Review: JBL SoundBoost Speaker Moto Mod

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

There's no shortage of affordable and multifunctional Bluetooth speakers that can overcome the weakness of most laptops, smartphones and tablets which is tiny, tinny and bad sounding speakers. Lenovo's Moto Z line of smartphones come with decent built-in speakers but they aren't stereo speakers like the ones that came with the Moto X Pure edition.

The JBL SoundBoost Speaker aims to make up for this. This Moto Mod, snaps magnetically on the the back of the Moto Z and Moto Z Play where it automatically routes any audio. This works so seamlessly that when you're listening to music on your phone and you pop in the JBL SoundBoost Speaker, it suddenly comes to life on the SoundBoost Speaker.

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The Apple Beat: Apple staging October 27 hardware launch event in Cupertino

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple has one more thing to do before the year is over and that is introduce some new Mac hardware. Invitations to an October 27 launch event have gone out to media outlets with an Apple logo and the words 'hello again' right below which is a clear indicator of Mac hardware (Apple historically used 'hello' with the original Macintosh marketing material and the original iMac reprised this with 'hello (again).

What's expected at this event? Apple's fallen behind on updating various non-iOS product lines, so take your pick. Personally, I see new MacBook Pros, new MacBook Airs, possible new iMacs and Mac minis all running Intel's latest Kaby Lake processors. 

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See photos taken by the Google Pixel

Google's Pixel smarphone has been received with glowing reviews for its hardware as well as the new Assistant feature and what's now considered as one of the best smartphone cameras in the market. The Pixel still loses points for being pricey, lacking water resistance and storage expansion. The Pixel does shine in the camera department and while I find it adds some post-processing fairy dust to saturate photos a bit more, the results are quite amazing. Check out some recent unedited photos taken by the Pixel XL's 12.3 megapixel camera.

Note: Click on the Blue Camera with a Gear icon to get a full-screen slideshow.

UE's PartyUp app can wirelessly connect 50 speakers for a mobile party

Ultimate Ears announced a new app feature that allows you to wirelessly connect more than 50 Ultimate Ears speakers within seconds - bringing any party to a new level of epic. From your backyard to the beach, Ultimate Ears’ waterproof (IPX7) and durable wireless Bluetooth speakers have always given you the ability to take the party anywhere.

Now, with the addition of PartyUp, you can wirelessly connect a mix of UE BOOM, UE BOOM 2 and UE MEGABOOM speakers together, allowing you to crank up the music in places where no other sound system can go, sharing music and moments in ways that weren’t previously possible.

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