Volume control is a simple premise on Android phones. You hit your volume rocker, set your volume, and go. You can also set your notification, call, and media volumes independently. However, that is ...

You might have noticed that your iPhone shows a useful playback controls widget on the lock screen whenever you're listening to audio. It's multipurpose, too, since you'll see it whether you're ...

The function of this automatic volume control circuit is to amplify signals without distorting its dynamic compression. The amplitude differences in the signal are levelled off and the disturbing ...

It’s hard to put a good button on wireless headphones. Like I’ve said before, wireless headphones need to include audio playback controls, and they need to do so in a way that makes it easy for ...

Menu bar applications on Mac give you quick access to your most important settings. But with this trick, you can control even more from the menu bar. Taylor Martin has covered technology online for ...

I've been using the iPhone for over a decade, and I'm pretty confident I know most of the tricks in the book. It's not just my job description that requires me to stay on top of each iPhone and iOS ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

If you've ever grumbled about a terrible user interface, now's the time to take a step back and be thankful this lot aren't left to their own devices to design the UI for your favourite apps. We're ...