If you thought the recent Disney Plus deal was good, get a load of this: Apple is offering a free year of its new Apple TV Plus streaming service with the purchase of a new — or refurbished — iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac or iPod Touch ($295 at Amazon). As we now know, Apple …

Update, Sept. 18: Read our full rated Apple Watch Series 5 review here. The Apple Watch Series 5 has arrived, but that wasn’t the only Watch news at today’s Apple event: Effective immediately, the Apple Watch Series 3 will have a starting price of $199 — an $80 cut that makes it arguably the single best Apple Watch deal to …

When you opt for a cheapie set of true-wireless earbuds, you make sacrifices, right? Your $36 isn’t going to buy you frills like touch controls or a wireless charging case. That’s what you get when you pay $199 for AirPods, right? Nope. In fact, the folks making cheapie ‘buds are really stepping up their game, as evidenced by today’s deal: …

Well, so much for the rumor mill. Although we expected the new Apple Watch might include sleep-tracking features, the just-announced Apple Watch Series 5 has no such capabilities. Eh, no biggie — I’ve been monitoring my sleep habits for a couple years already, thanks to apps that work with nearly every Apple Watch model. Best of all, the cost of …

In the market for a new laptop? The single most important feature, in my humble opinion: a solid-state drive, which will help the system boot and load programs so much faster than you’re accustomed to. Sure, a traditional hard drive will give you more storage space (1-terabyte drives are pretty standard these days), but how much do you really need? …

Maybe it’s because Apple’s announcing new iPhones tomorrow, or maybe it’s because Samsung phone prices always see a drop after launch (though not usually this soon). Whatever the case, this is notable for anyone who’s been eyeballing a Note. For a limited time, and while supplies last, the Microsoft Store (via eBay) has the unlocked Samsung Galaxy Note 10 256GB …

Every business needs a website, but not every business owner has the time, tools, knowledge or budget to get one started. Indeed, if you’ve ever investigated the numerous steps — registering a domain, finding a web host, actually building the site — you know it can be pretty daunting. And hiring a professional to do all the work for you? …

Labor Day is over, but deals on big TVs aren’t. This 65-inch Vizio P-Series Quantum remains widely available for under $1,000 at most major retailers: It’s $998 at Walmart and Amazon (where it’s out of stock and will ship at that price when inventory returns) and just 2 bucks more at Best Buy. This is the 2019 version of this …

At a recent Labor Day BBQ, CNET editor John Falcone found that everyone wanted to pick his brain regarding “cheap AirPods alternatives.” That doesn’t surprise me at all; with the demise of the headphone jack, everyone is looking for good wireless-earbud options — ideally not priced at $159 or $199 with wireless charging case. Regular Cheapskate readers haven’t had to …

If you’ve ever used (or heard me wax lyrical about) cash-back service Ebates, you know that it recently changed its name to Rakuten. What you may not know is that Rakuten is also an online marketplace (formerly Buy.com). Confused yet? Yeah, everyone is, but it’s worth muddling through the morass on days like today. Because Rakuten, the marketplace, is currently …