Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET Wholesale clubs promise to save you money on popular household goods, provided you’re willing to pay an annual membership fee, buy items in (often comically large) bulk sizes, and devote half your Saturday to crowded aisles and slow-moving lines. Boxed Wholesale brings bulk shopping to your mobile device — it’s available …
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RadioShack has tried to rebrand itself as a more consumer-friendly shop. Radio Shack The dismantling of struggling consumer electronics retailer RadioShack may be on the horizon, Bloomberg reported Monday. The brick-and-mortar chain is thinking of selling half its stores to Sprint and then closing the rest, unnamed sources told Bloomberg. There were also discussions over whether Sprint would keep the …
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Rove is now owned by TripAdvisor. Rove Travel reviews and booking site TripAdvisor has acquired a small startup that helps people journal their adventures away from home. TripAdvisor has acquired San Mateo, Calif.-based ZeTrip, maker of the travel-journaling app Rove, TripAdvisor announced on Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but TripAdvisor did say that ZeTrip employees are already …
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Office for Android tablets Photo by James Martin/CNET After three months of waiting, Microsoft Office will officially launch for Android tablets today, bringing Word, PowerPoint and Excel to these midsize devices. The apps work much like the iOS versions, letting you create and edit documents, presentations and spreadsheets that will sync with OneDrive so you can work from anywhere. Also …
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Super Bowl 49 was a major event on Twitter. Twitter Super Bowl 49, pitting the Seattle Seahawks against the New England Patriots, was a nail-biter on the field and a wildly popular event on the Web, new data from social networks Facebook and Twitter shows. More than 65 million people took to Facebook to discuss the Super Bowl, yielding 265 …
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Verizon is reportedly readying a deal that will lighten its load. Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam and his company have signaled intent to sell nonessential assets for months. CNET The nation’s largest wireless service provider by customer base is close to a deal to sell off parts of its wireline business and cellular towers for $10 billion, according to The Wall …
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This story is part of a CNET special report looking at the challenges of Net neutrality, and what rules — if any — are needed to fuel innovation and protect US consumers. Tom Wheeler has made a career out of surprising people. The 68-year-old chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is commonly called out as a former top lobbyist for …
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Yahoo’s search share perked up over the last two months after a deal with Mozilla steered away traffic that previously went to Google. StatCounter Yahoo’s deal with Firefox maker Mozilla seems to have reversed years of hard times trying to reclaim its search-engine popularity lost to rival Google. Under the late-2014 deal, US Firefox users see search results from Yahoo …
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The Samsung Galaxy S5 uses a Snapdragon chip. Its successor is expected to use a different chip. CNET A group of major handset makers came to Qualcomm’s defense Monday, with Microsoft, Motorola Mobility, LG, Sony and others offering their support for the company’s new premium chip. The chip, the Snapdragon 810, has faced a difficult start just as it’s coming …
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“What? Carphone Warehouse has announced an MVNO with Three just days after Sky confirmed one too? All go, innit?” Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images Dixons Carphone is starting its own mobile phone network. The newly merged company that owns high street gadget and phone shops Currys, PC World and Carphone Warehouse is joining forces with Three for the network. Although it’s yet …
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