Free Pandora is awesome, but so… many… commercials. You can go ad-free by subscribing to Pandora Premium, but is it worth $10 per month? Take 90 days to decide. For a limited time, Groupon is offering a 3-month Pandora Premium subscription for free. That’s a $30 value. (For what it’s worth, Pandora proper already offers …
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It’s not hyperbole to say that Amazon’s Fire 7 tablet is a steal at $50. That’s just an amazing price for a 7-inch screen that does all the things: books, movies, music, apps, games and so on. Heck, it even has built-in Alexa. How, then, to describe the Amazon Fire 7 tablet for $35? Super-steal? I’ll just say that’s some …
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The iPhone SE is dead. Long live the iPhone SE! Needless to say, some folks are not happy that Apple effectively put its compact budget phone out to pasture last week. Granted, some other folks — myself included — might argue that there’s a better option in the form of the iPhone 7. Read more: No iPhone SE? No problem. …
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The new iPhone XS and XS Max start at $1,000 and rise sharply from there. Ouch. The iPhone XR is more affordable at $749, but it’s not available for preorder for about another month. Thankfully, there are deals to be had on Apple’s new flagships. Four of them come from the Big Four carriers, while the fifth (and arguably best) …
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Let me start by saying this deal first hit the interwebs yesterday, so it could end at any time, or supplies could run out. The latter seems especially likely, as it’s one seriously sweet storage deal. For a limited time, B&H has the Samsung T5 500GB portable solid-state drive for $99.99 shipped. The first time I encountered this drive, it …
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In just one year, MoviePass has gone from Most Likely to Save Movie Theaters from Extinction to Least Likely to Survive 2018. To say it’s been a rollercoaster ride is to understate rollercoasters. Never mind that one ticket per day for $9.95 per month — the much-ballyhooed plan that debuted in August 2017 — was overkill and unsustainable. The company …
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With all the hubbub surrounding the launch of the iPhone XR, iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, it was easy to overlook another Apple development: No more iPhone SE. In other words, no more “budget” option. The SE debuted at $399, but was cut to $349 with the arrival of the iPhone X and iPhone 8 last year. See also …
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It’s a first-world problem, no question, but a car without a Bluetooth-compatible stereo is a car without joy. How else can you listen to music, audiobooks and podcasts streamed from your phone? The AUX-in jack? Sorry, your phone doesn’t have an output jack anymore. It’s Bluetooth or nothing! For years now, the workaround has been the old-standby FM transmitter, which …
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DJI makes hard drives? Who knew? Actually, Seagate makes this one, but it’s DJI-branded because it has drone-related aspirations. As in, you can use this drive to store your drone’s video footage. For a limited time, and while supplies last, Best Buy has the DJI Fly Drive 2TB USB-C external hard drive for just $50. Regular price: $120. See it …
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The new iPhone XS, XS Max and XR have arrived, and carrier US Mobile is dangling one seriously tasty “switch carrot.” As in, “Switch to US Mobile and we’ll give you $400.” It works like this: Activate a new line of service (with a new or ported-in number) for your iPhone XR, iPhone XS or iPhone XS Max and US …
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