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Your Father’s Day gadget gift guide

Your Father’s Day gadget gift guide

SOCKS and jocks are so last century. Here are five of the five best tech gadgets to consider for Father’s Day (and yes, it is just 12 days away).

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Sony's h.ear wireless headphones deliver high-definition audio and active noise-cancellation.

Headphones to help you tune out

THE latest noise-cancelling headphones provide a effective and polite way to shut up noisy colleagues, or silence the rumble of public transport.

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Apple in talks to buy Tidal

Apple in talks to buy Tidal

APPLE is exploring the purchase of struggling rival music streaming service Tidal, which is run by rap star Jay-Z and a number of other artists.

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Sony really missed the mark here

Sony really missed the mark here

WHEN you are forking out $299.95 on headphones, you would expect them to be quality. Which is why it’s such a shame Sony failed with this product.

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Singer/rapper Drake

Huge change coming to Apple Music

APPLE Music is looking to take down its biggest rival Spotify by making some huge changes to the subscription music streaming service.

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TWAM-20160305 EMBARGO FOR TWAM 5 March 2016 NO REUSE WITHOUT PERMISSION FEE APPLIES Taylor Swift with Ed Sheeran at Grammy Awards 2016 Pic: Getty Images

Streaming is saving the music industry

THE world’s biggest recording artists might not be happy with the digital streaming royalties, but these services are helping salvage a dying industry.

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Rose stars with emojis in new video

AUSSIE singer Elizabeth Rose invites you to tap, swipe and tilt her latest music video — an interactive clip created with internet giant, Google.

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12/02/16: Charlotte Swinburn is a 24-year-old music fan from Sydney who like many of her generation prefers to listen to and stream random tracks rather than albums, signalling the end of the album as a cultural phenomenon. John Feder/TheAustralian

Samsung cries poor, splits with Milk

THE fat lady has sung for Samsung, with the tech giant admitting defeat and revealing the closure of its online song-streaming service in Australia.

Oh dear, what was Sony thinking?

Oh dear, what was Sony thinking?

SONY’S latest marketing for a new line of goodies has completely missed the mark in a hilarious way.

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NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 11: Kanye West attends Kanye West Yeezy Season 3 at Madison Square Garden on February 11, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Yeezy Season 3)

‘Kanye West is a blithering twat’

PIRATE Bay has trolled Kanye West after he threatened to sue the website for leaking his new album.

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NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 11: Kanye West attends Kanye West Yeezy Season 3 at Madison Square Garden on February 11, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Yeezy Season 3)

Kanye’s album launch goes very wrong

THE self-proclaimed “greatest living rock star of all time” tried to get sneaky with the launch of his new album. Except it backfired.

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Apple’s fail has Android laughing

IMAGINE Apple’s horror when it realised it played right into its competitor’s hands with its fancy new platform.

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A man dances to music being streamed on his Apple Inc. iPhone 6s whilst framed against a wall bearing the Apple music symbol in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. Beatles songs will now be available around the world on nine streaming services including Apple, Spotify, Deezer and Google Play, the bands record company, Vivendi SAs Universal Music Group, said Wednesday in a statement. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

Apple’s incredible revenue record

APPLE Music has made huge steps forward since their launch in June last year. But it is their enormous earnings figures that remain truly mind-blowing.

President Barack Obama with Santa Claus and other performers sing on stage during the National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony at the Ellipse in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama’s favourite Xmas playlist

EVER wonder what music gets President Barack Obama in the Christmas mood? Sign in to Spotify to find out.

EMBARGOED UNTIL SEPT 29 2015 2.01pm AEST :::: The new Sonos Play: 5 is the flagship speaker in the Sonos family that can be finetuend with speaker-runing software called Trueplay.

Top speakers for summer parties

WITH a world of music on your smartphone, you need world-class speakers to power your tunes. Here are five top-name devices.

ROSKILDE, DENMARK - JULY 04: Paul McCartney performs at Roskilde Festival on July 4, 2015 in Roskilde, Denmark. (Photo by Yuliya Christensen/Redferns via Getty Images)

The move keeping The Beatles alive

FOR years they have been behind the times, but now the original Beatles members have made a drastic decision to keep their music relevant.

Samsung's Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones will be released in Australia on April 10, 2015.

The 15 best gadgets of 2015

IT’S been a big year in technology, and now we’re able to look back and judge the most exciting new gadgets on offer.

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The UE Boom 2 is a wireless, waterproof, dustproof speaker that delivers music from a connected smartphone or tablet.

Best and freshest wireless speakers

THE weather is heating up and when you take the party outside it’s a good idea to take the music with you. We look at five of the best wireless speakers.

Apple Music loses millions of subscribers

Apple Music loses millions of subscribers

Millions of early adopters who signed up for Apple Music dropped the service after the free trial period ended, the company revealed late Monday.

Home Mag 3 of a kind - sound systems. Philips Fidelio B5 Soundbar, $1,099.95, available at Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi

Get a home theatre on a budget

HOME theatre trends are clear: we want simple, wireless units that are big on screen size and low on cost. Here are five ways to do it.

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Home Mag 3 of a kind - sound systems. Philips Fidelio B5 Soundbar, $1,099.95, available at Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi

Big trends in simple home theatre

Home theatre trends for 2015 are clear: we all want simple, wireless units that are big on screen size and low on cost.

EMBARGOED UNTIL SEPT 29 2015 2.01pm AEST :::: The new Sonos Play: 5 is the flagship speaker in the Sonos family that can be finetuend with speaker-runing software called Trueplay.

Sonos predicts full stream ahead

FOR years wireless speaker pioneer Sonos has predicted a total streaming music revolution. A recent change means that revolution is here now.

Apple Music app screen shot

Tune out to Apple Music or pay up

IF you don’t want to start paying for Apple Music, you need to turn it off — right now. Here is what to do today.

EMBARGOED UNTIL SEPT 29 2015 2.01pm AEST :::: The new Sonos Play: 5 is the flagship speaker in the Sonos family that can be finetuend with speaker-runing software called Trueplay.

Fix your speakers in just 45 seconds

FIRST Sonos revolutionised speakers. Now it is launching a 45-second system that could change the way you hear music forever.

This is the best ad you’ll see all year

This is the best ad you’ll see all year

THE latest Beats headphones commercial for the Rugby World Cup pulls on all your heart strings and could be the best we’ve seen in a long time.

How to build a $3 billion empire

How to build a $3 billion empire

WHEN he was young, Luke thought he was going to “take over the world”. It turns out he was right, and it led to a big pay day.

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(FILES) This March 25, 2015 file photo shows Canadian rapper Aubrey Graham, aka

Apple ‘could sue’ over Drake charity gig

DRAKE’S appearance at a Hurricane Katrina charity concert, which was streamed on Jay Z’s Tidal music service, has upset Apple Music.

Samsung Australia audio visual director Brad Wright inside the anechoic chamber at Samsung's US Audio Lab.

Samsung sounds off on audio

Samsung leads the smartphone race but streaming audio belongs to Sonos. We tour Samsung’s US audio lab to check its new sound investment.

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 07: An advertisement for Apple Music is posted on the streets of Manhattan on August 7, 2015 in New York City. After launching in June Apple announced it has attracted 11 million users during its trial period. Andrew Burton/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Is Apple’s latest gig just one big flop?

APPLE is hoping to revolutionise the entire music industry again with its new streaming service. But a new survey paints a bleaker picture.

This photo provided by Universal Pictures shows, Aldis Hodge, from left, as MC Ren, Neil Brown, Jr. as DJ Yella, Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E, O’Shea Jackson, Jr. as Ice Cube and Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre, in the film, “Straight Outta Compton.

Is Dr Dre the saviour of Apple Music?

HAVING already made a decent entry into the world of streaming services, Apple Music faced it first big test to attract new customers. How did it go?

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