Review: Soundfreaq Sound Spot Wireless Bluetooth Speaker

Soundfreaq opted to install one large driver in the SFQ-07. That's a smart choice. Sound is a notch or two better than what you might find on smaller units with two smaller speakers.

Samsung Galaxy S5: 5 Things we know about the next killer Android handset

Would Samsung dare to release a version of the S5 running an OS other than Android?

HTC One 2014 (M8) on Google Play Store, but beware that bezel

Much love. BUT two issues with the HTC One (M8): (1) That insane $699 unlocked price and (2) that wasted bezel space with the HTC logo.

For Apple, innovation means a massive in-house ad agency

Will an in-house ad agency help Apple get its creative mojo back? There's some issues to overcome first, not the least of which is attracting top tier talent.

Pandora top music app on Google Play and iTunes

Beats Music trails when it comes to downloads, but pulls in the money. Meanwhile, where is the Google Play Music app?

New Twist for Apple: Watch requires effort to learn

For the first time in its history, Apple releases a product that's not immediately intuitive. Will consumers be patient enough long-term to fall head over heals for the Apple Watch?
iDeaUSA AtomicX Bluetooth Headphones Review-7500

AtomicX Bluetooth headphones a solid budget choice (Review)

You can spend a fortune on Bluetooth headphones. Or you can gather your senses and grab a pair of AtomicXs for next to nothing. As I discovered in my testing, the performance-price ratio is far above average. Sure, you're probably not going to do a critical listening of, say,...
Silicon Valley Drought

Silicon Valley Fast Talkers: Andreessen vs. Swisher (Podcast)

Want to get up to speed on the latest in Silicon Valley? If you have 60 minutes or so, I highly recommend you take a listen to the most recent "Decode" podcast on Re/code, featuring venture wunderkind and futurist of the here and now Marc Andreessen. The founder of Netscape...
Pebble Time Review

Pebble doubles down on fitness tracking with latest update

Fitbit is still the king of fitness wearables, but Pebble has been slowly, but surely inching its way up the health monitoring food chain. Today, the Palo Alto-based start-up announced an update to its software that helps users get more useful fitness data to their wrists. And hopefully, in...
Pebble Health Tab

Latest Pebble smartwatch update adds Health tab to app

Pebble appears to be doing that most famous of Silicon Valley shifts: the pivot. Not in an entirely new direction, mind you. Pebble still makes low-cost smartwatches (starting from $99 vs. $349 for the Apple Watch). But it's now appearing the Palo Alto-based upstart is shifting its strategy and targeting the fitness tracking...