Playmysong Reinvents Jukebox for the Smartphone Era
By Derek Dellinger
by Derek Dellinger “Music is the declaration of atmosphere for a venue,” said Rami Korhonen, CEO and co-founder of Playmysong. “Our goal is to eradicate random music in the world.”Korhonen describes Playmysong as the “Foursquare” of music, with maybe a touch of Turntable.fm as well — crowd-sourcing the role of the DJ to smartphone wielders with a simple, free app.Playmysong allows an iTunes library to be set up as a digital jukebox, controllable by anyone else who’s downloaded the app. Playmysong is of obvious interest to bars and clubs, but because set-up is so simple, almost any business ...
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Saving Energy on Earth Day and Every Day
By Derek Dellinger
by Derek DellingerLighting accounts for almost 15 percent of the average homeowner's monthly electric bill, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. If every home in the U.S. installed two dimmers in place of two standard light switches, the potential annual savings could be $1.2 billion in electricity and close to 25 billion pounds of CO2. That’s the equivalent of taking more than one million cars off the road. With Earth Day here once again, there’s a lot being written about how to make our lives and our homes a little greener. For lighting control products manufacturer ...
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Eliminating Echos in a Luxury Pool House
By Derek Dellinger
If you’ve ever set foot in an enclosed pool — even if audio setups were the last thing on your mind — you likely noticed that pool houses quickly become echo chambers. Now try to imagine making audio sound good in the same environment.The owners of a villa in Brazil were able to enjoy the vistas and pastoral silence outside their pool house through a three-wall expanse of double height windows. The views surrounding their lap pool were beautiful, but when they wanted to turn their attention to indoor entertainment, the acoustics of the room left much to be desired. In addition to the 46-foot ...
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dnp Expands Reach In U.S.
By Derek Dellinger
by Derek Dellingerdnp denmark has helped to push the potential of front projection technology with their Supernova line of screens, but with the opening of a U.S. distribution center in San Diego, the company is hoping to push aside the perception that its technology is costly outside their home market. dnp's new distribution center has helped reduce lead times.All products previously shipped from Denmark, but an increased demand for Supernova screens led the company to see potential in an expanded U.S. presence. “Having product stocked in the U.S. is a huge benefit,” said dnp chief U.S. ...
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