Jerry Harvey pioneered high-performance, custom molded in-ear headphones 20 years ago. They were initially designed for musicians as in-ear stage monitors, and Harvey amassed a huge base of musician customers such as Alicia Keys, Bruno Mars, Linkin Park, the Rolling Stones, Van Halen and many more. Jerry Harvey and his company, JH Audio, continues to …

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang holds out the Tegra X1, which he claims is the world’s first mobile “superchip.” James Martin/CNET Nvidia posted another quarter of better-than-expected results on Wednesday, as gamers hungry for sharper visuals drove up demand for its computer graphics chips. However, the company’s Tegra mobile-chip business reported a drop in revenue, due in part to the chip …

Teach us how to use this new power, master… Screenshot by James Martin/CNET A new class of elites has just been created on the Internet. You see, in this world, there are those who hold the power and the information in their hands (or in the memory cache of their laptops in this case) and those who do not. I’m …

DJI’s Spreading Wings S900 drone has a camera mount, but an alliance with camera makers could make it easier to take high-quality aerial photos. DJI Attention photographers: mainstream drone products with high-end cameras appear to be readying for takeoff. That’s because DJI, maker of the popular Phantom series of camera-toting drones, has joined Olympus and Panasonic in the Micro Four …

Will Samsung’s Galaxy S6 try to top the Galaxy Edge by offering a three-sided display? Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung may offer a Galaxy S6 with a display that you can view from three sides — the front, left and right. The mobile phone maker plans to unveil two versions of its next Galaxy S phone — one with the standard front-facing …

Rhapsody continues to gain, but it’s in a crowded streaming field. James Martin/CNET Rhapsody is on a roll. The company, which helped pioneer the model for subscription streaming music, said Wednesday it reached more than 2.5 million paid subscribers worldwide, with user rolls growing by about 60 percent from a year ago. This comes after Rhapsody said in July it …

The VR for G3 uses LG’s G3 smartphone as a virtual reality display. LG LG is working with Google to bring its own virtual reality experience to Australia — known as the VR for G3 — and G3 smartphone users will be able to test it out as soon as March. The plastic headset holds the G3 smartphone, transforming the …

Motorola’s Moto 360 was the best-selling Android Wear device of 2014, but Google’s OS has a ways to go to catch up with competitors. Sarah Tew/CNET The first figures are in for devices running Google’s Android Wear operating system — and they’re lagging behind the wearable market’s less flashy and feature-packed gadgets by a wide margin. Google’s OS for smartwatches …

Google Android 5.0 Lollipop graces multiple smartphones this week. Google It’s a busy week on the Android update front in the US, with three flagship models seeing the rollout of 5.0 Lollipop. Related Links Android 5.0 Lollipop a ‘go’ on Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5s Lollipop nibbles off 1.6 percent of Android devices HTC One M7, M8 owners, you’ll have to …

Finally, a mobile charger with an AC outlet! ChargeAll Regular Cheapskate readers (or “cheeps,” as I affectionately refer to them) know that mobile chargers come in all shapes and sizes, and sell for pretty close to peanuts these days. Ah. But the vast majority of them can charge only small devices: phones, maybe a Kindle. A smattering have enough juice …