Rick Broida

The best cheap tech at CES 2017

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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image The Coolpad Conjr is a really snazzy phone for the price. Coolpad Well, I’m home from …

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Get an Ecoxgear Ecopebble rugged Bluetooth speaker for $8.97

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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Ecoxgear Hi, everyone! I know I promised you a “best cheap tech of CES” roundup today, but as of this morning I’ve barely …

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Get a lifetime subscription to WPS Office Business Edition for $33.99

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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. In the battle between lifetime license and subscription license, lifetime wins every time. Kingsoft Office Software If there’s one thing you learn in …

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Get a Pencil digital stylus for $19.99

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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Write on! FiftyThree Design Greetings from Las Vegas! Sorry for the delay sharing today’s deal, but that’s what happens when you forget that …

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Get a free 3

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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Three free months of Scribd = too good to pass up. Scribd So it turns out the Netflix-for-ebooks model doesn’t work, as evidenced …

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Get iTunes’ Essential 10

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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Ten movies for 10 bucks. Yes, please! iTunes Happy 2017, everyone! I’m back from an incredible trip, but only for a couple days …

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Can’t be bothered to organize your Android phone? Install this

Anything iOS can do, Android can do better, right? Or maybe it’s the other way around? Bottom line: If there’s a particular feature built into one platform, chances are good you can emulate it on the other. Take Spotlight search, one of my favorite iOS capabilities. Tap a few letters and you can quickly locate an app, contact or just …

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The Cheapskate’s top 10 money

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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Saving money is a marathon, not a sprint. It’s something you strive for all day, every day. Even if it’s only a few …

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7 New Year’s tech resolutions

New Year’s resolutions typically cover the basics: eat better, exercise more, maybe learn a new skill or banish a bad habit. But what about other areas of your life that could use a little, er, tweaking? I’m talking about the tech areas: computers, phones, data, security, online shopping and so on. Isn’t it time you resolved to make a few …

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Is there a cash

Free money. That’s really what a cash-back site offers you: cash rebates you simply couldn’t have gotten otherwise. Spend $100 at a store offering 6 percent back and presto: You just pocked an extra $6. It’s not a fortune, but if you saw $6 lying on the sidewalk, you’d stop and pick it up, wouldn’t you? If there’s a downside …

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