One thing I’ve long admired about MacBooks: Apple’s super-cool, super-logical MagSafe, the power connector that pops on and off with magnetic ease. Indeed, I’ve often wondered why the company didn’t bring this tech to iPhones. Third-party developers to the rescue! Znaps is a MagSafe-style magnetic adapter for smartphones — and not just iPhones, but also …
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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. Amazon Calling all Amazon Prime subscribers! (Everyone else, there’s some lovely Internet over here.) Today is the day you’ve long awaited! And by “long” I mean “since last week when you first heard …
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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. $25 out the door? Yes, please. Newegg Amazon’s much-ballyhooed Prime Day just kicked off, and although it’s a little early to render a verdict, my initial reaction: meh. Some nice Kindle deals, yes, …
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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. Amazon Planning to buy an Amazon Fire TV Stick? Wait till tomorrow: It’ll be on sale for $24. That’s just one of the deals planned for Amazon Prime Day, the July 15 event …
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Dot is one small headset. So Special Labs Children, as the saying goes, should be seen but not heard. But Bluetooth headsets? Just the opposite. Of course, most headsets are all too visible, hanging off or out of your ear like some clunky Borg implant. Thankfully, a company called So Special Labs aims to change that with the Dot, a …
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With Ballloon for Chrome, you can easily save Web stuff to your cloud service of choice. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET These days nearly everyone uses at least one cloud-storage service. But are you still jumping through the same old download-upload hoops? In other words, if you want to archive, say, a file or image, do you first download it to …
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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. LG Electronics Bigger is better, especially when it comes to monitors. Of course, a bigger screen means a bigger price, right? Not today. For a limited time, and while supplies last, Adorama has …
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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. A4C When it comes to smartwatches, two products occupy the bulk of consumer mindshare: the Apple Watch and the Pebble. That’s too bad, because there are a few other products out there that …
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Where/when shall we meet? It’s a Tossup. Microsoft Ever try to get a group of people to agree on something? Like the best day and time to hold a meeting, or where to gather for lunch? Heck, unless you’re all in the same room, just getting everyone to chime in can be a struggle. Enter Microsoft Tossup, a new app …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET Editors’ Note, July 9, 2015, 1:15 p.m. PT:The iOS 9 public beta is now available. You can find updated instructions on how to download and install the beta here. As expected at today’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple unveiled iOS …
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