Wires suck. Fact -- they get lost, broken, or filched by unscrupulous flatmates. Better to do away with them altogether, which is why we've corralled together a collection of the best Bluetooth headphones money can buy, to see if any of them have the chops to replace good old-fashioned copper. The results, after a couple months of testing, are surprisingly positive. Read More >>

Reuters is reporting that Apple CEO Tim Cook had met with Beats CEO Jimmy Iovine about Beats' upcoming streaming music service 'Project Daisy'. Supposedly, Cook was interested in Project Daisy's "business model and its rollout plans" and did not get into specifics about any deal. [Reuters, Image by Getty] Read More >>

There's never been anything like Beats By Dre. The bulky rainbow headphones are a gaudy staple of shopping centres, planes, clubs, and pavements everywhere: as mammoth, beloved, and expensive as their namesake. But Dr. Dre didn't just hatch the flashy lineup from his freight-train chest: The venture began as an unlikely partnership between a record-industry powerhouse and a boutique audio company best known for making expensive HDMI cables. Read More >>

Beats Electronics, is starting it's own streaming music service called Project Daisy. The service leverages the digital music rights and technology Beats got by acquiring the streaming music service MOG last year, with the idea being to make money by selling you Beats by Dre except by every artist. Read More >>

First, Jabra brought us the Solemate, a Bluetooth speaker that looks like a shoe. Now, Beats by Dre, purveyor of fashionista friendly headphones, has introduced us to the Pill. It looks—you guessed it—like a giant gelcap. And its Bluetooth sound sure could use a spoonful of sugar. Read More >>

The Jawbone Jambox was a pretty good bluetooth speaker, if not entirely perfect. But it had the benefit of being one of the first portable bluetooth speakers to combine design, affordability and ease of use along with quality. But in the Bluetooth market there's always room for improvement and though we've seen a couple of legit challengers already, the Beats Pill Bluetooth speaker could have a shot at dethroning the Jambox. Read More >>

The IOC and LOCOG have been trying their best to block any and all other products from getting on TV, or being associated with the Olympics to protect the official sponsors. That didn't stop Beats though; it sneakily gifted Team GB and others with headphones, which they promptly wore on TV (as you may well have notiched!), showing that ambush-marketing is alive and well, and that they have no fear about beating the Olympics brand police. Read More >>

I'm a big fan of Lil Wayne. I was with him before he became good (pre-Carter days) and totally support his placement atop the hip hop perch but Mr. Weezy F, I can't support you on this. What the hell are you doing wearing a £1 million diamond studded Beats by Dre headphones at a basketball game? Read More >>

Part of it is branding, to be sure. But in Pitchfork's Resonant Frequency column, Mark Richardson rails not against the quality of the Beats line of headphones and its signature, overloaded bass, but rather argues that they're a viable alternative for a new era of music. Read More >>

Above, if you can see through all the weed smoke, you get a scene that's something like the aftermath of a bad LAN party—clutter, shitty laptops, and monitors everywhere. But music's being made in this budget-tech dungeon. Read More >>

Seems like every musician you can name has a pair of headphones with their name on 'em. Dr. Dre, Justin Bieber, Jay-Z, Quincy Jones, Ludacris, Bob Marley, and Miles Davis. We need a battle royale! Well, here you go... Read More >>