A mobile phone can have only one phone number, right? Wrong. Apps such as Burner and Google Voice can give you a second number, after a fashion. The newest option: Pinger’s Sideline, a business-oriented app that supplies a free second number for your Android phone or iPhone. The idea here is that your smartphone 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. Productivity is an elusive bugger, isn’t it? Forget the daily work stuff — which is challenging enough — I’m talking about the mindless …
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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. Cool looks, awesome sound. Harman Kardon Regular Cheapskate readers know that I love Bluetooth speakers. They also know I tend to favor super-inexpensive …
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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. Wow, you guys are seriously into LED light bulbs! Good to know. I’ll keep my eyes out for more (and better) deals. Just …
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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. Yay, science! Incandescent light bulbs were all well and good (thanks, Thomas Edison!), but they collectively consumed a considerable amount of electricity 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. Happy new year, cheeps! Hope everyone had a safe, healthy and happy holiday. Here’s to another great year of deals! Starting with this one, already on my Favorites list for 2016: The Humble …
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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. Yesterday, in my roundup of the best tech deals of 2015, I mentioned Lenovo’s $200 IdeaPad 100s — and its $165 Chromebook counterpart. …
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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 don’t know about you, but I’m a sucker for “Best of” lists. Best movies of the year, best books, best TV shows …
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VR is cool and getting cooler, but the way you consume it definitely isn’t. Google Cardboard, Samsung Gear VR and most other VR headsets are big, bulky and hard to travel with. They also make you look, well, the word “dorky” comes to mind. The Homido Mini is a pair of folding VR glasses that clips to just about any …
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Ready for some fun? The Star Wars Crawl Creator, a Web app recently added to Starwars.com, lets you channel your inner Abrams (or Lucas, if you’re old-school) to create one of those iconic text blocks. By default, and by way of example, the Crawl Creator shows the introduction from “Episode IV: A New Hope.” When you’re ready to insert your …
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