The Cheapskate’s favorite Black Friday deals of 2017

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. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! The Verizon Wear24’s few flaws are a lot easier to overlook when it’s …

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2 big innovations that made Amazon’s Kindle a success

In early 2005, Charlie Tritschler, an Apple veteran, walked into an old law library in Palo Alto, California, where a small group of Amazon employees was working on a secret project and looking to bring him onboard. The space included floor-to-ceiling book stacks and the team worked at boxy carrel desks. But, incongruous to the setting, a table nearby held …

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Amazon reveals Cyber Monday deals

Is a turkey coma hampering your Black Friday shopping? No worries. Cyber Monday gives you a second shot at the deals, and Amazon is just one of the many retailers rolling out new offerings for the so-called busiest online shopping day of the year. Amazon doesn’t stop at just Cyber Monday, on which the company broke a record last year with …

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Hawaii’s Schatz: Net neutrality could be the next political movement

The Federal Communications Commission’s effort to repeal net neutrality regulations should be a rallying cry for internet-loving voters. That’s the message Sen. Brian Schatz, a Democrat from Hawaii, is promoting following news this week that the FCC is planning to vote next month on rolling back most of the Obama-era regulations that prevent broadband providers from messing with your internet …

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The Kunkun Body sniffer says my armpit stinks

Learning my armpits were slightly stinky wasn’t that big a deal, honestly. After all, I’d been walking through the crowded halls of the Anime Festival Asia 2017 in Singapore for the last hour or so. It helped that my smell wasn’t all that bad, according to the Konica Minolta’s Kunkun Body system. It’s a portable odour detector from Japan that …

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Thanksgiving sets record for online sales

Further confirming the notion that Black Friday may not actually be the start of the holiday shopping season, Thanksgiving Day sales this year jumped by more than 18 percent from last year. US consumers spent a record $2.87 billion at online retailers Thursday, according to Adobe Analytics. In 2016, that number was $1.3 billion. Black Friday was always considered the …

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My Tamagotchi Forever coming to mobile next year

Bandai Namco has announced that Tamagotchi, those cute virtual pets from the 90s, will be coming to iOS and Android in 2018. The free-to-play mobile game will be called My Tamagotchi Forever and its release will mark Tamagotchi’s 20th anniversary. The trailer reveals a village setting filled with Tamagotchi, suggesting possible interaction with other virtual pets. There are also hints …

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Moroccan adventure in the new BMW X3

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Walmart Cyber Monday deals will give you Black Friday deja vu

Like other retailers, Walmart wants you to know that it’s got plenty of good deals lined up for you on Cyber Monday — Monday, Nov. 27, the day you return to work after Thanksgiving break. And like other retailers’ sales, the vast majority of those so-called Cyber Monday deals are really just the Black Friday deals with a new name, …

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Amazon staff won’t work in Italy, Germany this Black Friday

Amazon won’t be enjoying Black Friday — and the rest of the holiday season — this year. Over 500 workers at the e-commerce giant’s main distribution hub in Italy have agreed to strike for the first time this Black Friday after disappointing talks with Amazon for bonuses and better pay, Reuters reported Wednesday. The plan follows strikes scheduled for the …

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Are TVs really cheaper than ever? We go back a few decades to see

It’s an old adage that technology gets better and cheaper every year. But how true is that? There are certainly more inexpensive products every year, but often those less-expensive products perform worse than average. They’re just cheaper, but not as “good.” If you look at the best TVs on the market, they’re still pretty expensive. But how does that compare …

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Facebook Messenger testing Snapchat

Ask teenagers how many “streaks” they have going, and they’ll know exactly what you’re referring to. That’s how many people they’ve been Snapchatting back and forth with for consecutive days.  It’s actually addicting, they’ll tell you. So much so, Facebook apparently wants in on the game. Facebook confirmed to Mashable on Wednesday that it’s testing out a feature similar to …

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Unbeatable Black Friday pricing for LG OLED TVs

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Get a Roku Streaming Stick Plus for $48

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. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Sarah Tew/CNET Announcements! First, here’s wishing you a safe and happy Thanksgiving! I’ll be back here on Friday …

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Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus may appear at CES 2018

Samsung users and fans may get a sneak peek at the upcoming Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus earlier than expected. According to VentureBeat, the pair of marquee phones is rumored to make an appearance at CES 2018, the huge consumer electronic trade show held annually in Las Vegas.  Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S8: The good, the bad, the …

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