Despite recent challenges from Google Cast, Samsung and others, Sonos is still the gold standard for multiroom music. And its speakers almost never go on sale. “Almost never” comes this Black Friday, however. The company’s entry-level speaker, the Play:1, normally goes for $200, but Best Buy, Target and Sonos’s own site will have it for …
Read More »
Don’t expect Samsung to rock the boat at Harman. When the Korean giant announced its planned $8 billion acquisition of Harman earlier this week, it was said to be all about the audio conglomerate’s automotive technology. “Approximately 65 percent of Harman’s $7.0 billion of reported sales during the 12 months ended September 30, 2016 are automotive-related,” crowed the press release …
Read More »
CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. I have no special allegiance to any phone carrier; I go wherever I can get the best deal. And it’s starting to look …
Read More »
CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. I don’t know about you, but my brain needs a break. I’m appalled by what this election has revealed about our country, sad …
Read More »
CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Now playing: Watch this: Roku TV 2015: The best smart TV meets the lowest price 2:14 Okay, Black Friday — beat this. For …
Read More »
A MacBook doesn’t need to be open to be useful. Connected to an external display, it can run while it’s closed and act like a Mac Mini. By itself, a MacBook can run when closed with the help of a third-party app. You may want to do this so you can tote your MacBook from meeting to meeting at work …
Read More »
Spotify has announced Spotify Connect is now available in public beta on its speakers enabling users to use the Spotify app to control their music exclusively. Enlarge Image Screenshot Ty Pendlebury/CNET Once Spotify is enabled via the Sonos app, users can stream to any Sonos speaker on the network, as well as create groups of speakers from within Spotify. If …
Read More »
Google is gearing up for the release of the Google Home smart speaker on November 2 with the release of the companion app. Originally called Google Cast, the new Google Home app, released this week, lets you cast content to compatible devices over your network as well as set up multiroom audio groups. While the app looks similar to Google …
Read More »
CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Look at that iPad of yours, just sitting there doing nothing while you slave away at your laptop. What a slacker! Okay, it’s …
Read More »
CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. You know me: cheap everything all the time. But does that mean we have to sacrifice the good stuff? The premium products? Not …
Read More »
