Apple, Microsoft and a handful of other tech companies are making it so you can plug in a braille display much like a mouse or keyboard. The companies have teamed up with the USB Implementers Forum, a nonprofit that promotes adoption of USB tech, to integrate braille into a new USB Human Interface Device (HID) standard (PDF), according …
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I have a family vacation coming up, and I always like to bring a speaker so we can enjoy some tunes while lazing around. Ah, but which speaker? Maybe this one: For a limited time, and while supplies last, the Tribit XSound Go portable Bluetooth speaker is $29.87 when you apply promo code BTS20BLK. It normally sells for $36. Not …
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If you’ve ever dreamed of playing a big AAA gaming title on your phone, now you can. Sort of. Valve’s Steam Link ($160 at Amazon) system originally required a physical box to be plugged into a television and connected to the same network as your gaming computer. You would then use the processing power of your dedicated gaming rig to stream …
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Memorial Day weekend is here, and the unofficial start of summer brings plenty of tech deals. We’ve poked around a bit, sifted through the bargain bin (so to speak) and come up with a few sales worthy of your attention. Huge sale at Best Buy: The electronics superstore has a wide range of discounts on TVs, MacBook laptops, smart home …
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What’s not to love about slimline receivers? They’re so little! So tiny. Come here little cutie!! Look at you! Marantz has been making half-height AV receivers for many years, and the NR1509 and NR1609 are the latest to slip off the production line. The look is familiar, and the features are more or less the same. Now that everyone is …
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Denon’s parent company Sound United has announced it has reached a settlement with Sonos over potential patent infringement by Denon’s HEOS wireless speakers. Sonos sued Denon back in 2014 as it said the HEOS lineup was too similar to Sonos’ own and infringed on at least four of its patents. “Our direction with HEOS is unchanged, and we’ll continue providing …
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Where to begin? The PS Audio Sprout 100 is an update of the original Sprout, which was the first affordable amp from a high-end manufacturer. The first model showed a lot of promise, so what’s been changed? With the new one, there’s a doubling of the amp’s Class D power to 100 watts per channel into hard-to-drive 4 ohm speakers, …
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There’s no better way to put it, the Koss Porta Pro on-ear headphone is beloved, and now with the new Bluetooth version, I have a feeling a lot more people will fall in love with this little ‘phone. The Koss Porta Pro has been around for 34 years with only minor changes. It’s as iconic as a budget priced headphone …
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A patent trial between Apple and Samsung, two of the largest tech companies around, could end up looking like a trial between two of the largest car companies around. On Friday, an eight-person jury began its deliberations at US District Court in San Jose, smack dab in the middle of Silicon Valley and a 10-mile drive to Apple’s headquarters. They …
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V-Moda is having its “Supersonic Spring Sale,” with discounts on headphones and its Remix Bluetooth speaker. The highlight deal is on the Crossfade 2 Wireless, which is one of our favorite Bluetooth headphones. It normally retails from $330, but it’s on sale for $250. The top-end rose gold model, which features AptX support, is also on sale for $250. You …
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