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 update: Ticket to Ride for Android is now available at the $2.99 price promised yesterday. Also, in …
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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. Enlarge Image Get two of these for $55, plus a $20 Google Play credit! Google I don’t know about your house, but in …
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Microsoft Office is a need for some, a preference for others. In both cases it’s an expensive proposition, with the one-user Office 365 Personal edition costing $69.99 and five-license Office 365 Home costing $99.99 — per year. However, there’s a way to game the system, to turn a Personal subscription into a Home subscription for a one-time charge of $9.99. …
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Planning to buy something from Amazon? There could be a free movie in your future. To help promote “Kung Fu Panda 3,” which opens in theaters Jan. 29, Amazon is offering a free digital HD copy of the original “Kung Fu Panda” when you purchase any eligible item between now and midnight, January 1. Ah, the old “eligible” trick, eh? …
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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. As my holiday gift to you, I’m going to skip my usual rant about Microsoft’s Surface tablets being kind of pointless without a …
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Apple’s iOS 9 is chock-full of useful features, some of which you might easily overlook. A great example: conversation naming. OK, maybe “great” is overstating it, but it sure is handy. When you start a group chat in the Messages app, it’s not always easy to know at-a-glance just who’s in that group. And if you have a lot 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. Regular Cheapskate readers know that when it comes to Microsoft Office alternatives, I typically recommend WPS Office (formerly Kingsoft Office). But I was …
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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. You know that office party gift-exchange coming up this weekend? Or that loved one who’s constantly leaving the keys in the ignition? Or …
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You might not have heard, but there’s a new “Star Wars” movie opening later this week. Whether it’s amazing, pretty good or just “meh,” chances are good it’s going to inspire a lot more fan films. And, of course, the most important ingredient in such a film is a lightsaber duel. But who has the software and editing tools necessary …
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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. Enlarge Image The LG Watch Urbane is a beauty. Sarah Tew / CNET First things first: Don’t forget to enter my last contest …
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