Editor’s Note: Welcome to NewBay’s inaugural edition of Need to Know, where we explain complex topics and demonstrate how they apply to each industry we serve. Need to Know stories appear on our websites and in our magazines. Keep coming back for future topics, to include 5G, ...read more

Concerns about Facebook privacy continue to grow; people are rethinking their participation. Facebook is trying to be less obtuse about how to control your data. But today's latest revelation is this: they save your deleted and unpublished videos (and now promise to delete them). ...read more

As I’ve often commented while attending and covering the SXSW Interactive conference each year, the term “Interactive” has usually been painted here in huge, rolling strokes that cover any and everything from autonomous cars to music streaming and movie technology, and yes, an ...read more

Stressing beauty, size and functionality, along with a set of unique intelligence and aesthetic features, Samsung officially unveiled its 2018 QLED and Ultra HD TV lineup at a grandiose CES-style event at the American Stock Exchange building in lower Manhattan.It also showed off ...read more

Rob Moodey discusses the fact versus fiction surrounding the necessity of H.265 in the 4K industry. Covering the capabilities and virtues of the established and tested H.264 standard, he also delves into challenges that are presented with the adoption of new encoding ...read more

David Bowie is presents approximately 400 objects drawn primarily from the David Bowie Archive, including the artist’s original costumes, handwritten lyric sheets from famous songs, original album art, photographs, and videos, all tracing Bowie’s creative process. The archive is ...read more

The AV-iQ database (originally built by InfoComm/AVIXA and now owned by NewBay) provides a central, searchable destination for current data on thousands of AV products. Here are the top 15 most-searched products across residential categories. ...read more

Mycroft is readying an open-source smart speaker that it said is both more flexible and more privacy-minded than an Amazon Echo, Google Home or Apple HomePod. It's an Indigogo where you can check it out. ...read more

From my colleagues at Twice ...read more

From my colleagues at Twice here are some ugly moments in shipping. ...read more

The AV-iQ database (originally built by InfoComm/AVIXA and now owned by NewBay) provides a central, searchable destination for current data on hundreds of AV manufacturers and their products. Here are the top 15 most-searched manufacturers across all AV categories ...read more

For more, here's an interview with NBC's technical director on the whole process. FOR MORE: WHEN THINGS GO WRONG WITH OTTFor those who care about transmission and streaming; here's an article from my NewBay colleagues at Multichannel News on the glitches in the OTT feed. Yes, ...read more

Here's more: The Bud Light commercial got best viewer attention according to TVision Insights. Here are the other top-rated commercials by engagement. WATCH NEXT: How NBC prepped for the broadcast;  From my NewBay colleagues at TV Tech. For more, here's an interview with NBC's ...read more

The AV-iQ database (originally built by InfoComm/AVIXA and now owned by NewBay) provides a central, searchable destination for current data on thousands of AV products. Here are the top 15 most-searched products across all AV categories for 2017. The list ranges ...read more

WHY THIS MATTERS: Panasonic is the market leader in vehicle infotainment. The new partnership will enable drivers or passengers to do things like play music, ask for directions, control environment etc, via Alexa Onboard technology and Alexa skills--just more evidence that ...read more

WHY THIS MATTERS: On Tuesday, Apple announced the release date and price for its smart speaker. Apple stressed it's not designed to compete with Alexa or Google Home, so what is it supposed to do....? ...read more

Graphene may hold the key for a new type of speaker that doesn't need a vibrating membrane at all, instead generating sound through thermoacoustics. Pretty much every speaker works with a membrane that physically vibrates, distorting the air in specific patterns to generate sound ...read more

Scientists have created a paper-thin, flexible device that can not only generate energy from human motion, but can act as a loudspeaker and microphone. The audio device could eventually lead to a range of consumer products, including a folding loudspeaker, voice-activated ...read more

Master & Dynamic has made a name for itself with headphones that combine style, premium materials, and good sound. For its first wireless speaker, the company is going all in on style. Thirty-five pounds worth, to be exact.The new $1,800 MA770 speaker is unlike most other ...read more

Below are three songs, each presented in three different versions: a lossless version at 1,411 kbps, a “premium” version at 320 kbps, and standard version at 160 kbps. Try and see if you can pick the lossless audio out of the three.MORE@TheVerge ...read more

Apple admitted that its flashy 2013 Mac Pro redesign was a mistake, and executives indicated that Apple intends to better support its professional users in the future. “I think we designed ourselves into a bit of a thermal corner, if you will,” one of Apple’s top executives ...read more