Critics be damned, Apple's AirPods are dominating wireless headphone sales

Maybe people don't care that much about losing Apple's new AirPods.

In the days right before the holidays and in the weeks after, Apple AirPods sales have exploded, according to a new report from e-retail measurement company Slice Intelligence.

On the day AirPods finally went on sale, Dec. 13, 2016, wireless earphone sales were "ten times greater than the pre-holiday average for 2016. It was the largest single day of online headphone spending in the last year."

It's quite a turn of events for the AirPods, which — despite a handful of glowing pre-release reviews — got off to a bumpy start. Read more...