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. Good move, Apple. Earlier today, the company lowered the starting price of the Apple Watch Sport to $299 …
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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. If your weekend was as expensive as mine (travel tends to be that way), the last thing you want to do today is …
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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’ve got good news and bad news, cheeps! The good news: Today only, and while supplies last, Meh.com has the Pebble Time smartwatch …
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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. Ecovacs As household chores go, sweeping and mopping are pretty rotten. You gotta deal with brooms and mops, dustpans and water, that noisy, …
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This is the story of an Indiegogo campaign that barely raised $8,000 of its $25,000 goal, but went on to become a real product anyway. That product is the super cool-sounding Siam 7x, a mash-up of Android phone and e-reader. To look at it is to see a fairly normal 5-inch phone, but to flip it over is to find …
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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. Quick note about yesterday: Shortly after my free-game post went live, Bundle Stars appeared to run out of Planetary Annihilation licenses — a …
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Next week, on March 21, Apple will take the wraps off some new products. As always, the rumor mill is cranking away, with much of the speculation focusing on a smaller iPhone. Speculate no more. This morning, case-maker Patchworks sent an email with the subject line “iPhone SE products.” Slip of the subject-line tongue? No, because the body of the …
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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. Just a couple days ago, a friend asked me for an inexpensive laptop recommendation. He needed something suitable for two primary tasks: Skype …
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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. Quick housekeeping note: If you grabbed the VPN deal I mentioned the other day (or its even better successor) and you’re having trouble …
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The writing is on the wall: Your kids are going to need smartphones. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon — and for the rest of their lives. That means a big bump in your monthly bill, right? Not necessarily. Newcomer Krew Mobile has put together a family- and budget-friendly smartphone plan: three lines for $39.95 per month. And …
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