This week on whathifi.com we've reported on several major news stories with Sony announcing yet another restructuring of their business, Microsoft revealing their new CEO and more rumours concerning HTC's upcoming smartphone.
On the reviews front the WHF test rooms were on the verge of spilling over with Sony's high-res streamer, take two of Audioquest's Dragonfly DAC and a wireless speaker from Ultimate Ears taking top billing
NEWS
New HTC smartphone expected in March
It looks like @evleaks is at it again, this time revealing a few morsels on HTC's upcoming smartphone codenamed 'M8'.
Expected to be released after the 2014 Mobile World Conference, rumour has it that the new HTC will debut it at an event held in New York, much like the HTC One did last year.
READ MORE: New HTC smartphone rumoured for March release
Sony to restructure its TV division and focus on 4K TVs
Sony have been in a spot of bother for the last few years as its TV division struggles to cope with increased competition. Sony's solution? To split off its faltering division and operate it as a wholly owned subsidy from July 2014.
A good move? Time will tell as the Japanese corporation continues its attempt to return to profitability.
READ MORE: Sony splits off TV division
Microsoft appoints Satya Nadella as new CEO
After many months of speculation, Microsoft has announced the successor to outgoing CEO Steve Balmer and it'll be (drumroll) … Satya Nadella.
Formerly the Vice President of the company's Cloud and Enterprise group, this choice marks only the third chief executive officer in the history of Microsoft. In addition Bill Gates will be taking a new position as Founder and Technology Advisor on the board of directors
READ MORE: Microsoft announce Steve Ballmer's replacement
More news:
Acoustic Energy announces launch of 1-Series loudspeakers
Audio Research unveils new combined CD player and DAC
Wolfson launches hi-res chip to meet "growing trend for quality mobile audio"
Netflix to invest $3bn on expanding TV and film content in 2014
Last.fm announces streaming music deal with Spotify
No 2K display for new Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone
BT reveals plans to enter the Ultra HD 4K TV sport race
Beyerdynamic announces new DX Series in-ear headphones
REVIEWS
Rewind to 2012 when the original Dragonfly was released and it instantly set our test rooms on fire (not literally of course) with its explosive performance. A winner at the 2012 WHF Awards, they were usurped in 2013 and now they're back.
And they're back with a vengeance. Will 2014 be the year the Dragonfly DAC reclaims its throne?
Read the full Audioquest Dragonfly v1.2 review here
Fun. Just pure fun. The new Boom speaker from Ultimate Ears is the kind of exciting, feature-laden, and most importantly, excellent-sounding piece of kit that we like to test at WHF.
A really impressive and compact speaker. It made quite an impression on us.
Read the full Ultimate Ears Boom review here
Part of Sony's continuing trend to pursue anything and everything in high-resolution content, this capable music streamer mixes the old and the new in a refreshing manner.
We were mightily convinced by the performance and while we have a few problems with it, it's a fine home audio solution.
Read the full Sony HAP-Z1ES review here
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