Story by Nick Hastings, via our partner site, Digital Trends /   Adventuring can be difficult work, even for those who thrive under the microscope of the earth’s harshest elements. Heck, you could be Bear Grylls himself, and it still wouldn’t stop you from getting bored after a few hours of scavenging leaves and branches to build a depressingly tiny shelter. Luckily, music is a killer cure for boredom. To get your … [Read more...]

Story by Simon Cohen, via our partner site, Digital Trends / For years, Sonos has managed to hold on to the top spot in the wireless home audio space — a category it single-handedly created 16 years ago. During that time, there has been no shortage of competitors. From audio behemoths like Denon, Bose, and Yamaha and the surprising contributions from Amazon, Google, and Apple, many have imitated, but few have duplicated Sonos’ … [Read more...]

Story by Kevin Parrish, via our partner site, Digital Trends / During the 2018 Winter Olympics, Altice USA flooded viewers with commercials advertising its new Altice One, an all-in-one device for Optimum subscribers. Some brief history: Netherlands-based Altice Group purchased Suddenlink in December 2015 for $9.1 billion, and Cablevision in June 2016 for $17.7 billion. Altice Group retired the Cablevision brand and renamed the newly … [Read more...]

Story by Parker Hall, via our partner site, Digital Trends / Acclaimed speaker manufacturer Bang & Olufsen has announced a new partnership with Swiss digital audio company HiFiBerry that will allow DIY audio enthusiasts to easily transform their vintage B&O speakers into wireless audio workhorses. Called the Beocreate program, the new open source project features a custom digital signal processing (DSP) board that works … [Read more...]