Bose is scheduled to hold an event in New York today to show off some new products. I won’t be there because I’m out of town, but I was in the Venice airport today (on my way back to New York) and spotted a couple of new Bose products in the Bose store and decided …

I tested an early sample of the orange EarSkinz 2s. Sarah Tew/CNET Some people love Apple’s EarPods and some people aren’t so fond of them. If you’re in the latter group, it’s probably because Apple’s retooled earbuds have a tendency to slip out of your ears while you’re doing something as mundane as walking around. That’s where products like the …

We review a lot of wireless Bluetooth keyboards and keyboard cases for iPads and other tablets, but we’ve yet to review a wired keyboard for the iPad. It comes as little surprise then that Logitech, which makes plenty of Bluetooth keyboards, has unveiled the Wired Keyboard for iPad, which it dubs “the first iPad keyboard made specially for the classroom …

If you can’t beat ’em, buy ’em. OtterBox, which struggled for months to bring a waterproof iPhone case to market, has acquired rival LifeProof, which makes one of the best — and best-selling — tough iPhone cases. Colorado-based OtterBox has been a leading case manufacturer for a variety of smartphones and tablets and has quickly grown to employ 650 people …

Now playing: Watch this: Barnes & Noble adds Google Play to its tablets 1:23 Bowing to market pressures and customer demand for access to the full breadth of Android apps, Barnes & Noble has made the bold move of adding the Google Play store to its two latest tablets, the Nook HD and Nook HD+. The free software update, which …

The dedicated e-reader market, hurt by the rise of the tablet and large-screen smartphones, is widely regarded as being on the downswing. But that hasn’t stopped Kobo from announcing the limited-edition $169.99 Kobo Aura HD, a “premium” e-reader with a 6.8-inch screen that the company says is the highest-resolution display available in an e-reader today. The specs list the resolution …

While Apple is rumored to be just a few months away from releasing a new iPhone — or iPhones, depending on what you believe — accessory makers are still busy releasing new cases for Apple’s existing products. Speck reps stopped by our offices in New York to show off some of their new products, which also included iPod Touch cases …

In the past, Jawbone has provided firmware updates for its Jambox mini portable Bluetooth speaker to improve performance and add new features. Now its larger wireless speaker, the Big Jambox, gets its own 2.0 software update today. The 2.0 update is a free download that’s available on Jawbone’s MyTalk platform (you have to register and install software on your computer …

Over the last few months, Barnes & Noble has been running a number of special deals on the Nook HD+, the larger of its two tablets, including a free credit of $50 to spend on Nook content. But now the company is taking things a step further by throwing in a free Nook Simple Touch E Ink e-reader — usually …

For those of you who’ve had your eye on the Sonos subwoofer — or Sub, as it’s officially called — but have held back on purchasing due to its rather hefty $699 price tag, take note that Sonos has begun offering a matte-black version of the same speaker for $100 less, or $599. When releasing the swanky-looking, glossy black version …