by D. Craig MacCormack | Dec 3, 2018 | News
Lawmakers are pressing Amazon chairman, president and CEO for answers about the company’s facial recognition technology, Amazon Rekognition, particularly on the constitutional impact it could have on “communities of color.” [related] California Rep. Jimmy Gomez and...
by D. Craig MacCormack | Nov 29, 2018 | Insights, News
We know some of you click on every pro AV article we post within seconds of when it goes live on our site. But, if you can believe it, some readers out there occasionally miss one or two of the stories we post on our site, meaning they’re not able to garner the wisdom...
by D. Craig MacCormack | Nov 27, 2018 | Insights, News
There was no guarantee Jim and Claire Ford would succeed when they launched a company with their last name in 1973. Almost half a century later, Ford Audio-Video is still one of the most successful AV integration firms in the business, and CI’s 2018 Integrator of the...
by D. Craig MacCormack | Nov 27, 2018 | Insights, News
There’s a familiar smell in the air—and, no, it’s not leftover turkey or your mom’s stuffing. Here’s hoping you’ve polished off the last morsel of Thanksgiving goodies by now and have your attention turned to the CI Fantasy Football playoffs. While they’re not here...
by D. Craig MacCormack | Nov 26, 2018 | Insights, News
We’ve seen our fair share of big deals across the AV integration landscape in 2018, just as we saw in 2017 and 2016. But talks that could have led to a deal that would’ve likely been the largest of all of them—Logitech acquiring Plantronics—have stalled for now....