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Bose’s rumored QC 35 II noise-cancelling headphones are rumored no more: Bose made them official today, revealing the update to the company’s popular QC 35 premium noise-cancelling cans. Google worked…

Bose debuts new Google Assistant-optimized noise cancelling headphones

We get first looks at the DevLoop being built out in the Nevada desert, Justin Kan launches Zero-F, a startup incubator, Goodyear’s tire concept can read the road and adapt…

Doppler Labs got a strange sense of déjà vu when Bose announced the limited release of its hearing-assisting Hearphones late last year. The technology, the look, even the name hit…

Doppler Labs suit claims Bose backed Kickstarter and took meetings to get access to technology

When you’ve got a punny name as good as “Hearphones” (no Google, I did not mean “headphones”) in the chamber, you owe it to the world to deliver product. For…

Bose gets into the hearing aid headphone business

Every toy and electronics maker wants to get on the edutainment train. And understandably so. After all, who wouldn’t want to make the toy that kickstarts the lifelong fascination of the next…

The BOSEbuild Speaker Cube educational kit isn’t quite fully formed

It’s not always the wisest policy in this fast-moving world of consumer electronics, but as countless competitors pushed past to bring wireless noise cancelling headphones to market, the audio company…

Bose’s QuietComfort headphones go wireless without missing a beat

The folks at Bose are putting a DIY spin on the sometimes staid world for Bluetooth speakers, with a kit designed to show little ones the big wonders of electronics.…

Bose wants your kids to build their own Bluetooth speakers

The Bose name has more or less been synonymous with the words “noise cancelling.” As for wireless? Not so much. The headphone maker has dragged its feet when it comes…

Bose’s QuietComfort headphones finally go wireless

Apple has begun reselling audio products from Bose nearly two months after it pulled its range.

Apple Begins Selling Bose Products Again Two Months After Pulling Them

Bose has long-held the title of the maker of the best active noise-cancelling headphones available, per reviewers of a wide variety of publications and from a range of backgrounds. The…

Bose QuietComfort 25 Review: Bose Pads Its Lead In Noise-Cancelling Headphones

It was earnings week at TechCrunch, so most of the coverage was dominated by reports about Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Netflix, and Pandora. Fortunately there were a ton of other…

11 TechCrunch Stories You Don’t Want to Miss This Week (7/25)

Bose has sued soon-to-be-Apple-owned Beats over patents it holds related to noise-cancelling headphones, according to a new report from CNBC. The new suit means that Apple has a brand new…

Bose Picks A Patent Fight With Beats Over Noise-Cancelling Headphones

Today Bose is announcing two new products to its lineup, with the introduction of the SoundLink Mini Bluetooth speaker and the QuietComfort 20 In-Ear headphones. Both offer the same high…

Bose Reveals SoundLink Mini Bluetooth Speaker And QuietComfort 20 In-Ear Headphones With “Aware Mode”

New research suggests that noise canceling tech isn’t just for blocking out the screaming baby or chatty couple sitting next to you on that transatlantic flight – it could also…

The Same Tech That Makes Your Bose Headphones So Quiet Could Give Net Speeds A Big Boost

My fellow iPhone 5 owners, our long national nightmare is over. Bose finally has a speaker dock with a Lightning connector. Called the SoundDock Series III, it’s only $249.95. No…

The $249 Bose SoundDock Series III Is Ready For Your iPhone 5

On the 25th of June, our dearest Alexia Tsotsis had an incredibly rough day. First, her car was looted by very bad people in San Francisco, who stole her laptop…

Alexia’s Headphones: How We Used CrowdTilt’s Group-Funding Platform To Replace Stolen Property

With the rise in popularity of Dr. Dre’s Beats, audio company Bose saw a niche they weren’t capitalizing on – the cohort of kids who aren’t afraid of paying $229…

Bose Out To Beat Dr. Dre With Cheaper On-Ear Headphones

Looks like Bose is taking another swing at phone accessories because the company has just revealed their new Series 2 Bluetooth headset. So what exactly does Bose bring to the…

Bose’s Series 2 Bluetooth Headset Packs 2 Mics, Hefty Price Tag
Hardware

Bose Announces Two Soundbar Systems

7:02 am PDT • September 26, 2011

Bose just announced two soundbar systems for home theaters, the Lifestyle 135 System and CineMate 1 SR System. The devices use a single bar to emit what many would call…

Bose Announces Two Soundbar Systems

Xbox Head Robbie Bach Snapped Up By Sonos

5:52 am PDT • August 16, 2011

Robbie Bach, 22 year veteran of Microsoft and most recently the company’s Xbox division, has moved to Sonos. Sonos head John MacFarlane pulled Bach out of semi-retirement in order to…

Xbox Head Robbie Bach Snapped Up By Sonos

Here’s an unexpected development. Dr. Amar Bose (founder of… you know, Bose) has made quite a gift to his alma mater, MIT — in fact, he’s essentially given away the…

Have you been asking “How can I attach my iPad to a comical-looking speaker dock so I can, presumably, leave said iPad and dock on a very large table?” If…

Bose showed off their latest innovation yesterday: The VideoWave, an average 46-inch LCD with an enlarged Wave Radio speaker setup bolted on the backside. It’s expensive. Of course it’s expensive.…

Ahem. Well, Bose also had some news of its own today. It announced the existence of something called the VideoWave. It’s a 46-inch LCD TV, which, by itself, isn’t so…

No, that picture is not Kratos’ new weapon in God of War 3, though you could be forgiven for thinking so. Note to PR people: when your product goes in…

Hardware

Bose hops on the wireless streaming bandwagon

5:45 pm PDT • October 21, 2009

Wireless has always been the new exciting thing in consumer electronics. Remote controls, game console controllers, Sony’s <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/10/05/sony-develops-cord-free-power-transfer-system-for-home-electronics/"wireless power transfer, and now Bose is taking another foray into the…

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Review: Bose QuietComfort 15 headphones

2:51 pm PDT • September 23, 2009

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my years of tech reporting it’s that you should never say Bose makes good products. Bose, like Apple, is a lightning rod for…

Bose had some sort of official unveiling in New York earlier today, but I didn’t want to leave Matt and Doug manning the site all by themselves, so I didn’t…

Hardware

What is Bose up to?

6:37 pm PDT • August 23, 2009

According to this screen capture that was sent to Giz, Bose is slated to make four new product announcements over the next four weeks starting tomorrow. I wonder what they…

Hardware

Hands-on: The Bose QuietComfort 15

3:53 pm PDT • August 19, 2009

I just got back from one of Bose’s signature demos where they trick you into seeing their products in a whole new light. It’s clever and it sometimes works. The…