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Jabra Rebrands Lively as JabraEnhance.com Online Destination for Better Hearing
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Jabra Rebrands Lively as JabraEnhance.com Online Destination for Better Hearing

GN has expanded its Jabra Enhance hearing offering with integration and rebrand of Lively, acquired in 2021. The now rebranded JabraEnhance.com online hearing care platform is intended to enable US consumers to explore, purchase and receive hearing care from home. Joining the Jabra Enhance hearing aid range are also three Jabra Enhance Select products, available exclusively at JabraEnhance.com.
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AntennaWare Addresses Body Blocking Issues In The UWB Market
by Joao Martins

AntennaWare Addresses Body Blocking Issues In The UWB Market

Antennaware Ltd, a company that specializes in solving the body blocking problems normally associated with close range RF designs, has launched a new addition to its Bodywave antenna range that specifically targets the Ultra-Wideband (UWB) radio market. The company's latest antenna is specifically designed to elevate wearable performance by extending range and drastically reducing drop out.
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Periodic Audio Embraces Direct Sales Model and Drops IEM Prices
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Periodic Audio Embraces Direct Sales Model and Drops IEM Prices

Periodic Audio, the IEM company created in 2016 by consumer-electronics industry veterans Dan Wiggins, Mike Kim, Zeke Burgess, and Ben Webster, announced that the company will move to a direct sales model and as a result will pass distribution cost-savings to its customers. Effectively immediately, Periodic Audio announced a significant price reduction for its line of V3 in-ear monitors launched earlier in 2022.
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Highly Anticipated Return for electronica 2022, November 15 to 18
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Highly Anticipated Return for electronica 2022, November 15 to 18

electronica, the world’s leading trade fair and conference for electronics, will take place in 14 halls on the Munich exhibition grounds from November 15 to 18, 2022. This is a highly-anticipated return for a show that promises to reengage multiple critical sectors in development and manufacturing, after four years of absence. This year’s highlights in the electronica Conference will deal with Automotive, Embedded Platforms, Sensors, and Wireless Systems and Applications.
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AIMS Expands Membership Access to Individuals
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AIMS Expands Membership Access to Individuals

The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) announced that it has expanded its membership access to individuals such as consultants, engineers, and educators including sole employees or sole proprietors of a corporation and individuals who do not formally represent any company within the media industry. The new membership level is also open to students, researchers, and others actively associated with an institution of higher education.
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AMEI to Fund Open Source MIDI 2.0 Driver for Windows
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AMEI to Fund Open Source MIDI 2.0 Driver for Windows

The Association of Musical Electronics Industries (AMEI), the organization that oversees the MIDI specification in Japan, has committed to funding the development of an open-source USB MIDI 2.0 Host Driver for Windows Operating Systems under a memorandum of understanding between AMEI, AmeNote Inc, and Microsoft. While Apple and Google already support MIDI 2.0, Microsoft has now agreed to start development of a Windows standard open-source MIDI 2.0 API.
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Boosting Audio Processing with High-Performance Machine Learning. An Audio Product Education Institute Webinar, November 9
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Boosting Audio Processing with High-Performance Machine Learning. An Audio Product Education Institute Webinar, November 9

The Audio Product Education Institute (APEI), an initiative of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) is promoting a webinar on the implementation of Machine Learning solutions using DSP Concept's Audio Weaver in the new and exciting Alif Ensemble MCUs, running Arm's ML accelerated Ethos U55 architecture. This session will offer a high-level overview of the exciting new audio processing possibilities leveraging these powerful new scalable microcontrollers, uniting highly integrated embedded processors with AI acceleration.
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SoundHound and Harman Join Forces to Deliver Effortless Conversational Automotive Voice AI Experiences
by Joao Martins

SoundHound and Harman Join Forces to Deliver Effortless Conversational Automotive Voice AI Experiences

SoundHound AI, Inc. and Harman International announced they will be working together to bring a seamless, natural voice AI experience to the automotive market. SoundHound will draw on its knowledge of automotive voice technology to deliver an advanced speech recognition software to the Harman Ignite Store, the connected vehicle platform that Harman is offering automakers to develop, manage and operate their own in-vehicle app store.
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New Research from Crestron Characterizes Modern Hybrid Workplaces
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New Research from Crestron Characterizes Modern Hybrid Workplaces

The new report Tackling the Modern Workplace by the Numbers, commissioned by Crestron Electronics, reveals how inadequate technology drives productivity loss and increases IT support for remote workers. Crestron unveiled the findings of the research that explores employee behaviors and preferences in a hybrid workplace, the technology tools and solutions they need and lack, and what employers are (and could be) doing to enable more consistently productive collaboration remotely and in-office.
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Audio Developers Come Together for ADC22, November 14-16, 2022
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Audio Developers Come Together for ADC22, November 14-16, 2022

The producers of the 8th Annual Audio Developer Conference (ADC22 - London, UK) announced that the in-person portion of their hybrid event has sold out due to high demand from the audio developer community. Yet, tickets are still available to attend this one-of-a-kind online experience using the on Gather.town virtual venue platform from November 14-16, 2022 at www.audio.dev.
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