There’s a chance your next mobile game could offer up an Amazon prize, starting right now. Much like HQ Trivia’s daily money giveaways, Amazon’s newly-announced GameOn service looks to enable prizes and knit that into cross-platform competitions. Except, in GameOn’s case, Amazon is designing it to work on consoles, PCs and mobile at once. Announced …
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Shure’s $3,000 KSE1500 headphones make for an ear
The Shure KSE1500 is like no other headphone in my experience, they sound like a clear portal back to the recording session, there’s no better way to put it. Play familiar recordings and they sound a few steps closer to what the microphones “heard” at the session. When you return to other high-end in-ear headphones, the sound is cloudier, more …
Read More »Apple HomePod vs. two Sonos Ones: Sound quality face
The smart speaker competition is getting fierce. Voice-powered digital assistants — Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple’s Siri — appear in more standalone audio products every day, from tiny Dots and Minis to more expensive Echos, Homes and Maxes. For people willing to pay extra for better sound quality, though, only a handful are worth considering. Two of the most …
Read More »Spotify takes on Siri and Alexa with experimental voice assistant
Streaming service Spotify is testing its own voice assistant, which could give navigating its app a significant speed boost. The feature, spotted first by Twitter user Hunter Owens, is available to some users through its iOS app and can be found inside the search bar. It appears to allow users to skip tapping and typing in order to find and …
Read More »Google changes Android Wear name to Wear OS
It’s a real name-changer. Google announced Thursday that it’s got a new name fo Android Wear, its software that powers a wide-ranging lineup of wearables like smartwatches. From here on out, you’ll know it as Wear OS, and reminder, it’s not connected to Google’s mobile operating system. A big part of the reason for the change: One-third of new Android …
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Now playing: Watch this: Trump blocks Broadcom-Qualcomm merger 1:24 What would have been technology’s biggest merger is no more. Broadcom, which makes chips for everything from TV set-top boxes to servers, said Wednesday it has withdrawn its $117 billion bid to acquire Qualcomm, the world’s largest maker of chips for smartphones. The move comes two days after US President Donald …
Read More »Microsoft Store takes up to 31.4 percent off PC prices for Pi day
To celebrate Pi day, March 14 (3/14), Microsoft has slashed prices by up to 31.4 percent on dozens of laptops, gaming desktops and two-in-ones available through its online store. This is the fourth year Microsoft has celebrated the mathematical constant of pi with a sale, according to The Verge. The price cuts include PCs from Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Asus, Acer …
Read More »Add 64GB to your Android phone for $15.99
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Read More »Walmart goes big into online grocery delivery, challenging Amazon
Walmart is making a major push into online grocery delivery. After testing out grocery delivery over the past two years in six US markets, the largest retailer in the world said Wednesday it will bring the service to more than 100 metro areas in the US over the coming months. With all those new cities, the service will eventually reach …
Read More »AmazonBasics battery packs recalled due to fire risk
Amazon is recalling about 260,000 AmazonBasics portable power banks due to a danger of fire and chemical burns, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commision. Amazon had received “53 reports of the power banks overheating in the U.S., including one report of chemical burns due to contact with battery acid and four reports of property damage, including fire and smoke …
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