All items tagged with Apple (176)
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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Wren Sound Systems new V5US Lossless Wireless Speaker
April 23, 2015 by Cristina Costa

Wren Sound Systems new V5US Lossless Wireless Speaker

Mike Giffin’s new company, Wren Sound Systems, introduced its new V5US wireless speaker, breaking new ground with lossless Wi-Fi streaming using DTS’s Play-Fi. The V5US is also a beautifully crafted wireless speaker with direct support for the world’s most popular smartphones, tablets and PCs with Apple’s AirPlay and CSR’s aptX Bluetooth technologies.
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The Music Experience - Thoughts on Tidal, Spotify and our own relationship with music
April 2, 2015 by Joao Martins

The Music Experience - Thoughts on Tidal, Spotify and our own relationship with music

Why did Apple destroy the iTunes interface by removing Cover Flow? What makes Spotify successful? Why did Beyoncé's husband bought TIDAL? Why did record stores closed? Why did some folks decide they had enough and went back to vinyl? Will High-Resolution Audio (HRA) make a difference?
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Apogee Announces Compatibility with Logic Pro X Audio Interface Controls
March 13, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Apogee Announces Compatibility with Logic Pro X Audio Interface Controls

Apple recently updated Logic Pro X to version 10.1 and now Apogee Electronics announced the availability of new software installers that provide compatibility with the audio interface remote controls recently introduced in Logic Pro X 10.1 and Logic Remote 1.2. This way, Logic users with Apogee audio interfaces are able to adjust hardware input parameters directly from the Mixer view in Logic Pro X and Logic Remote.
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Wireless Audio Market Worth $13.75 Billion by 2018
November 27, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Wireless Audio Market Worth $13.75 Billion by 2018

According to a new market research report “Wireless Audio Device Market By Products, Technology and Application - Global Forecast & Analysis 2013 – 2018” published by MarketsandMarkets, the total market is expected to generate revenues of $13.75 billion by 2018, growing at an estimated CAGR of 24.02% from 2013-2018.
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Positive Grid and Apple Join Forces On Mastering AAC Files
October 2, 2014 by Joao Martins

Positive Grid and Apple Join Forces On Mastering AAC Files

Positive Grid and Apple joined forces on the Final Touch App for iPad to add real-time auditioning through the Apple AAC encoder, providing accurate level metering and preparation for Mastered for iTunes process on a Mac. Final Touch combines seven essential mastering tools into one integrated system and is available for download at the iTunes App Store.
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