When you want answers fast, chances are you think of Google: What’s the name of Prince’s third album? How tall is the Empire State Building? How long is a flight from San Francisco to New Orleans? That seemingly infinite breadth of knowledge made Google one of the most powerful companies on the planet. Now, the …
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Call it Apple hearts U2, part two. The gadget giant is expanding its partnership with Red, an HIV/AIDS advocacy organization founded by U2 singer Bono. “Of course corporations should have values, because people should have values,” CEO Tim Cook said in an interview with USA Today. “And corporations are just a bunch of people.” Starting Wednesday, a day ahead of …
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“Everyone told me I was crazy.” This is a pretty standard line from entrepreneurs and founders in the tech industry. But when Judd Armstrong, founder of wireless headphone company Jaybird, says it I believe him more than most. He’s Australian, from the Gold Coast, and has a casual, no nonsense attitude that frames him as not being too worried about …
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This is part of CNET’s “Tech Enabled” series about the role technology plays in helping the disability community. David Grissam was worried he’d have to quit his job. Grissam had steadily been losing his hearing, which was a serious problem for the 911 dispatcher based in Norman, Oklahoma. It had gotten to the point where normal hearing aids didn’t work …
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Google just ratcheted up the pressure on Apple. For starters on Tuesday, it debuted products Apple lacks — the Daydream virtual-reality headset, the Google Home digital assistant-powered speaker, the Chromecast Ultra streamer that can pipe 4K video to your TV. On top of that is a broader competitive threat. Google designed its new devices on its own, reflecting an evolution …
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I’m about to tell you something you probably already know: Smartwatches aren’t a perfected thing yet. I’ve been wearing the Apple Watch Series 2 for a couple of weeks, now. The new hardware combined with improved WatchOS 3 software are a winning combination. It’s faster, now. It’s a better fitness tracker. It’s swimproof and has GPS. It’s easier to use. …
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Let’s head into the not-too-distant past of Apple advertising, back into the 2000s when silhouetted dancers boogied with their iPod MP3 players against brightly colored backgrounds. Late-night host Conan O’Brien hasn’t forgotten. “Conan” aired a parody commercial that stars Apple’s new AirPod wireless earphones melded with the style of the old iPod ads. Warning: some NSFW language. Related stories Earbuds …
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The future is almost now. Augmented-reality and virtual-reality headsets are real things, it’s just a matter of refining the technology. A large volley has just been fired across the bow of the marketplace by Microsoft, which announced the HoloLens, an augmented-reality system that uses goggles to overlay virtual objects and information onto the real world around you. The HoloLens is …
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The original iPod music player debuted 13 years ago, in October 2001. It remained one of Apple’s core product categories over the years, despite declining sales and a world of listeners increasingly more reliant on streaming subscription services. Now, as Apple moves into larger-screen smartphones and wearable devices for our wrists with the unveiling of the iPhone 6 and Apple …
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As an “investment” video sucks. Before you plunk down big bucks on today’s cutting edge video just ponder for a second that what you buy today will be tomorrow’s landfill. Pick up a good set of speakers and they’ll stick around for a long, long time. Anybody who dropped $15K on an early generation plasma display has surely replaced it …
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