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Num, num, num… SMSC hearts STS (and Kleer)

By mtc | Published: June 15, 2010
SMSC builds upon their wireless audio team by acquiring STS. SMSC paid upwards of $25 million for $15 million in 2011 revenues.  Add to that what they paid for Kleer earlier this year, about $7.5 million, and you have about a $30 million dollar investment in a wireless audio baseband team, and an impressive client [...]
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Ellen gives away the iHome Studio Series iP1 to her audience

By mtc | Published: December 11, 2009
Also gifted were the Nokia Twist 7705, a Samsung Camcorder, and naturally, the perfect iP1 companion, the iPod touch from Apple.  Oh yeah, and nice companion to other iHome models, a Tempur-Pedic mattress. Nice.
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I hate to toot my own horn, really, but I can’t resist…

By mtc | Published: October 20, 2008
Now that I am phone shopping again… Back on Feb 1, 2007, mind you long before the original iPhone was released, and about 18 months before the 3G was released I made four semi-prescient statements. One: The iPhone will invite critics for its touch screen. While I suspect the gesture interface will be a revelation, [...]
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