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Well, we might have just found the grandaddy of all audiophile music apps, perfect for the most important music snob in your life: you. Of course, if you care about sound quality, you already have nice headphones. Canopener for iOS ($4), is about what happens right before the sound leaves your iPhone, but before it Continue Reading →

Microsoft is launching a beta version of Project Spark on Tuesday, its game-maker project for Windows 8.1, Xbox 360, and the new Xbox One console. Project Spark is essentially a tool to allow developers, enthusiasts, and gamers to build a game within a game. Players can build custom worlds, characters, and animations from an Xbox Continue Reading →

Following record online sales results for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, Cyber Monday record numbers are in: $2.29 billion in online sales, up 16 percent year-over-year. Furthermore, a record 18.3 percent of sales came from mobile devices, an increase of 80 percent year-over-year. The new figures come from Adobe’s Digital Index 2013 online shopping data, which Continue Reading →

Amazon made headlines Sunday night when it announced it was working on small drones that could someday deliver customers packages in half an hour or less. But the e-commerce giant isn’t the only company researching how to harness the potential of small unmanned aircraft: The Verge has learned that the world’s largest parcel service, UPS, Continue Reading →

A quick update on the state of PlayStation 4 sales, since everyone’s watching this closely, and the numbers keep rising at record rates: After I broke down a questionable demographic report on Black Friday console sales in the U.S. yesterday morning, Sony released updated sales figures for the PS4 worldwide. The new figure: 2.1 million Continue Reading →

Microsoft on Monday flipped the switch on Student Advantage, a program, announced in October, that extends the availability of Office to students of educational institutions that pay for Office 365 for their staff and faculty. According to Microsoft, 35,000 educational institutions are eligible for Student Advantage, which provides access to the ProPlus SKU of Office Continue Reading →

PayPal has announced a new section dedicated to online gift card purchases. The “Digital Gifts” store has opened with what PayPal describes as a “marquee merchant”, namely iTunes. Although buying iTunes gift cards with PayPal has been possible for a long time thanks to eBay, this is the first time PayPal is selling the cards Continue Reading →

Volvo is to introduce 100 driverless cars on to public roads as part of the world’s first large-scale autonomous driving pilot. The cars will drive in normal, everyday road conditions, surrounded by pedestrians and other traffic, and will even be able to self-park, as the Swedish car-maker (which is now under Chinese ownership) attempts to Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer chats with Teresa Priolo and Ben Simmoneau on Fox 5’s Good Day Wake Up about 4K TVs and buying an HDTV. Continue Reading →

Time Warner Cable (TWC) is experimenting with cheaper bundles to keep people from cancelling cable: The pay TV provider just introduced a Starter TV with HBO bundle that includes access to 20 channels, including local broadcasters in HD, as well as HBO and HBO Go, for $30 a month (hat tip to Lightreading). TWC is Continue Reading →