Light Waves

Introduced at Lightfair 2017 LG Electronics’ new ZigBee Connector plugs into an Android mobile device, discovers smart lights…

News May 16
Boston Acoustics D&M Holdings Definitive Technology Denon Dolby DTS Google HEOS Marantz Play-Fi Polk Audio Sound United

Sound United: Heos vs. Play-Fi Debate Continues after D+M Group Merger

Sound United still defining sales roles, wireless platforms for Polk, Def Tech with D+M Group brands Boston Acoustics,…

News May 16
Google Home Soundbar

Polk Audio’s MagniFi MAX Soundbar Pairs with Wireless Speakers, Google Home

The MagniFi MAX SR soundbar system from Polk Audio includes SR1 wireless surround speakers to produce an immersive…

News May 16
ADT Best Buy CE Pro 100 Vivint

Vivint, Best Buy, ADT Top CE Pro 100 List of Smart-Home Integrators of 2017

CE Pro's 2017 list of the highest revenue custom installation companies saw a whopping 24 percent increase in…

News May 16
Amazon Apple Facebook Google OneVision

Why GAFA’s Interest in the Smart Home Actually Presents Significant Opportunity

GAFA's (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon) entrance into the smart home market presents two big changes for integrators: more…

News May 16
CEDIA

Who Should be the Next CEDIA CEO?

As we say goodbye to Vin Bruno, grateful for his work on behalf of home-technology integrators, let’s ponder…

News May 15
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