Apple did its part in moving the world to wireless headphones. With the removal of the headphone jack with iPhone 7, the company made it clear that the future of audio is wireless. However, the ...

Few audio standards have had the impact of MP3. But there’s more to audio codecs than just MP3. 3GPP audio standard format families, AAC and AMR, are the commercial powerhouses that are early in their ...

The author is APT product manager for WorldCast Systems. A paradigm shift has been taking place for several years, as we move gradually toward fully networked IP broadcasting facilities in which there ...

With the introduction of Qualcomm’s aptX Lossless technology, Bluetooth headphone customers will finally join their wired audiophile brethren with the option to listen to lossless quality audio. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Qualcomm is a company probably best-known for development ...

Apple announced on Mac OS Forge today that they have open sourced their Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC). ALAC was introduced in 2004 as OS X’s core audio codec to compress audio files 40-60 percent ...

Skype has a new audio codec in the works. For users of the service, which is pretty formidable already when it comes to video and audio calls over the internet, it has one significant improvement.

APT, the audio processing technology specialist, today announces a technology agreement with Creative, a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products, which facilitates the deployment of APT’s ...

When Apple sidelined the 3.5-mm jack with the launch of last year’s iPhone 7, it looked like a bold move. But despite pockets of outrage over another clear case of planned obsolescence, it was a clear ...

On MacOSForge, Apple has announced that they are releasing the Apple Lossless Audio Codec as an open source project: The Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) is a lossless audio codec developed by Apple ...

Digigram is now featuring its IQOYA *CALL/LE audio codec solution. The IQOYA *CALL/LE is a cost-effective AoIP codec for use with simple IP infrastructures. IQOYA * CALL/LE is designed for any ...

Wolfson Microelectronics have announced a line of audio CODEC chips to address the increasing need for great sounding handheld multimedia. The new chips feature enhanced audio processing, a video ...