Along with the typical fare of drab rest stops and wireless towers dressed up like pine trees, expect to spot a new sight along the highway soon: Amazon tractor trailers. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant said Friday that it will start rolling out thousands of Amazon-branded trailers across the US for the first time to help …

It was late September when action-cam maker GoPro cut $100 off the price of its waterproof cube-shaped camera, the Hero4 Session, bringing the price down to $300 in the US, or £250 and AU$430 in the UK and Australia. That price drop apparently wasn’t enough to spark interest for holiday shoppers, so GoPro has brought the price down by another …

Even the seasoned travellers have nightmares about returning from holidays to face a $2,000 mobile phone bill. But if you’re planning a trip abroad, there’s plenty you can do to minimise roaming charges. Whether it’s knowing what to set up before you leave or what to do when you’re on the ground, here are our tips (some of them very …

Flexibits, makers of popular calendar replacement app Fantastical 2 for iOS and Mac has released an update to its Mac app. The update adds near-instant Google calendar updates, instead of merely refreshing the calendar at a set time interval as has been the case in previous versions. Flexibits notes in a blog post the feature is launching in beta form …

Many smartphones may be waterproof, but that doesn’t necessarily help to keep them clean. Japanese electronics giant Kyocera is addressing that with the unusually named Digno Rafre, which can be scrubbed with soap and water. In a set of promotional videos for the phone, Kyocera shows how to clean it correctly, noting that only foamy soaps should be used to …

Congrats to Charles C. of Etowah, Tennessee, for winning a 128GB SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick in last week’s giveaway. In case you have some catching up to do before “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” hits this month, we’ve got commemorative Blu-ray versions of all six movies from Walt Disney Studios, Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Yep, all six: …

Update, July 12, 2017: Telstra has updated its Travel Passes to a pay-per-day pricing structure. Read all about the new pricing here.  Telstra customers travelling to some of the world’s most popular travel destinations are set to pay more for calls and data after Telstra restructured pricing for its International Travel Passes. While travellers will get increased data allowances, Telstra has changed …

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What has the back of your phone done for you lately? Probably not much. There’s a lot of unused real estate back there, which makes you wonder why phone makers — other than LG — don’t add programmable shortcut buttons. How about one for the flashlight? One to launch the camera? One to speed-dial your significant other? That’s the idea …

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 Amazon In moderation, tablets are awesome for kids. Games, movies, educational apps, interactive books — a tablet can really save the …