Most phone owners come to realize that an old battery is a weak battery, one that gradually loses capacity. But it turns out that an old battery can also be a performance-killing battery, as evidenced by Apple’s recent revelation: Owing to an intentional software feature, some iPhones will run slower if they have older, failing …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Enlarge Image The 5-inch Google Pixel and 5.5-inch Pixel XL are nearly identical save for their screen and …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Enlarge Image How is this thing only $50?! Best Buy Today I’m going to repeat myself twice — …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! All football games are more enjoyable when they’re at least 65 inches diagonally. Sceptre I’m not sure if …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Just a few of the 150 movies you can rent for a mere 50 cents today. Vudu There’s …
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Time for some tough love: If you’re not using a password manager, you’re crazy. These tools not only help you build a more secure database of passwords — a different one for every site, of course — but also save you considerable time when it comes to actually using those passwords. OK, I hear you: There’s the expense to consider. …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Today’s deal is a rerun, something I first shared nearly a year ago. Back then, it was $2 …
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Recently I took up yoga. I like it, but don’t always have time to get to a class. Plus, much as I recognize the value of a good instructor, classes get expensive. Thankfully, as an Amazon Prime subscriber, I can access a surprisingly large library of yoga videos — effectively letting me take free classes via TV, phone or tablet. …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Indulge your childhood fantasies of flying a Star Wars ship or speeder. Propel’s drones are a blast. Propel …
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Audiobooks are a great way to pass the time on long drives. Audiobook prices, on the other hand, are a great way to drain your wallet. Want to listen to “The Martian” author Andy Weir’s new book “Artemis“? It’ll cost you $25.95 from iTunes in the US. And Audible (by way of Amazon) charges $34.95 for Stephen King’s newly rediscovered …
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