Increasingly when the calendar turns to November, a growing number of people are now treating Thanksgiving Day as a full week off.
Using this trend as a starting point, it is a slow week in the world of residential and commercial electronics, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t noteworthy news items populating the world wide web.
This holiday edition of the KMB Comm Technology Week in Review features a good mix of content headlined by KMB Comm’s leader Katye Bennett and her column for Residential Systems on how to use voicemail as a more effective business tool.
Click here to read the column.
Over at CE Pro, long-time publication contributor Jeff Boccaccio takes a look why the power component within the HDMI 2.1b standard isn’t more popular. Boccaccio asserts the option within the standard has been underutilized since its introduction and he breaks down why manufacturers haven’t utilized the option more.
See what the HDMI format expert has to say about HDMI Cable power here.
Over on the commercial side of the electronics industry, Commercial Integrator posted a story on PPDS and the company’s 2026 ISE Show plans that include AI-ready Philips Signage products.
Go here to read the complete story.
Focusing on the audiophile hobby, FutureAudiophile.com provides an in-depth review on Fender’s collaboration with MoFi on the MoFi X Fender Vintage Turntable Special. To learn more about this $2,995 turntable click this link.
KMB Comm Recaps the Week in National News
A quick tour of the national news cycle finds a couple of stories on LinkedIn. Apple is constantly in the news cycle and this week there is some good and bad news from the tech giant.
Looking at the good news, LinkedIn citing a report from Bloomberg, says that Apple is planning a major upgrade for its iOS27 operating system. As part of the Bloomberg report according to the story, will be a focus on AI technologies.
Check out the post here.
Wrapping up this week’s KMB Comm’s Technology Week in Review look at national news is another LinkedIn post on announcements to keep an out on this week for those interested in the latest economic news.
Here are the news items LinkedIn says to keep an eye on.
Finally, since Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday season, Boston.com did a roundup of holiday TV specials. The Boston-based site, which is part of the Boston Globe runs down classics such as “Frosty the Snowman,” “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” and “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
The full post on Boston.com can be found here. For those wondering, the 1974 classic, “The Year Without a Santa Claus,” it has already run on TNT, but it is available for rental and purchase on services such as Amazon Prime.
Happy Thanksgiving from KMB Communications.
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