This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. The holiday season is here, and if you’re still looking for that perfect gift for a friend, family member or Secret Santa draw, look no further: A subscription to a streaming service is an almost guaranteed hit this year as we all …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be in the rear-view mirror, but there are still plenty of deals to be had on smartphones from Apple, Samsung, Nokia, Motorola and others, on both the individual phone makers’ websites as well as online retailers such as Amazon and …
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NBC’s new streaming service Peacock launched in July and is packed with TV shows, movies, live sports, news and original series — much of which you can watch for free with ads, unlike competitors Netflix and Hulu. The free tier cuts you off from Peacock’s most coveted programming, like newer movies and its originals. But whether or not these titles matter …
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This story is part of Tech for a Better World, stories about the diverse teams creating products, apps and services to improve our lives and society. Last week, Apple unveiled its App Store Best of 2020 winners, the top apps and games chosen by editors each year. This year’s selections come with a theme: The apps and games that helped make life …
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Apple’s new service bundle Apple One is now available for Apple users, bringing together different combinations of subscriptions including Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple Arcade, Apple News Plus, storage service iCloud and the new Apple Fitness Plus — which arrives Dec. 14 — under one price. The move, announced at Apple’s online event in September, follows Apple’s increased investment in services over the …
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Online shopping for groceries and other goods has skyrocketed during the coronavirus pandemic, with Amazon and Walmart dominating our delivery needs. Walmart, for its part, just launched Walmart Plus, a new fast delivery subscription service for groceries and other products you’d normally find in the big box store — positioning the retailer to more directly compete in the online shopping market …
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Apple’s new subscription bundle Apple One began rolling out to Apple users last week, and could save you money by tying together different combinations of the tech giant’s services, including Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple Arcade, Apple News Plus, storage service iCloud and the new Apple Fitness Plus service, which arrives Dec. 14. At the very least, the new offering is designed to entice …
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It’s official: YouTube Music will fully replace Google Play Music this month. This won’t come as a surprise — YouTube announced the change back in August, and over the last few months, Google Play Music users lost the ability to purchase, preorder, upload or download music on the platform, or stream music from the app. But don’t worry — you still have …
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The iPhone 12 is finally available, and we now know everything about the new phone’s price, specs and 5G capabilities. Before it was unveiled at an Apple event in October, we saw speculation around whether the iPhone 12 (and the iPhone 12 Pro, Pro Max and Mini models) would have a 120Hz screen refresh rate — double that of the iPhone 11. But as it …
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This story is part of Tech for a Better World, stories about the diverse teams creating products, apps and services to improve our lives and society. In the US, up to 40% of all food — much of it perfectly good — ends up in landfills, instead of on someone’s plate or in a compost bin. An app with nearly …
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