Chicago - Eugene J. Polley, who invented the first wireless remote control for television while working for Zenith, died yesterday at 96.

Avenel, N.J. - Mizco International has added a line of universal tablet accessories.

The products will be marketed under the company's Digipower, iEssentials and Travelocity brands. All of the new accessories, according to Mizco president and CEO Albert Mizrahi, are designed to work with Apple's iPad as well as Android-based tablets.

Arlington, Va. - The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), owner and producer of International CES, welcomed a record 156,153 industry professionals at the 2012 International CES, according to an independent audit.

There were also 3,319 exhibitors from around the globe that unveiled new technology products at CES, a 22 percent increase over last year's show.

In addition, a record-number of international professionals -- 35,734 -- attended the show from more than 150 countries, representing an increase of 13 percent over last year.

Nashville, Tenn. - Griffin Technology has teamed with Crayola for the Crayola Case Creator, a protective case and app combo that lets users create custom cases for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Mountain View, Calif. - Google closed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility, named a Google executive to replace Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha, and hired other new members to Motorola's executive team.

The new CEO, Dennis Woodside, promised "to focus Motorola Mobility's remarkable talent on fewer, bigger bets, and create wonderful devices that are used by people around the world."

Woodside oversaw integration planning for the acquisition and was former president of Google's Americas region.

 New York - Value electronics supplier Ion America revealed Tuesday that is diving into one of the fastest-growing segments of the U.S. camcorder business -- the action camera market -- with both feet.

Santa Clara, Calif. - Hewlett-Packard and Apple retained their respective leads in the laptop and tablet categories for the first quarter, according to DisplaySearch's latest report.

HP boosted its first-quarter shipments by about 700,000 units to 8.9 million, giving the company 16.2 percent of the market. However, this is down slightly from the previous first-quarter 17 percent as inroads were made by Acer, Lenovo and Asus. Dell also lost share as it continues its shift to the commercial computer market.

Warren, N.J. - Virgin Mobile's no-contract PayLo cellular service launched its first plan with unlimited data and messaging.

The $40/month plan, designed for use with PayLo's feature phones, delivers unlimited voice minutes and messages, including text and picture messaging, email and IM. The plan also throws in 50MB of web access.

It joins two other payLo plans. A $30 plan offers 1500 minutes, 1500 messages and 30MB of web access. A $20 plan offers 400 minutes, 15-cent messages and web access of $1.50/MB.

Baltimore -  Speaker maker Definitive Technology promoted technical director Matt Lyons to the position of engineering VP.

Lyons has been with Definitive since 2007.

Tempe, Ariz. - Rockford Fosgate announced it will time a promotion with its sponsorship of the 2012 Vans Warped Tour.

The promo, which launched April 30 and will conclude on Aug. 5, features a $25,000 grand prize, entry tickets to the tour, gift packs and exclusive promotional items.