Rick Broida

This trick boosts your iPhone’s speaker volume

Admit it: Sometimes you want to listen to music while you’re in the shower, but your iPhone‘s speaker just isn’t loud enough. Actually, I can think of many situations where speaker volume could do with a boost. Older iPhones in particular, the ones with just a single speaker, don’t get very loud. If only you …

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Get a Seagate Backup Plus 3TB desktop hard drive for $88.82

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 Twitter! It’s not much to look at, but the Seagate Backup Plus offers 3 terabytes for a song. Or pay …

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Get an LG 360 Cam for $70

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 Twitter! Now playing: Watch this: LG 360 Cam: Good, but all the pieces don’t line up yet 1:14 Want to …

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Get a Fitbit Blaze fitness smartwatch for $99.99

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 Twitter! Enlarge Image The Fitbit Blaze counts a heart-rate monitor among its many tricks. Jason Cipriani/CNET Quick update regarding yesterday’s …

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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 Twitter! Rok Mobile’s new plan undercuts Sprint by $5 a month. You can use that savings to buy them some …

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6 places to find free and discounted ebooks

Do you like to read? Awesome. Do you have limited funds? Welcome to the club. Obviously your local library is the best option if you want to read for free, but is it the only one? Definitely not. Below I’ve rounded up six sources of free and/or discounted e-books, which you can read just about anywhere thanks to phones, tablets …

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How to find podcasts for your kids

Everyone agrees we’re living in the golden age of podcasts, with shows like “S-Town” and “Science Vs.” scoring nearly as much water-cooler discussion as your average “Walking Dead” episode. But where’s the content for kids? Are there even age-appropriate podcasts out there? If so, where can parents find them? Right here: Leela Kids is a free app that curates podcasts …

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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 Twitter! Syncwire Let’s keep it simple today, shall we? Modern travel means multiple gadgets — and very often not enough …

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Phone accessories that make travel easier

Your phone is already the hub of every trip you take: the carrier of boarding passes and hotel reservations; the holder of books and movies to help pass the time; the conduit through which travel photos are shared on social media. All by itself, it makes travel easier. But with a few key accessories, you can travel more easily with …

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Save 20 percent on the mother of all mobile chargers

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 Twitter! Enlarge Image This power brick charges just about everything; it’s a great item to bring camping, but not ideal …

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