A high-end, sound bar system made in France debuts at CES 2014

It was bound to happen. Focal, known to audiophiles all over the world for its statuesque Utopia series of high-end speakers is readying its first sound bar system. It's the 3-inch deep, "uni-body" aluminum Dimension, which can be placed in front of a display or mounted to a wall and provide a five-channel audio experience. The Dimension sound bar's speakers deliver bass down to 50 Hertz, that's exceptional bass performance for a slender, one-piece sound bar. For tabletop mounting you can add the optional, "zero vibration" low profile subwoofer base that extends the system's deep bass down to 30 Hz.

Ad leak hints T-Mobile will pay full family's early termination fees

T-Mobile, trying to snatch customers away from other US carriers, appears likely to announce an offer Wednesday to pay a whole family's early termination fees they'd otherwise have to pay themselves to cancel mobile phone contracts.

Droid Life spotted this T-Mobile ad suggesting the US carrier will pay early termination fees that otherwise would discourage customers from breaking their contracts to sign up with T-Mobile.

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Droid Life spotted a T-Mobile ad on tech sites that promises: "We'll pay your family's termination
 fees when you trade in your devices." Such a move would counter AT&T's new offer to pay up to $450 to attract T-Mobile customers.
As part of its "UnCarrier" effort, T-Mobile already promised to "unshackle the family from those other guys" in 2014.
Expect details during T-Mobile CEO John Legere's keynote at CES later Wednesday. Legere has been provoking rivals of late, for example, crashing AT&T's party at CES and saying T-Mobile's competitors are "toast."
That's a big difference compared to a few months ago when AT&T had agreed to acquire T-Mobile USA from its German parent company, Deutsche Telekom. That deal fell apart when antitrust regulators objected. Now there is a possibility that Sprint owner Softbank could be interested in buying T-Mobile.

iRing controls iPhone, iPad music apps via hand gestures

iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch owners who use music apps can control them now through a ring on their finger.

Launching this quarter at a price of $25, the iRing responds to the gestures of your hand to perform specific tasks on an iOS device. Nestled on your finger, the double-sided ring talks to your device's camera, which reads your various gestures. You simply move your hand up and down, left and right, or twist it around to control the action.