Beats by Dre signs exclusive deal with NBA for team-branded headphones

Apple's Beats by Dre has signed an exclusive deal with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to create team-branded headphones which should delight fans of their favourite pro basketball league.

Beats will provide product to players and during marquee events like the NBA All-Star game, NBA Draft, international NBA games in China and Europe, WNBA All-Star, WNBA Draft, and USA Basketball men's and women's national team exhibition tours.

"Beats revolutionized the music industry and has become one of the most innovative and culturally influential brands in the world," said NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. "Through our partnership, we have an exciting opportunity to merge sports, pop culture and technology to deliver unparalleled experiences and premium products to our fans." The headphones will not be cheap but seem to fit into the NBA's culture with a lot of superstar players already sporting the headphones during practice and after games.

Source:AppleInsider

Snap's news Spectacles 2 now available in Canada in two new styles

Snap's camera-enabled Spectacles are now on a Gen 2 revision and while the original style suited a lot fo early adopters many fashion-forward users just didn't see that style as compatible with their look. Two new model Spectacles, named Veronica and Nico are now available and are selling for $269. If you fancy the original style, it is still available for $199. Snap's website says the Spectacles, which record in HD, will be shipping in 1-2 weeks.

The new Spectacles 2 are available online and will shp to customers in the US, Canada and select European countries, including the UK, France, Germany and Italy

Source: Engadget

Latest Essential Phone software update can render some SIM cards inactive

Essential Phones are famous for being one of the first devices to offer the latest Android updates and features. This has made it possible for Essential customers to get the Android Pie update just as quickly as Google's own Pixel devices.

It seems that the latest Android update  to Android Pie with the September security patch is rolling out to most Essential Phone users. Many users who have installed the update have encountered a serious bug that renders their SIM cards inactive. This effectively makes their Essential Phones unable to make calls or access cellular data, thus rendering them inoperable.

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Amazon becomes second company to reach $1 trillion market cap

Amazon has finally nailed the $ 1 trillion valuation target. The company, which has diversified its business from selling books online in the mid-90's, to creating the eReader market, spearheading cloud services with AWS, upending retail with its formidable online stores and changed the world with its massive A.I. and voice assistant technology,

Amazon seized the vaunted $1 trillion valuation earlier today, around a month after Apple Inc. became the first technology company in history to do so. Amazon’s stock fell back to the stratosphere late Tuesday with a market value of $995 billion. The company's shares were up 1.3% at $2,039.51.

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