Posted by Johnnie Sanchez on 2015-07-21 A Lot of Engineers Are Pissed at Apple’s HomeKit Right Now Lloyd Alter compares the current SHaaS market to the days before the iPod in this insightful article: “With devices using different formats for connection, terrible interface design and complex setups...it’s still at the nerd level, and people are having trouble figuring out what it can do for them.” Alter then goes on to write about Apple’s HomeKit, and why it’s taking them so long to get it to market. Ever the control-freak, Apple is making all of the IoT companies comply with their technological demands such as Apple-certified chips and firmware, Kieren McCarthy writes. So a lot of engineers are having to reconstruct their entire...
Posted by Johnnie Sanchez on 2015-08-08 AMX Acquires SVSi Many SVSi dealers were surprised to see the company’s name above AMX’s booth at this year’s InfoComm. SVSi is based out of Huntsville, AL. *From Commercial Integrator, August 2015 Pizza Hut Has Created a Disposable Projector businessinsider.com Pizza Hut...
Posted by Johnnie Sanchez on 2015-08-30 The US Economy is Set to Boom From 2017-2030. Are You Targeting the Right Demographics? Tim Costello, CEO of BDX, recently talked at CEPro Summit. Costello predicted that the upcoming years will be economically prosperous for us regardless of the political party in charge. Why? Because Millennials will be reaching their peak spending age between those years. Costello’s overall message was to start targeting Millennials. Millennials engage with brands more than anyone else via social media and word of mouth. Apple, Microsoft, Sony and Samsung are some of their most beloved brands. How many times have you seen the Apple logo sticker on the back of a car or on a laptop case? Millennials love technology, and...
Posted by Johnnie Sanchez on 2015-08-30 Leonard Suskin writes about the possible death of TV in rAVe publications and breaks his thoughts into sections. klce.com 1) Experience, Viewing Angles, and Content: The size of a TV is often...
Posted by Johnnie Sanchez on 2015-08-30 AMX CEO, Rashid Skaf, Resigns Harman’s VP of Global Marketing, Erik Tarkiainen Skaf, leaked the resignation of Rashid Skaf to rAVe. Mr. Skaf was the CEO of AMX and left his position on Friday, 2015-08-28. GitHub Names Kakul Srivastava VP of Product Previously Srivastava worked at Yahoo for seven years, eventually becoming an Executive. She then worked at Slack and launched Tomfoolery. “With so many using GitHub, there’s significant wisdom built in to all of that collaboration,” she said. “We want to use that to make the system better for programmers, but also to launch new things that haven’t existed before.” Click to see on machine sensor values in real time via iPad Google Launches Smart Home Hub...
