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 …

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 …