In most homes, the kitchen is king. It’s the place where people congregate, where food and drink are stored and prepared, where notes are left for family members. Triby, a new product from French tech company Invoxia, wants a place in your kitchen. It’s a speaker, speakerphone and message center designed to mount on a …

When it came time for Caleb Gonsalves to buy a new iPhone earlier this year, he didn’t run to the nearest Apple store. Instead, he headed to the website of reseller Gazelle to search for a used iPhone 6, saving himself money and the pain of waiting another year for his wireless contract to end. “The idea I could just …

Roku has added another string to its streaming bow, with a new Amazon app for its set-top boxes in the UK. US-based Roku sells streaming set-top boxes — such as the £60 Roku 2 , which let you funnel TV shows and movies into your TV, through an Internet connection. A Roku box gets you access to programming from all …

Most Apple customers feel pretty good about the products in Apple’s online store. They generally rate them pretty highly — most products have ratings between 3 and 4.5 stars out of 5. But a couple of products stand out for their negative reviews. Both of them are Apple accessories and both have an average score of 1.5 stars out of …

You might be able to get Samsung’s next Galaxy S smartphone for less. The company could price the Galaxy S7 around 10 percent lower than its Galaxy S6, according to China-based analyst Pan Jiutang as reported Monday by the Times of India. That wouldn’t be unprecedented thinking for Samsung. In July, the South Korea-based electronics giant said it would adjust …

Apple’s new iPad Pro finally has an official launch date. The tablet will go on sale Wednesday on Apple’s website and will hit the shelves at Apple stores, authorized retailers and some wireless carriers later in the week in more than 40 countries, Apple said Monday. Unveiled by Apple in early September, the iPad Pro sports a 12.9-inch screen, a …

If you slept and missed out on last week’s discounted Kindle models, Amazon just threw out a consolation prize: for a limited time, customers with an Amazon Prime account can pick up a 6-inch Kindle with Wi-Fi for $60. Related Black Friday coverage Best Buy tempts buyers with Black Friday deals Here’s what Amazon has in store for Black Friday …

Android Wear watches are getting a high-fashion upgrade. But as for the tech… not so much. In this CNET Update, take a look at TAG Heuer Connected , the first luxury smartwatch that runs Android. It comes at a luxurious price, but you’re paying for the name and look of a TAG Heuer watch: Now playing: Watch this: TAG Heuer’s …

Telstra says it has pushed “beyond the 4G barrier” after achieving 1Gbps speeds during a successful end-to-end trial on its commercial mobile network. The telco achieved the impressive speeds by aggregating different spectrum bands on its network. Telstra used 100Mhz of spectrum across five different 4G channels to carry the mobile signal, a technology known as carrier aggregation. Carrier aggregation …

Opera has plans to become more than just a Web browser. A new partnership with 14 electronics brands, including Samsung and Xiaomi, is one of the Norwegian company’s biggest expansion moves yet. The partnership will see Opera’s data management app, Opera Max, be pre-installed on smartphones from different brands. The company expects that by 2017, over 100 million handsets will …

You have to watch the latest music video featuring a song from indie rock band Walk the Moon. But you don’t necessarily need to listen. AT&T and the Deaf Professional Arts Network worked with American Music Award-nominated Walk the Moon to create a special music video for the band’s latest song, “Different Colors.” It features performers dancing and rhythmically signing …

Schiit is best known for its headphone amps and digital converters; Ragnarok is its first stereo integrated amplifier for speakers and headphones. It’s a purist, sound-quality-first design, and stands head and shoulders above run of the mill integrated amps that come stuffed with as many features as possible. The minimalist Ragnarok keeps it dead simple: There are five pairs of …

Your mobile phone broadcasts a medley of sounds. It rings, it buzzes and it beeps to signal incoming calls, text messages and app alerts. As the more than 100 mobile apps dedicated to customizing and downloading ringtones indicate, how a handset sounds is still important to users. But the complex labor that goes into making default tones often goes unnoticed. …

Put simply: High-end audio is always expensive, audiophile gear isn’t. For example, the recently introduced ELAC Debut B5 speaker that sells for a mere $230 (£250) per pair is an outstanding audiophile speaker, but it will never, ever be mistaken for a high-end speaker. The Magnepan 3.7i flat-panel speaker is an audiophile speaker that’s also a bona-fide high-end speaker, it …

Ember Technologies is touting its upcoming Ember as “the world’s most advanced mug.” The mug, which is scheduled to ship next April, is being sold on crowdfunding site Indiegogo for $130, which is a $20 price break from its expected $150 retail price. Sounds like a lot of money for a mug that keeps your coffee warm, but the company …