AppleMagazine
DC FILES ANTITRUST CASE VS AMAZON OVER TREATMENT OF VENDORS
The suit seeks to end Amazon’s use of the allegedly illegal price agreements as well as unspecified damages and penalties.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
FORD CEO SAYS US NEEDS TO REGULATE AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS
The CEO of America’s second-largest auto company is calling for the federal government to set standards for fully or partially automated vehicles to tighten the safety of electronic driving systems.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
A NEW REASON TO SWIPE RIGHT? DATING APPS ADDING VAX BADGES
The White House is pushing a new reason to swipe right: vaccination badges and “super swipes” for people who’ve gotten their coronavirus shots.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #500
Stereophile
NAD C 298
POWER AMPLIFIER
10+ min |
June 2021
Stereophile
ELAC Alchemy DPA-2
POWER AMPLIFIER
10+ min |
June 2021
Sound & Vision
TV TRENDS OF CES 2021
THE ANNUAL CES trade show put on by the Consumer Technology Association was an “all-digital” event for 2021. On the plus side, that allowed us to report on the show from the comfort of our homes dressed in hoodies and sweatpants instead of suits.
6 min |
April - May 2021
Sound & Vision
Mini-LED Made Affordable
IN LATE 2019, TCL flew me to the company’s U.S. offices in California to spend an afternoon with its new flagship, the 75Q825 8-Series Roku LCD Ultra HDTV, a 75-inch 4K model.
10+ min |
April - May 2021
Sound & Vision
Monolith by Monoprice M-TWE True Wireless Earbuds
Noise Cancellation Customized Monoprice is an affordable direct-to-consumer brand, and its Monolith product line features sophisticated A/V gear including speakers, amps, surround sound processors, and now the new Monolith M-TWE earbuds.
4 min |
April - May 2021
Sound & Vision
The End of Analog
Q Over the years, I’ve discovered that sound and vision are two distinct camps in the home theater realm, and it’s best to keep them separated due to constantly changing video formats.
4 min |
April - May 2021
Sound & Vision
HEADPHONES AT CES 2021
Once upon a time, CES was a huge show for audio but those days are long gone and showed no signs of returning in the virtual world that was CES 2021, with one possible exception: wireless headphones, a category that has made incredible strides in just the past year or so.
5 min |
April - May 2021
Sound & Vision
Control Central
ANY NEW surround sound processor circa-2021 is bound to have a heap of demands placed upon it. Along with support for the latest immersive audio formats—Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, etc.—there’s music streaming, Auto EQ/room correction, and HDMI video switching of the latest 4K/ high dynamic range video formats.
10 min |
April - May 2021
Sound & Vision
How Napoleon Bonaparte Invented the Compact Disc
You can admit it. You are intrigued. Of course, it can’t be true. But is it purely nonsensical? Is it a “pigs can fly” kind of declaration? Or is there someway, somehow, a grain of truth in it? And if that’s the case, how on earth could you conceivably connect the dots between the Little Corporal and the Compact Disc?
3 min |
April - May 2021
Sound & Vision
Bass is the Place
AS SOMEONE who appreciates the benefit deep bass brings to music and movie soundtracks, I’ve come to accept that having a box the size of a small refrigerator in my living room is a reality of life I need to contend with.
5 min |
April - May 2021
Sound & Vision
Evolution of the App
The introduction of the iPhone in 2007—or, more specifically, Apple opening its App Store to third-party developers in 2008—turned out to be one of the most consequential developments ever to hit the home automation market.
4 min |
April - May 2021
Sound & Vision
Got Livestream If You Want It
A year into the pandemic, the improved quality of livestream concerts is helping to bridge the gap between artists and their socially distanced fans.
4 min |
April - May 2021
Sound & Vision
A Mighty Mini
Mankind has steadily sought to produce more and deeper bass from smaller and smaller enclosures ever since the first Neolithic audiophile blew through a conch shell and thought, “Damn, I wish this thing went lower, louder!”
9 min |
April - May 2021
Mac Life
TRUE WIRELESS NOISE–CANCELLING HEADPHONES
Upgrade your iPhone, iPad, or Mac audio and rid your surroundings of unwanted noise
8 min |
June 2021
Mac Life
Razer Kiyo Pro
A flawed gem of a camera for Mac users
2 min |
June 2021
Mac Life
CRAVE
THE GEAR WE’RE LUSTING AFTER
3 min |
June 2021
Sound & Vision
Bluesound Pulse Sub+ Subwoofer
Out of Sight Sound What’s the one thing lacking in even the best soundbar? If you said “deep, realistic, room-filling, floor-pounding bass,” then you are absolutely correct.
4 min |
April - May 2021
Mac Life
iPad Pro
Next–gen arrives with M1, Liquid Retina XDR, 5G, and Thunderbolt
2 min |
June 2021
Mac Life
Podcasts revamped
APPLE HAS UNVEILED a redesigned Podcasts app, podcast channels, and Apple Podcasts Subscriptions, a global marketplace for listeners to discover premium subscriptions offered by their favorite creators alongside the millions of free shows available.
1 min |
June 2021
Mac Life
Apple TV 4K
Now with 60fps HDR and all–new remote
1 min |
June 2021
Mac Life
AirTag
Use Find My to track stuff and find lost items
2 min |
June 2021
Techlife News
SPOTIFY CO-OWNER EK SAYS KROENKES REJECT BID TO BUY ARSENAL
Spotify co-owner Daniel Ek says a bid to buy Arsenal has been rejected by the Kroenke family which owns the London-based Premier League club.
1 min |
Techlife News #499
Techlife News
TALKING TO THE MOON: EUROPE PITCHES LUNAR SATELLITES PLAN
The European Space Agency presented a vision to put satellites in orbit around the moon that would facilitate future missions to Earth’s closest neighbor.
1 min |
Techlife News #499
Techlife News
REPORT: MICROSOFT INVESTIGATED GATES BEFORE HE LEFT BOARD
Board members at Microsoft Corp. made a decision in 2020 that it wasn’t appropriate for its co-founder Bill Gates to continue sitting on its board as they investigated the billionaire’s prior romantic relationship with a female Microsoft employee that was deemed inappropriate, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
1 min |
Techlife News #499
Techlife News
FOUNDER OF TIKTOK'S CHINESE OWNER STEPPING DOWN AS CEO
The founder of TikTok’s Chinese owner said Thursday he will give up his job as CEO to focus on longer-term initiatives, a step that comes amid uncertainty over whether the Biden administration will force the sale of the popular short video service’s U.S. arm.
1 min |
Techlife News #499
Techlife News
RUSSIA WON'T BLOCK TWITTER, BUT PARTIAL SLOWDOWN TO CONTINUE
Russian authorities backed away from threats to block Twitter, saying that the social media platform deleted most of the banned content identified by Moscow and expressed “readiness and interest in building a constructive dialogue.”
3 min |
Techlife News #499
Techlife News
STELLANTIS, FOXCONN TEAM UP TO MAKE CARS MORE CONNECTED
Carmaker Stellantis and Taiwan’s Foxconn announced plans to develop a jointly operated automotive supplier focusing on technology to make vehicles more connected, including artificial intelligence-based applications and 5-G communications.
1 min |