Product Reviews Archives - Digital Music News

Smart Speaker Installations Will Cross 100 Million This Year Alone — and Amazon Music Can’t Wait

July 16, 2018

A new report from Canalys analytics suggests that the number of smart speakers installed in homes across the world could surpass 100 million by the end of 2018. That's a remarkable period of growth, consider... Read More...

Ultimate Ears: Continuing To Refine And Improve Their Offerings

Noah Itman

April 11, 2018

1

Here are the new UE Pro CIEM's. Being used by a pro, probably. I recently had the opportunity to hop on a call with the team behind Ultimate Ears’s Pro line and get filled in on what they have been working ... Read More...

Alexa ‘Routines’ Will Wake You Up, Start Your Coffee, Open Your Shades, and Play a Morning Playlist

Marsha Silva

April 6, 2018

1

Coffee and music: two unbearable morning chores! Now, Alexa wants to make your life even easier by handling a myriad of mundane routines. Great news for Alexa users who hate doing routine tasks. Amazon is ... Read More...

Facebook Cancels Its Smart Speaker Because There’s No Way In Hell Any Sane Person Is Buying That Right Now

Paul Resnikoff

March 27, 2018

Facebook is now delaying the release of its smart speaker, based on widespread fears of eavesdropping and unauthorized audio recording. Those fears appeared in a recent focus group conducted by the social ne... Read More...

Scam Alert: The Hoth Will Steal Your Revenue and Harm Your SEO

Noah Itman

March 26, 2018

22

Fair warning to all digital publications, blogs and websites: you may be getting scammed. Whether or not you're managing a website, you’ve probably encountered the term ‘SEO’. It stands for Search Engine Op... Read More...

Sonos Is Pulling All Of Its Advertising from Facebook — Effective Immediately

Marsha Silva

March 25, 2018

You won’t be seeing Sonos ads on Facebook anymore — or Instagram, for that matter. Looks like Sonos is sending a very clear message about Facebook's privacy breaches — and potentially sparking a mass ex... Read More...

Audials Creates an Interactive ‘Map of the Musical Universe’ With More Than 300,000 Different Artists

Paul Resnikoff

March 14, 2018

1

Audials' Music Zoom, currently a Windows app. What does the entire interconnected music universe look like? Audials recently deployed AI to create Music Zoom, a highly-visual map of more than 300,000 ar... Read More...

After Acquiring Beats for $3 Billion, Apple Decides to Develop Its Own Pair of Headphones

Marsha Silva

March 7, 2018

Apple is rumored to developing a serious pair of high-end headphones. And they won't be branded Beats. Inspired by the success of its AirPods, Apple looks ready break into the high-end headphone market. ... Read More...

A List of Phones That Don’t Have a 3.5mm Headphone Jack

Paul Resnikoff

February 25, 2018

Bottom of an iPhone X with a Bare Back case. Apple first ditched the standard 3.5mm jack with the iPhone 7. Apple isn't the only one ditching the 3.5mm jack. Here's a list of every phone that doesn't have th... Read More...

Can This Blockchain-Powered Smart Speaker Get Artists Paid?

This Blockchain-Powered Smart Speaker Pays Artists When You Clap

Daniel Sanchez

January 11, 2018

Can Volareo truly spark a revolution in the music industry? Or will it end up as yet another generic blockchain 'solution'? Can blockchain technology truly revolutionize the music industry? Some people thi... Read More...

Will.i.am-owned i.am+ Purchases Bluetooth Earbud Maker Earin

Marsha Silva

January 11, 2018

Will.i.am's i.am+ acquires bluetooth earbud maker Earin. Because, they have a lot of money and they wanted to. William Adams —aka will.i.am — is the Black Eyed Peas frontman turned tech entrepreneur. He's ... Read More...

With 19 Days Left to Go, 360 Earbuds Earns Over $200,000

A Project to Create Virtual Surround Sound Earbuds Raises $200,000

Daniel Sanchez

October 10, 2017

Ready to own your pair of 360 Earbuds? Instead of requiring an extensive surround sound system to get 5.1 audio sound, founder Calvin Wang had an idea. He decided to create earbuds that would recreate 3D vi... Read More...