Your Mac or MacBook’s in the next room, and the speakers are still up. You know this because its dings and squawks wake you up. You can silence your Mac from any iOS device in one click with this setup. More »
A newly published Apple patent reveals that the company has worked out a system that would auto-adjust the volume of the iPhone or MacBook speakers based on the levels of ambient noise.
It’s been a while since we brought you some news from Ultimate Ears (the cat eating through the cable to my UE Super.Fi’s doesn’t count, sadly). But now UE has released its newest offering, and it’s for the kids: the Loud Enough earphones. “They’ve gone barking mad!” you might say, citing expense and the potential damage that might be done to young ears by a max-volume burst of Noddy. Well, you’d be wrong: these earbud ‘phones have special volume-limiting tech built in. Plus they’re US$40. They’ve got silicon buds down to extra-small size… so I guess the only danger is what inventive kids will get up to with those. [Crave via Gizmodiva]
Toshiba TVs (in Japan) will be the first to feature good old Dubbly’s newest technology, Dolby Volume, a smart system aimed at leveling off eardrum-shattering sources and content—hopefully eradicating the twin evils of loud-arse TV commercials and poorly-mastered MP3s. Here’s how it works:
