Reporting from San Francisco — When the Sony Walkman went on sale in 1979, music was stored on a cassette tape, power came from AA batteries and sound traveled through headphones plugged into a 3.5-mm ...

In the portable electronics market, cell phones and MP3 players have greatly expanded the use of headsets for listening to music, making phone calls, and watching videos. The advent of the earbud has ...

HOUSTON & BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the support organization for the advancement and adoption of USB technology, today announced the USB Audio Device Class 3.0 ...

For the last 50 years, audio playback devices have relied on the 3.5mm audio jack (its predecessor, the 1/4-inch audio jack, dates back to 1879). We've previously heard rumors that Apple wanted to ...

On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV), a global leader in cashless payment solutions based on contactless transactions and near-field communication (NFC), has received official certification ...

The "Line In" audio jack on your computer enables you to connect a microphone or other audio output device with a 1/8-inch miniature plug to your computer. On some computers, especially laptops, as ...

There’s been a lot of fuss over Apple’s move to ditch the traditional audio jack. As for me, I hope I never have to plug in another headphone cable. This may come off as gleeful dancing on the ...

The NCX8200 is an audio jack configuration switch matrix for headphones with integrated microphone and remote control buttons. It supports AHJ and OMTP headset jack pinouts which allows ...

Not every piece of hardware is Bluetooth-compatible. Older gear like TVs, gaming consoles and some in-flight entertainment systems just can’t connect on their own. But a Bluetooth adapter can easily ...

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