When Bob Maresca, the president of Bose since 2005, assumed the CEO position after company founder Amar Bose died in 2013, the company never sent out a press release to announce his promotion. And it isn’t going to send one out to announce that Maresca is stepping down as CEO on Dec. 31, when he …
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In case anybody forgot, Barnes & Noble is still in the e-reading game, and has announced a new e-reader — the Nook GlowLight 3 ($120) — just ahead of the holiday buying season. It’s available for preorder now and ships on Nov. 8. Last year Barnes & Noble released the Nook GlowLight Plus, a fully waterproof model. The Nook GlowLight …
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V-Moda makes some really solid headphones — both in terms of build and sound quality — and it’s running a sale on its first-generation Crossfade Wireless over-ear Bluetooth headphone. It lists for $300 but you can pick it up for $180 or £180 on Amazon for a limited time, or directly from V-Moda. (V-Moda does ship internationally and $180 converts …
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When phones started becoming waterproof, LifeProof lost a little bit of its raison d’être. After all, one of the main selling points of its cases was that they allowed your phone to take a dip. Now the company is shifting gears a bit and focusing instead on making slimmer, more attractive cases that offer good drop protection. Case in point: …
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Someday we may see a future similar to the one depicted in the movie “Her” in which people wear “hearable” devices that truly contain an in-ear computing platform with an advanced AI presence. Alas, Doppler Labs won’t be the company to do it: The upstart headphone company announced today that was ceasing operations. This morning a few of us here …
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#article-body > div.article-main-body > div > figure:nth-child(1) {display:none;} #article-body > div.col-7.article-main-body.row > figure:nth-child(1) {display:none;} The Good: The new Kindle Oasis maintains its slim design while adding a sturdier aluminum back and a larger 7-inch, high-resolution E Ink screen. It’s fully waterproof (can be submerged) and can play your Audible audiobooks to Bluetooth headphones or speakers. Integrated light is brighter at …
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Black Friday in October? Not quite, but Best Buy is serving up some pretty nice discounts on Apple products in its “Apple Shopping Event” this week. Here are some of the highlighted deals: Save $200 on MacBook Air, $250 on select MacBook Pros Save up to $150 on iPad Pro 10.5-inch Watch S2 38mm ($229) & 42mm ($259) Beats Studio2 …
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Amazon regularly updates its Kindle e-reading app for iOS and Android devices, but now it’s rolled out a major redesign that gives the social-reading platform Goodreads, acquired by Amazon in 2013, a much bigger role. Initially anyway, only iOS users will get the new Goodreads features, but Amazon says they’ll be coming to the Android app in the future. Enlarge …
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Like Apple’s iPhone, Amazon’s Kindle turns 10 this year. And to mark that 10th anniversary, Amazon is releasing the best Kindle yet, the “all-new” Kindle Oasis. The first fully waterproof Kindle, it features a larger 7-inch E Ink display, a very slim design and an aluminum back. It also marks the return of Audible audiobook support to the Kindle platform. …
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Everybody else is doing a headphone, so why not Google? The Pixel Buds, the company’s new $159 (£159, AU$229) in-ear headphones, will be available in November in color options that match the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones. More from Google’s event Google Pixel 2, XL take on iPhone X with squeezable sides Google announces Pixelbook Chromebook Google Home …
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