Hardware

One of Amazon’s most popular Bluetooth speakers is on sale for just $20

Few electronic products on Amazon can touch the popularity of the Oontz Angle 3 portable Bluetooth speaker, as it maintains a rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars even after a staggering 28,207 user reviews. That’s phenomenal. Equally phenomenal is … Continue reading

iOS 12: Apple makes sixth beta release available to developers

Updated 08/06/18: Beta 6 is now available for developers. We expect the public release to follow in a day or so.  Apple both sets trends and chases them, and iOS 12, unveiled Monday at the WWDC keynote, is no exception. … Continue reading

Apple removes Alex Jones and Infowars podcasts from iTunes and Podcast apps

Apple has completely removed five of the six podcasts run by Alex Jones and Infowars from iTunes and the Podcast app, including The Alex Jones Show and War Room. The only remaining podcast from Jones’ network is RealNews with David … Continue reading

These Beats X-style OontZ BudZ 2 Bluetooth earbuds are down to just $18 today

The perfect playlist can add an extra boost to your exercise routine, and right now you can get some workout headphones on the cheap.The OontZ BudZ 2 wireless Bluetooth headphones from Cambridge Soundworks are on sale today for $18Remove non-product … Continue reading

Thrilling trillions: Apple might actually be successful

Apple hit a milestone this week, becoming the first company to top a trillion dollars in market capitalization. How about that? Just for fun, let’s look back at what was the conventional wisdom was, in many of these cases, just … Continue reading

NVMe over Thunderbolt: Killer external storage with caveats

It’s all Apple’s fault. I was perfectly happy with my 2011 27-inch Core i7 iMac and its SATA SSD upgrade when I heard that the company had finally started supporting third-party NVMe as of macOS High Sierra. My iMac (old … Continue reading

3 small-but-important details from Apple’s Q4 2018 financials call

Apple’s quarterly financial calls are usually a time for big numbers: record revenue, billions in income, millions of iPhones sold, etc. But what I always find more interesting are the smaller tidbits that make their way through, like tiny rowboats … Continue reading

In the wake of its IPO, Sonos VP says the company is ‘on a cadence of launching two products per year’

What’s next for Sonos now that the speaker manufacturer and multi-room audio pioneer has gone public? Support for hi-res audio is on the company’s to-do list, and the company could add other advanced features that its older products won’t be … Continue reading

Benchmark DAC3 HGC review: An outstanding all-in-one headphone amp, DAC, and preamp

“Benchmark” describes both the company’s name and the DAC3 HGC’s performance.

How my Apple Watch helped me through another health crisis

Insert Content Here In retrospect, it probably wasn’t very smart of me to make my last article for Macworld about me almost dying. In the ensuing two years, that led some readers to think I did. (Spoiler: Nope.) TL;DR In … Continue reading