The best picture quality we’ve ever tested now costs less than ever, but it still ain’t cheap. In anticipation of the Black Friday TV buying frenzy, the two OLED-based TVs in LG’s B6 series have fallen to their lowest prices of the year. Starting Sunday, November 20, and running through Cyber Monday, November 28, the …
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19 November
This very special amplifier dazzled the Audiophiliac
I’ve always loved listening to music, on the teensy transistor radios I had as a kid, and later with the audio gear I’ve owned over the years. I learned that with the best gear musical pleasures run deeper. When that happens you want to listen more, you’re more engaged, so it’s harder to stop listening and do something else. Enlarge …
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19 November
Metallica and Miranda Lambert release new albums as double discs
New exclusives Tidal livestreamed an Emilie Sande concert in London, released another music video from Bon Jovi’s latest album, a single from Brazilian pop star Claudia Leitte and an excerpt from a book about influential Iggy Pop-fronted punk band The Stooges. Apple Music will exclusively host “808,” a documentary on the evolution and influence of the iconic 808 drum machine. …
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19 November
Snapchat Spectacles might be destroyed by glassholes, just like Google Glass
You can’t buy Snapchat’s Spectacles for $130. Even if that’s what it says on each and every receipt. The real price is anywhere between $750 and $2,000 — because that’s how much you’ll pay scalpers on eBay or Craigslist. Or the price is hours and hours of your time: time to wait, and watch, and drive, and hours to stand …
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18 November
Apple will fix iPhones with ‘touch disease’…for $149
Apple has a cure for iPhone 6 Plus devices with so-called touch disease, but it’ll cost you. On Thursday the tech giant launched a new repair program for the iPhone 6 Plus. Some iPhone 6 Plus devices may “exhibit display flickering or Multi-Touch issues after being dropped multiple times on a hard surface,” reads a support page. Apple will repair …
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18 November
3 ways to install apps from unidentified developers on MacOS
Now playing: Watch this: Five tips to speed up your Mac 2:17 MacOS Sierra changed the way your Mac handles applications from unidentified developers. It’s now stricter with installing such apps than previous versions of OS X, but there are ways to get around Sierra’s roadblocks. Because sometimes you need to install an app that Apple can’t identify but that …
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18 November
How to set up Touch ID on the MacBook Pro
Now playing: Watch this: Is the New MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar revolutionary? 21:32 Apple‘s fingerprint tech, Touch ID, is no longer limited to its iOS devices. The new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar features a Touch ID reader embedded in the power button, just above the Delete key. Using Touch ID, you can do things like approve Apple Pay purchases, …
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18 November
Signal encryption app sees 400 percent boost after election
Signal is getting a strong signal of its popularity. The encrypted messaging app, made by Open Whisper Systems, has seen a 400 percent increase in installations since last week’s presidential election, co-founder Moxie Marlinspike told American Public Radio’s Marketplace program. Marlinspike didn’t specify how many users the messaging app had, but said “millions of people” used it before the November …
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18 November
Get Amazon Prime for $79, today only
Forget about waiting for Black Friday or Cyber Monday; Amazon’s got a good deal for today, and today only. You can subscribe to its popular Prime service for $79, $20 off its normal $99, until 11:59 p.m. PT today. For Amazon UK, that’s £59, a £20 discount off the normal £79 price, until 11:59 p.m. UK time tonight. At the …
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18 November
Here are all the JBL and AKG Black Friday headphone deals
Now playing: Watch this: AKG N60 NC: Top active noise-canceling headphones 1:58 If you’re looking for a deal on JBL or AKG headphones, here’s a list of products that are on sale starting on Black Friday (they go through Cyber Monday). AKG N60 NC, $149.95 (originally $249.95): I’m a fan of the AKG N60 NC, one of the best sounding …
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