LAS VEGAS — Someday physical set-top boxes will become things of the past. You’ll get cable and satellite TV through apps and your DVR recordings will be stored in the cloud. That’s not going to happen tomorrow, but Dish has announced that you can now watch its service on LG Smart TVs by simply launching …

LAS VEGAS — Here’s a case that many mobile business owners may be interested in adding to their iPhone 5/5S: Griffin’s Merchant case, the “first protective case optimized for a Square Reader.” The 19.99 Merchant Case + Square Reader is due to ship in the next two weeks and works with Square Register, the free point of sale app that …

Editors’ note: This post was updated December, 2013, with two new products from Lifeproof and Seido. iPhone owners have always had a variety of cases and covers to choose from, but the Samsung Galaxy S3 and S4 are among the few ultrapopular Android smartphones that have spurred cottage industries of cases and covers. In boiling down the best of what’s …

The iPad Mini with Retina Display may look a lot like the original iPad Mini, but it’s a tad thicker and has a second microphone on the back that none of the leaked specs revealed. The result of those small design differences is that many of the existing iPad Mini cases don’t fit the Retina version, and case makers have …

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When Apple releases new iPhones and iPads, it typically keeps around a previous generous product. In the case of the recent iPhone launch, while Apple retired the iPhone 5 in favor of the 5C, the iPhone 4S stuck around in an 8GB version that’s billed as a “free” iPhone with a two-year contract. That seems reasonable enough, though it’s a …

After months of rumors and leaked parts photos, Apple’s new iPads finally made their official debut — but once again Apple didn’t bring many surprises to its latest launch event. Related stories: New announcements from Apple (pictures) Apple announces new, faster MacBook Pros with Haswell chips, Thunderbolt 2, starting at $1,299 Mac Pro available by end of year, starting at …

Now playing: Watch this: Bose takes on Sonos with SoundTouch, new multiroom wireless… 3:12 Over the years, Sonos, once a fledgling startup, has grown up to dominate the DIY multiroom wireless audio space. Now it has some serious competition. Bose has officially unveiled a new line of Wi-Fi speakers under its new SoundTouch brand, which features simple setup and operation, …

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos isn’t comfortable being described as the next Steve Jobs. “That is a very complimentary thing to say,” he responds humbly, “but it’s not how I think about it — that way. I think we have our own approaches and vision. Nobody would ever be the next Steve Jobs. He was a unique guy, and, you know …

NAK Studio’s concept art for the iPhone 6 (click to enlarge). Antoine Brieux of NAK Studio The drama — or some might argue, the lack thereof — is over. The iPhone 5S and 5C have officially arrived, which means it’s once again time to look ahead to the next iPhone. I know. Some of you may be getting bored of …