Amazon’s new Prime Now one-hour delivery service. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Amazon has launched a new service that will deliver shampoo, books, batteries and other products to Prime members in 60 minutes or less. Known as Prime Now, the service for now has a very small geographical reach. For its kickoff on Thursday, Prime Now …
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Microsoft is trimming the price of this HP Pavilion 2-in-1 PC by $130. Microsoft Those of you looking for a 2-in-1 tablet/notebook can save a bit of money on an HP Pavilion courtesy of Microsoft’s latest promotion for its 12 Days of Deals. Available at Microsoft’s online store as of 5 a.m. PT and at its retail outlets when they …
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Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Waze has once again enhanced its iOS and Android navigation apps to better help you get where you’re going. Updated on Tuesday, the iOS and Android editions of Waze now support widgets that you can add to the Navigation Center in iOS 8 and to any screen on your Android device. The widgets allow you to …
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For holiday shoppers, Microsoft is offering Yurbud earbuds free with the purchase of a Fitbit activity tracker. Microsoft Those of you looking for a Fitbit activity tracker can buy one on Tuesday via Microsoft and get a free pair of Yurbuds Earbuds as a bonus. The latest promo is part of Microsoft’s ongoing 12 Days of Deals in which the …
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James Martin/CNET Apple has been busy signing up dozens of more banks, retail stores and startup firms to support its new Apple Pay payments system. The company announced the new sign-ups on Tuesday, according to The New York Times, which listed the banks that have joined the mobile-payments system. Banks and credit card issuers that now support Apple Pay include …
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Is Samsung aiming to challenge Apple Pay? Josh Miller/CNET Samsung may be looking to challenge Apple with its own feature for paying for items on the go via a smartphones. The Korean-based company has been chatting with a payments startup firm called LoopPay, which offers its own mobile wallet system, Recode reported on Tuesday, citing multiple sources. LoopPay’s current system …
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Some models of the iPhone 6 are still playing hard to get. CNET Supply is starting to catch up with demand for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, but not as quickly as anticipated, according to analyst Gene Munster. In an investor’s report released on Monday, the analyst shared that Apple stores indicated 56 percent of iPhone 6 and 6 …
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Microsoft Microsoft has cut the price of an Asus Transformer notebook for Monday’s 12 Days of Deals special. Normally selling for $499, the 15-inch Asus Transformer Book Flip is on sale Monday for $299 at Microsoft online and retail outlets. For each product sold through the 12 Days of Deals promo, Microsoft offers a “Doorbuster” deal that lowers the price …
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Windows 10 in progress. Rick Broida/CNET Windows 10 has given us another work-in-progress peek at itself, albeit through an unofficial and leaked build. Popping up online on Sunday, the sneak peek dubbed 9901 gives us an early look at some of the things we’ll likely see in the flavor of Windows 10 that Microsoft is expected to reveal on January …
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CSIRO’s Chad Henry shows off some 3D-printed bugs. CSIRO Microsoft’s December Patch Tuesday didn’t exactly ring in the holidays in a merry way. Launched this past Tuesday, the latest round of Microsoft updates contained two that were beset with technical woes. In response, Microsoft had to pull one of the updates and advise enterprise customers to roll back the second …
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