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Logitech
Logitech International S.A. ( ; often shortened to Logi) is a Swiss multinational manufacturer of computer peripherals and software, with headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, and Newark, California. The company has offices throughout Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas, and is one of the world's leading manufacturers of input and interface devices for personal computers (PCs) and other digital products. It is a component of the flagship Swiss Market Index. The company develops and markets personal peripherals for PC navigation, video communication and collaboration, music and smart homes. This includes products like keyboards, mice, tablet accessories, headphones and headsets, webcams, Bluetooth speakers, universal remotes and more. Its name is derived from ''logiciel'', the French word for software. History Logitech was founded in Apples, Vaud, Switzerland, in 1981 by Stanford alumni Daniel Borel and Pierluigi Zappacosta, and former Olivetti engineer Giacomo Marin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Computer Mouse
A computer mouse (plural mice, sometimes mouses) is a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface. This motion is typically translated into the motion of a pointer on a display, which allows a smooth control of the graphical user interface of a computer. The first public demonstration of a mouse controlling a computer system was in 1968. Mice originally used two separate wheels to track movement across a surface: one in the X-dimension and one in the Y. Later, the standard design shifted to utilize a ball rolling on a surface to detect motion. Most modern mice use optical sensors that have no moving parts. Though originally all mice were connected to a computer by a cable, many modern mice are cordless, relying on short-range radio communication with the connected system. In addition to moving a cursor, computer mice have one or more buttons to allow operations such as the selection of a menu item on a display. Mice often also feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultimate Ears
Ultimate Ears is an American custom in-ear monitor (IEM), Wireless speaker, speaker, and earphone manufacturer based in Irvine, California, Irvine and Newark, California, United States. The custom in-ear monitor company was founded by Mindy and Jerry Harvey (inventor), Jerry Harvey in 1995 and it created a new market for custom IEMs which are now used by most of the world's top musicians. In August 2008, Ultimate Ears was acquired by Logitech and operates as a subsidiary. History In 1995, Jerry Harvey (inventor), Jerry Harvey was Van Halen's touring Audio engineering, monitor engineer, mixing their stage sound through Foldback (sound engineering), stage wedges—powerful loudspeakers aiming at each of the musicians. Drummer Alex Van Halen had great difficulty hearing the other band members over all the noise of the stage; louder monitors did not help. Harvey created a custom molded earpiece for the drummer to block some of the stage noise and focus on the desired sound: a proto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SightSpeed
SightSpeed is a videoconferencing company, supplying VoIP and instant messaging app for Windows and macOS operating systems. The service allows people to make video calls, computer-to-computer voice calls, and calls to regular telephones, with free and paid versions. In October 2008, the company was acquired by Logitech for $30 million. The Logitech Vid service is based on SightSpeed's technology. Due to competing software, the Logitech Vid video calling service will be discontinued as of 1 July 2013 and the downloading of the product has already been terminated. As a result, Logitech is no longer accepting new account registrations. Limitations The main criticisms are: * Lack of true privacy features such as encryption. * SightSpeed "Phone Out" does not support outbound caller ID Caller identification (Caller ID) is a telephone service, available in analog and digital telephone systems, including voice over IP (VoIP), that transmits a caller's telephone number to the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Borel
Daniel Borel (born 14 February 1950) is a Swiss businessman and co-founder of technology firm Logitech. Education In 1973, Daniel Borel earned an engineering degree in Physics from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, and in 1977 received a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Stanford University. Business Borel co-founded Logitech at his father-in-law's farm in 1981 with Pierluigi Zappacosta and Giacomo Marini. He served as Logitech's Chairman 1982 to 2008, and served as the company's CEO from 1982 to 1988, and again from 1992 to 1998. In 1988, he took the Logitech Group public on the Swiss stock market, and on the Nasdaq in 1997. He is currently serving on Logitech's board of directors. Other endeavours Borel currently serves on the board of directors of Logitech and Nestlé. He also serves on the board of Defitech, a foundation that brings IT technology to disabled people and is chairman of swissUP, a foundation dedicated to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astro Gaming
ASTRO Gaming is an American consumer electronics manufacturer specializing in video gaming headsets, peripherals, and accessories. Overview ASTRO Gaming’s predecessor, Astro Studios, partnered with Microsoft on the industrial design for the Xbox 360 gaming console and controller. ASTRO Gaming was then founded in 2006 by Brett Lovelady and Jordan Reiss in San Francisco, California, where the company’s headquarters remains today. After several years of operating independently, ASTRO Gaming was acquired by the headphone manufacturer Skullcandy in 2011. ASTRO Gaming operated under Skullcandy for six years before it was acquired by Logitech in 2017 for $85 million. History After Astro Studios Astro Studios is an American design firm in San Francisco, California, United States. The company designed the original Compaq IPAQ Pocket PC, Alienware Computers and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Xbox 360 accessories. In 1999, Astro Studios receiv ... helped design the Xbox 360, Lovelad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo Marini
Giacomo Marini (; born 1951 in Cugnoli, Province of Pescara, Italy) is founder and Managing Director at Noventi, an early-stage technology venture capital firm, based in Silicon Valley. From 2013 to 2017 he was Chairman and CEO of Neato Robotics, a home robot company until its acquisition by Vorwerk. Career In 1981, Marini co-founded Logitech (Nasdaq: LOGI) with Daniel Borel and Pierluigi Zappacosta. He was with the company until 1992 as a board member and member of the management team launching Logitech. He served most recently as Executive VP, Chief Operating Officer. Earlier, he was Executive Vice President, Engineering and Operations; and Vice President of Engineering. Prior to Logitech, he held technical and managerial positions with Olivetti and IBM. From 1993 to 1995 Marini was President and CEO of No Hands Software (later known as Common Ground Software). No Hands Software created one of the first electronic publishing software, in the style of, and competitive to A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streamlabs
Streamlabs (formerly ''TwitchAlerts'') is a California-based software company founded in 2014. The company primarily distributes livestreaming software. Streamlabs was acquired by Logitech in 2019. Overview Streamlabs was founded in 2014 as TwitchAlerts, an Open Broadcaster Software-based software that allowed live streamers to add visual alerts on the screen that were triggered by viewer interaction such as new followers, subscribers, and donations. TwitchAlerts was later renamed to Streamlabs in 2016, while the name of their live-streaming service, Streamlabs OBS was changed to Streamlabs in late 2021. These re-brands were due to having no affiliation with their namesake. Streamlabs also produces CrossClip, a video converter; Melon, a podcast streaming service; Oslo, a video editing tool, and Willow; a website builder. History Streamlabs was founded in 2014 as TwitchAlerts but changed it due to having no official affiliation with Twitch. Logitech purchased the company for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierluigi Zappacosta
Pierluigi Zappacosta (born Chieti, Italy, on July 2, 1950) is an Italian businessman and chairman of Faro Ventures. He has co-founded, directed, and served on the boards of several prestigious companies, including Logitech and Sierra Sciences. Career In 1981, he co-founded Logitech (Nasdaq: LOGI) together with Daniel Borel and Giacomo Marini, which went on to become the world's largest manufacturer of computer mice and other personal interface products. Zappacosta served at Logitech for sixteen years, first as president and CEO and later as vice-chairman. He was instrumental in taking the company public in Switzerland in 1988 and on NASDAQ in 1997, raising over $60 million. By the time Zappacosta left in 1998, sales of Logitech had risen to over $400 million per year. Zappacosta is also a venture partner with Noventi, and served as CEO at Sierra Sciences., and chairman at Digital Persona, Inc., a company offering software and hardware for identification based on biometrics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Microphones
Blue Microphones (legally Baltic Latvian Universal Electronics, LLC) is an American audio production company owned by Logitech that designs and produces microphones, headphones, recording tools, signal processors, and music accessories for audio professionals, musicians and consumers. History BLUE Microphones was founded in 1995 by American session musician Skipper Wise and Latvian recording engineer Mārtiņš Saulespurēns. The company's name is a backronym for ''Baltic Latvian Universal Electronics''. The company was started up in Latvia, with the development of the first few prototypes happening there, and now it is headquartered in Westlake Village, California, United States. BLUE Microphones first creation was the “bottle,” a versatile studio XLR microphone encompassing interchangeable capsules curated to isolate sonic signatures for any application which became widely used among professional recording musicians. The concept of this came from Skipper’s daughter Jes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaybird (company)
Jaybird is a Utah-based consumer electronics company owned by Logitech. The company designs and manufactures headphones and wearable activity trackers. The company is mainly known for its line of wireless Bluetooth sports headsets. Jaybird was founded in 2006 by Australian entrepreneur Judd Armstrong. Company history Jaybird was founded by Australian entrepreneur Judd Armstrong in 2006. An athlete himself, Armstrong was disappointed with the performance of headphones available at the time, and wanted to create a product for himself that would be sweat-resistant and non-restrictive for physical activity. Armstrong placed a few of his prototype products online for sale to recoup production cost. After receiving positive feedback from the public, he founded JayBirdGear LLC in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2006. The company's first Bluetooth headset, the JB100 Freedom, was launched in late 2007. In 2014, the company was listed for the first time amongst the 5 top-selling premium headph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Remote
A universal remote is a remote control that can be programmed to operate various brands of one or more types of consumer electronics devices. Low-end universal remotes can only control a set number of devices determined by their manufacturer, while mid- and high-end universal remotes allow the user to program in new control codes to the remote. Many remotes sold with various electronics include universal remote capabilities for other types of devices, which allows the remote to control other devices beyond the device it came with. For example, a VCR remote may be programmed to operate various brands of televisions. History On May 30, 1985, Philips introduced the first universal remote (U.S. Pat. #4774511) under the Magnavox brand name. In 1985, Robin Rumbolt, William "Russ" McIntyre, and Larry Goodson with North American Philips Consumer Electronics (Magnavox, Sylvania, and Philco) developed the first universal remote control. In 1987, the first programmable universal remote co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Market Index
The Swiss Market Index (SMI) is Switzerland's blue-chip stock market index, which makes it the most followed in the country. It is made up of 20 of the largest and most liquid Swiss Performance Index (SPI) stocks. As a price index, the SMI is not adjusted for dividends. The SMI was introduced on 30 June 1988 at a baseline value of 1,500 points. It closed above the symbolic level of 10,000 points for the first time on 2 July 2019. It reached the 12,000 point milestone on 17 June 2021. It is currently in a bear market, which it entered on 22 September 2022 after losing more than 20%. This ended the bull market that had reached an all-time record closing price short of 13,000 on 28 December 2021. Its composition is examined once a year. As of September 2022, it contains 18 large-caps and two mid-caps. Calculation takes place in real-time. As soon as a new transaction occurs in a security contained in the SMI, an updated index level is calculated and displayed. However, the index ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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