Month: May 2014

Analyst Brian White says Apple’s “year of innovation” begins in September; at WWDC in June, expect cloaked clues about all that’s to come. Read the original post by Valerie Richardson

Apple is buying Beats Electronics and the Beats Music streaming service for a total of $3 billion. The acquisition is the largest in Apple’s history and is the largest move by CEO Tim Cook since he took the reigns from Steve Jobs several years ago. “Music is such an […] Read the original post by…

Over Spotify and other music streaming services? Beats Music is actually a really decent music service for those who love music. We reviewed the app and service when it first launched earlier this year and walked away impressed. It’s available on iOS, Android and Windows Phone, but it’s the iOS […] Read the original post…

The Cloudcheck app for Android helps average users troubleshoot wireless and Internet connection problems. An audio counter that gauges Wi-Fi signal strength may be useful; otherwise, this app is light on features. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

Infant Optics delivers a decent, simple baby monitor with the DXR-8. The optical zoom lens is a stand-out feature that adds flexibility. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

The Withings Smart Baby Monitor is an intelligent fusion of baby monitor and webcam. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

The Summer Infant Baby Touch is a hybrid baby monitor and webcam that does neither job all that well. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

Avoid the otherwise attractive Philips Avent SCD603 baby monitor system unless you’re running a Wi-Fi network on the 5GHz band. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

A basic baby monitor like the Motorola MBP36 ought to come at a more basic price. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

While Android was originally heavily inspired from the iPhone, it has since matured a lot, and added many features that are missing from iOS. Here are some of Android’s best features that we’d like to see in iOS 8. Continue reading → Read the original post by Rounak Jain

Newegg offers the refurbished Netgear 802.11n Wireless 4-Port Router, model no. WNR2000-100NAS, for $19.99. This $10 mail-in rebate drops it to $9.99. With free shipping, that’s $8 below our mention of a refurb from two days ago and the lowest total price we could find for a refurbished router by […] Read the original post…

iTunes offers downloads of the Guitar Lessons: Rock Prodigy App for iPhone or iPad for free. That’s a $50 drop and the lowest price we could find. (It’s also the first time it’s been available for free in over two years.) This app teaches you to play a guitar via […] Read the original post…

Popular read it later service Pocket today launched “Pocket Premium”, a new subscription plan to let users take advantage of powerful features like a permanent archive, advanced search and suggested tags. Continue reading → Read the original post by Jason

The National Football League has yet to formally launch its new digital network, NFL Now , but there’s no doubt it will be fully prepared once it does. Read the original post by Engadget

App Annie runs a fantastic iOS, Android, and Windows Phone app analytics system, and they’ve just acquired another major company in that sphere, Distimo. The acquisition puts App Annie at over 240 employees, and comes hot on the heels of a recent $17 million round of investment from IDG and […] Read the original post…