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Do You Think It Was Apple's Decision to Drop the 3.5 mm Jack? Think Again!
June 2, 2016 by Joao Martins

Do You Think It Was Apple's Decision to Drop the 3.5 mm Jack? Think Again!

Did you read/hear one of the many rumor stories about the removal of the 3.5 mm audio "due to Apple's fixation on making devices slimmer?" Well, we all did, and the rumor has a reason. It's true! The only minor detail is: It wasn't just Apple on that one. To the surprise of many in the audio industry, the decision was taken in consensus among the powerful companies that decide about consumer technologies these days: the big semiconductor and IT companies and the smartphone makers, of course.
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Audeze Launches First Headphones With Fully Integrated Apple Lightning Cable
January 11, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Audeze Launches First Headphones With Fully Integrated Apple Lightning Cable

The news has been around for a while. The industry has decided to ditch the standard analog 3.5mm jack, replacing it for USB-C connectors or, in Apple’s devices, the Lightning cable. Audeze decided to anticipate the benefits of having direct 24-bit audio and introduced its new EL-8 Titanium headphones with support for music and voice.
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Devialet Phantom Now Available In Apple Stores
December 9, 2015 by Joao Martins

Devialet Phantom Now Available In Apple Stores

Apple is now showcasing the revolutionary Devialet Phantom wireless speaker in Apple Stores throughout the U.S. For those who have never heard a Devialet Phantom, now there’s an opportunity to listen and admire the Phantom or the Silver Phantom. This is the best wireless speaker ever designed and Apple agrees it deserves to be featured in Apple Stores.
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Apple Releases Swift Programming Language as Open Source
December 4, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Apple Releases Swift Programming Language as Open Source

In the hope that developer contributions will help make Swift even better and available on more platforms, Apple announced that its Swift programming language is now open source. As an open source language, the broad community of developers - from app developers to educational institutions to enterprises - can contribute to new Swift features and optimizations and help bring Swift to new computing platforms.
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Get Ready and Better Informed. Get Voice Coil December 2015
November 23, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Get Ready and Better Informed. Get Voice Coil December 2015

Prepare for CES 2016 with the Voice Coil December 2015 issue, now available. In this issue, read how the Test Bench column has evolved, learn more about VocalZoom’s Laser Microphone, check the Microphone Capsule supplier directory and read about another audio patent granted to Apple. Learn more about two pro sound drivers as Test Bench focuses on the CF0617M 6.5” midrange driver from Celestion, and the 18iD woofer from Eighteen Sound.
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New Beats Pill+ Bluetooth Wireless Speaker Signals Apple Guidance
October 8, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

New Beats Pill+ Bluetooth Wireless Speaker Signals Apple Guidance

Almost 17 months since Apple acquired Beats by Dr. Dre, the company decides to relaunch its original Bluetooth speaker, which sold over a million units worldwide since it launched in 2012. The new Beats Pill+ is now a much improved design and comes with a new Beats Pill+ App for additional features and functionality.
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Knowles Completes Acquisition of Audience
June 30, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Knowles Completes Acquisition of Audience

Knowles completed the acquisition of Audience, following an updated offer for a mix of cash and shares of Knowles common stock. The acquisition and merger of the two companies was already approved by Korean regulators and should enable the world leader in MEMS devices and transducers for mobile devices to access Audience’s advanced voice and audio processing technologies.
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Keeping up with Apple Music
June 11, 2015 by Joao Martins

Keeping up with Apple Music

"Bring your own music or we’ll have to play Norah Jones”: That’s exactly how I felt this week while watching that “one more thing” moment during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2015 keynote presentation in San Francisco, CA, probably one of the most anxiously awaited moments for the music industry and certainly for every audio enthusiast.
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Intel Combines Thunderbolt 3 Technology with USB-C at 40Gbps
June 3, 2015 by Joao Martins

Intel Combines Thunderbolt 3 Technology with USB-C at 40Gbps

Intel unveiled its new Thunderbolt 3 technology, which updates the previous specification to 40 Gbps, adopts the new reversible USB-C connector, and introduces compatibility with USB 3.1. Great reasons to be excited about the future of (modular) computing now that the world of connectors and interfaces has one compact port that does it all. Suddenly everything starts to make so much more sense!
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Sonic Studio Announces Amarra for TIDAL Streaming Music Player for Mac and Windows
May 7, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Sonic Studio Announces Amarra for TIDAL Streaming Music Player for Mac and Windows

Amarra for TIDAL is the ultimate music playback solution for streaming audio, and will be available from the Sonic Studio web site for US$39.95, while the free Amarra Remote app will be available from the iTunes Music Store. The new player was developed in conjunction with TIDAL’s engineers.
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