Amazon raised the price of its Prime memberships in the US by 20 percent, but so far that isn’t harming renewals. That’s according to Amazon finance chief Brian Olsavsky, who said on an earnings call with reporters Thursday that Prime renewals are “looking really, really good” despite the price hike. Last week’s Prime Day sale …
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On this podcast, friend of the show Dan Ackerman visits to talk about: Apple’s newest MacBook Pro, with a faster processor, more storage and quieter keyboard. The Acer Swift 7, which is one of the thinnest laptops on the market at 8.98 millimeters thick. Now playing: Watch this: The new, speedier MacBook Pro. Worth the upgrade? (The… 4:57 The 3:59 …
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On this podcast, we talk about a bunch of sound bars and equipment to pair with your TV, including: Sonos Beam Polk Command Bar Roku TV Wireless Speakers Now playing: Watch this: Sonos vs. Polk: What smart sound bar is right for you?… 4:01 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought …
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Amazon botched Monday’s kickoff of its fourth annual Prime Day sale, with a broken website and app redirecting customers to pictures of dogs on its error pages. For many shoppers, the problems persisted for hours. But the screw-up didn’t change the final outcome: a third Prime Day in a row that broke all previous Amazon sales records. On Wednesday, Amazon said his …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Amazon’s Prime Day 2018 started off with a lot of glitches, but the e-tailer says sales were strong anyway. Netflix’s subscriber growth underwhelms. Preview of this year’s Comic-Con. Now playing: Watch this: Prime Day 2018 and the 404 dogs of Amazon 2:25 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories …
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Amazon says sales during its annual Prime Day are surging so far in the US, even after a series of glitches crippled its site and app for many customers on Monday. “Prime Day sales in the U.S. so far are bigger than ever – in fact, in the first 10 hours Prime Day grew even faster, year-over-year, than the first …
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US Rep. Keith Ellison on Tuesday raised concerns about “a staggering amount” of neo-Nazi and white nationalist books and e-books being sold on Amazon and asked the company to remove them. Citing a new study by the Partnership for Working Families and the Action Center on Race and the Economy, the Minnesota Democrat mentioned in a letter to CEO Jeff …
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All eyes in retail are on Amazon this Monday, and not just for good reasons. The world’s largest e-commerce company kicked off its annual Prime Day sale today with a series of glitches that plagued its site and mobile app for over an hour in the US, based on visits from CNET staff and a host of reports on social …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Magic Leap offers new details on its secretive and much-hyped augmented-reality headset and says it’ll release the gadget this summer. We compare this week’s hardware announcements, with Apple refreshing its MacBook Pro and Microsoft revealing the Surface Go tablet. Elon Musk jumps in to help the soccer team stuck in a cave in Thailand, …
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Amazon’s annual Prime Day sale will be back in two weeks and include more deals, come to more countries and last longer than in past years. Plus, the company is giving away a new Lexus. The sale will kick off on Monday, July 16, at noon Pacific and go on for 36 hours, up from 30 hours last year. Australia, Singapore, Netherlands …
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