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Flex, formerly Flextronics, will buy DIY home-automation supplier Wink from startup incubator Quirky, which recently filed for Chapter 11. The acquisition was slated to...

Company denies settlement speculation Electrolux, which is battling the Justice Department in court for the OK to acquire GE’s appliance business, expects a ruling...

When Target opened its Open House in San Francisco earlier this year (see TWICE, July 20), it signaled that the world of smart homes...

Security and convenience are the focus of many new smart-home systems unveiled in time for Christmas gift giving. The security selection includes iSmartAlarm and...

Microsoft appears poised to put its Surface brand on a premium flagship smartphone sometime in the second half of 2016, extending the Surface franchise...

Second-generation Sync infotainment systems get software update Ford is bringing Apple’s Siri Eyes-Free capability to Syncequipped Ford vehicles dating back to the 2011 model...

Fossil is expanding its fledgling wearables line with the launch of its first smart watch running the Android Wear OS. Fossil joins a short...

Technology solves a lot of problems. All our lives are better because of it. We have warm homes, preserved food, instant transportation, advanced medicines...

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) will increase the Internet of Things (IoT) functionality of its Bluetooth Smart standard in 2016 with longer range,...

The Anti-Defamation League of New York held its annual National Consumer Technology Awards Tribute Gala last weekend at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. This year...

High-resolution music-download sites have begun adopting a logo unveiled by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to designate recordings that meet the high-resolution...

We have been tracking all Black Friday, Thanksgiving and other holiday plans for CE retailers. You can find the full details on TWICE.com, but...

4.6 million Estimated number of smart homes in the U.S. by the end of 2015Source: Statista 24.5 million Estimated number of smart homes in...

The Consumer Technology Association inducted eight new members to the Consumer Electronics Hall Of Fame last week in New York. New inductees are: Recoton...

Growing smartphone and tablet ownership put a lid on desktop and laptop PC ownership in the U.S., with PC ownership rates falling the fastest...

The days of scouring Thanksgiving Day newspaper circulars for the best Black Friday deals are long gone. Last week the two behemoths of brick-and-mortar...

Whether it was the distraction of Halloween, consumers taking a pre-holiday shopping breather, or something more structural and ominous, CE sales went south in...

Aftermarket car-audio brand Dual will bring high-resolution audio (HRA) playback to the dash with a $499-suggested CD receiver that streams high-resolution files via Wi-Fi...

Parks Associates also finds adoption rate higher in bigger homes Younger households adopt smart-home devices at a higher rate than older households, but older...

Sixty-eight percent of Americans are confident that smart homes will be as common as smartphones within 10 years, and they have high expectations, an...

No, the sky isn’t falling. But when CTA’s chief economist Shawn DuBravac pointed out at last week’s CES Unveiled event that TV demand has...

This month’s mandated switch to new chip-embedded credit cards is bound to cause chaos this holiday season, a Walmart executive has warned. Speaking at...

Possible concerns over the health of the economy or, more likely, a pre-holiday pause in spending, sent the likelihood of consumer tech purchases down...

Lutron is adding new features and new dimmer and keypad options to its RadioRA 2 and HomeWorks QS series of custom-installed lighting-control systems. The...

Cook Predicts Further Growth iPhone unit- and dollar-sales growth accelerated in Apple’s fiscal fourth quarter and for the company’s full 2015 fiscal year, thanks...

What you connect and how you control them are some of the themes behind the launch of new home-automation products from a variety of...

Revenues, Number Of Jobs, Average Price Tag All Rising The custom-install hit the trifecta for three years consecutive years in the U.S. and Canada,...

Installers Find Many Reasons To Be Optimistic About Business Ultra HD projectors and sources, object-based surround, high dynamic range (HDR) video, wide color gamut,...

A clear majority of consumers believe stores should remain closed on Thanksgiving Day, a just-completed holiday poll shows, reflecting a backlash from some quarters....

Smart-lock suppliers at the CEDIA Expo focused on integrating their door locks with other home systems, in part by incorporating Thread wireless meshnetwork technology...

Video & Audio Center has opened its new flagship store in Woodland Hills, Calif., described as “the first all-digital, all-touch consumer technology superstore.” The...

ProSource, the $4.5 billion specialty CE buying group, has forged an alliance with CI Edge, a leading buying organization for commercial integrators. The move...

Crestron will keep its foot firmly planted in the luxury high end of the custom-install market even though competitors are moving into the mass...

Electronics systems contractors looking for more options to deliver uncompressed Ultra HD content to customers didn’t come away disappointed from the CEDIA Expo. Here’s...

Technicolor, who owns and licenses the RCA brand, is about to “reintroduce the brand to a new generation of consumers, millennials,” next month, according...

“Go where the customers are,” is an old marketing and sales bromide. And Getgeeked Media followed that advice by holding its New York event...