Unhappy with an app purchase? You may be able to get a refund. Suppose, for example, you purchased an app by accident. It could happen; perhaps you thought you were getting the trial version, or you’d been considering a handful of different mileage-tracking apps and just plain bought the wrong one. More likely: One of …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Like headphones, speakers come in all shapes and sizes. Some are designed to sit on shelves, others are meant for mobility. A few …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. I’m a big fan of projectors, mostly the HD variety that can turn any wall into a big-screen theater. Of course, those models …
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Going for a drive? If it has something to do with business, you might be able to get a deduction come tax-time, or a reimbursement from your employer. Indeed, business owners and the self-employed alike have long known the value of keeping track of their mileage. They’ve also known the hassles. Assuming you actually remember to manually log the details …
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YouTube is home to several zillion videos, but until recently, only Android users could take advantage of Cardboard mode — a split-screen view designed for use with Google Cardboard and other VR headsets. That changed today with the release of YouTube 11.18 for iOS, which adds support for Google Cardboard. Now anything on YouTube can be viewed in VR mode …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Cheeps! Four incredible deals today. Can’t promise any of them will last (except the third one — it’s good until next week), so …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. GoPro reminds me a lot of Apple: great products, but oh the prices. There are cheaper alternatives, sure, but if you can get …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Late last year I shared a deal on a basic VR headset, something to tide you over while you saved up for an …
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Opera made headlines last month for adding a VPN to its desktop browser, which allows users to bypass region-oriented content blocks while at the same time improving online privacy. Opera VPN for iOS brings those same capabilities to iPhones and iPads, meaning you now have a free, unlimited VPN you can use on the go. Here are three reasons you …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. This is a bit of a rerun. A few weeks ago I shared a similar deal on an iPad Air 2, though the …
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