David Carnoy

All of Jabra’s Black Friday and holiday deals rolled up into one post

Jabra’s got a slew of upcoming deals scheduled for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, preholiday and post holiday. Most of the deals will be found at Best Buy, but Amazon is in the mix as well. There’s some pretty steep discounts — up to 50 percent in some cases. Here’s the complete list of Jabra deals, …

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Lifeproof’s iPhone 7 and 7 Plus cases shipping soon (hands

Now that the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are waterproof, there wouldn’t seem to be as strong a need to put them in a waterproof case. But as Lifeproof, now under the OtterBox umbrella, gets set to ship its next-generation of waterproof cases for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, it’s emphasizing its Fre cases’ “360-degree protection,” which includes a …

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The sports headphone market is hot these days and V-Moda, now owned by musical instrument maker Roland, wants in on the action. Its new Forza Series features two wired in-ear models, the Forza ($100) and Forza Metallo ($130), and the Forza Metallo Wireless ($170), a neckband-style Bluetooth model that’s due out in December. The two wired models are available now. …

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No new iMacs, Mac Pro or Mac Mini at Apple’s October Mac event

Rumor had it that the focus of Apple‘s October event would be on its new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, and sure enough it was, with a new, entry-level 13-inch MacBook with standard functions keys thrown in as a bonus. But if you were hoping for news about any other new hardware products, you didn’t get it. Here’s a quick …

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This ‘burnt Note 7’ skin allows iPhone fanboys to taunt Samsung Galaxy fanboys

Thanks to the folks at Uniqfind, you’ll soon be able to make your iPhone look like an exploded Samsung Galaxy Note 7. We’re not sure it’s the best way to spend $25, but we suspect some iPhone fanboys will take some perverse pleasure in needling Samsung fanboys with the makeover. Uniqfind’s marketing the skin — composed of back and front …

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Google October 4 event: Rumored Pixel phones, 4K Chromecast, Google Home and more

Now playing: Watch this: Google debuts Pixel phone with built-in Assistant 4:54 Google was widely expected to introduce a number of new hardware products and its launch event in San Francisco and it did just that. We got the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, a 4K Chromecast Ultra video streamer, a new Google WiFi router, the Daydream View (the company’s …

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Mophie has a new iPhone 7 charging case, but it’s not what you think

Back in May I wrote about Otterbox Universe, a new modular case system that the company billed as a platform for adding accessories to your phone. Now Mophie has launched Hold Force, its own modular case and accessory line for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. The concept is similar in that you buy a base case for your phone …

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Beats won’t have a new Studio Wireless headphone in 2016

With the launch of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, Apple-owned Beats announced four new headphone models: The Solo3 Wireless, an update to its popular on-ear model, the Powerbeats3 Wireless, an update to its wireless sports headphone, the all-new Beats X neckband-style headphone and an entry-level wired headphone, the Ep. Conspicuously missing from the roll out was a new …

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More Apple AirPods competitors are coming

Erato, one of the pioneers of totally wireless earphones, has announced a couple of new, more affordable products: The Muse 5 and Rio 3. Both have been posted to crowdfunding site Indiegogo and will supposedly ship in late November. Early-bird pricing is $70 for the Muse 5 and $60 for the Rio 3, with prices going up to $180 and …

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Spigen’s AirPods Strap is a $10 leash for Apple’s new AirPods wireless earbuds

We were joking around about how some company needed to make a leash accessory for Apple’s new AirPods, which feature two independent wireless earbuds and seem easy to lose — and minutes later one materialized: Spigen’s new $10 AirPods strap is already on sale on Amazon. (No UK or Australian pricing is available yet). Simply put, it puts a wire …

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