Audio equipment company Bose is set to shut down 119 locations across the globe, including all its stores in the United States. Sacramento’s CBS affiliate reported the news of the store closures on Wednesday. As of 2016, the company had a global workforce of 10,500 workers, according to the Telegram. […]

Spotify is the world’s most popular music streaming service, with over 100 million paying subscribers and over 217 million monthly users. Spotify’s paying users get access to certain functionality that free users do not. One such feature was the ability to stream Spotify music on Amazon’s Alexa-powered Echo devices, Sonos […]

Amazon’s new $US130 Echo Buds with Bose noise-cancelling technology are direct competitors to Apple’s$US160 AirPodswireless earphones. The Echo Buds advertise a five-hour battery life and a charging case that can hold up to 20 hours of charge. They’re also designed to support the three most common voice assistants, including Amazon’s […]

Bose announced on Thursday a new portable Bluetooth smart speaker called the Portable Home Speaker. It has a battery life of up to 12 hours, and can connect to WiFi to play music from Spotify or Apple with AirPlay 2 from a mobile device. The Portable Home Speaker has regular […]

I almost forgot just how good the wireless noise-cancellingNuraphones, from boutique audio company Nura, actually are. I prefer their sound over the new $US400 Bose NC 700 headphones, and they have better noise cancelling, too. With that said, the Nuraphones don’t have the same noise cancelling features that the Bose […]

The new Bose NC 700 wireless noise cancelling headphones have a few improvements over the older QC 35 II, but the biggest reason you should buy the NC 700 is if you take lots of phone calls on your headphones in noisy places. That’s because the majority of improvements don’t […]

Bose created $US200 sunglasses that can play music and answer phone calls, using Bluetooth. The audio sunglasses come in two frames: the Alto, a bigger, more square frame, and the Rondo, a smaller and more round frame. We tried them out to see if they’re worth the price. Visit Business […]

Bose’s new 700 Noise Cancelling Headphones are a new, more premium model compared to the company’s beloved QuietComfort series. They’re comfortable, have the best noise cancelling so far, and great battery life. The biggest improvement over Bose’s previous models is call quality: the Bose 700 cancel out ambient noise not […]

Sony recently released a new pair of wirelessheadphones called the WH-XB900N that are essentially cheaper versions of the company’s “Bose-killer” WH-1000XM3 headphones. The XB900Ns cost $US250, while the 1000XM3s – as well as the Bose QC 35 headphones – typically cost $US350. The XB900Ns sound amazing, and the noise-cancelling is […]

I tried the new $US400 noise-cancelling headphones from Bose that will be released on June 30. My experience was short and not “real world” by any means, but the Bose 700 headphones were impressive. They look and sound fantastic, and the noise cancellation has the potential to be better than […]

Bose’s new 700 noise-cancelling headphones are said to have better noise-cancelling tech than the trusty and iconic QuietComfort 35 headphones. Bose also says it made some major improvements to noise-cancellation during phone calls so that the person you’re speaking with doesn’t hear ambient noise. The new Bose 700headphones cost $US400 […]

Bose’s QC 35 headphones are the stalwart of noise-cancelling headphones. But now is the worst time to buy them because Bose just announced a brand-new line of premium noise-cancelling headphones called the Noise Cancelling Headphone 700. They’re more expensive at $US400 – $US50 more than the trusty QC 35 – […]

Bose announced a new high-end pair of wirelessnoise cancellingheadphones called the Noise Cancelling Headphone 700 on Wednesday. The new 700 headphones come with improved noise-cancelling, as well as better voice pickup for better phone calls in noisy environments. The new headphones are available for pre-order on Wednesday, and go on […]

Some Bluetooth headphones have a feature called “Multipoint” that should be considered more often when looking to buy new wireless headphones – especially if you use them with more than one device. Multipoint lets your Bluetooth headphones connect to two devices at the same time, making it easy to seamlessly […]

Sony’sWH-1000 series of headphones are often said to be comparable to the stalwart of wireless noise-cancelling headphones, the Bose QC35 series. The WH-1000 XM3 headphones are very good, and they do a couple of things better than Bose. But there’s a potential deal-breaker in the Sony headphones for some people: […]

Living in a city can be stressful, particularly because of the noise pollution. I tested out a pair of noise-cancelling headphones to see how they would affect my quality of life. I loved how they helped me relax and felt they were well worth their $US350 cost. Living in New […]

The Embr Wave is a “personal thermostat” – a wearable you strap onto your wrist to help you feel more comfortable indoors. Embr Labs says after three minutes of using the device, you can feel up to five degrees warmer or cooler. I tried the Embr Wave for a few […]