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Tablet Tuesday: Get an Amazon Fire for $39.99

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 This tablet, $39.99? Yes, please. Amazon OK, I’m calling it. Amazon wins the tablet wars. Sorry, Apple. Sorry, Samsung. Sorry, Lenovo, …

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Apple Stores will now apply iPhone screen protectors for you

Shattered phone screens aren’t fun. Don’t feel like paying the $99-$150 that Apple charges for an iPhone screen repair? You could always just add a screen protector. It won’t necessarily keep your phone screen from breaking, but it might help. I’ve never been a screen protector person, but Apple Stores are going to make it easier for people on the …

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StubHub wants to be your new box office

Beliebers just want to go to Justin Bieber concerts. They don’t really care if their tickets came from the box office or an independent seller. That feeling is likely true for more than Bieber lovers, and it’s why StubHub decided to start regularly selling box office tickets for the first time in the ticket resale company’s 15-year history. “Consumers no …

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Facebook’s Free Basics cut off in India

India has blocked Facebook’s Free Basics service. The action is the result of a new regulation released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), BBC News reported Monday. Free Basics, launched in 2014 under Internet.org, is a Facebook-backed initiative that aims to provide a limited number of Internet sites and services for free to areas of the world where …

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Disturbing video of snow

There’s something moving in the snow at the Formigal-Panticosa ski resort in Spain. It’s big and shuffling and as white as the ground. And it was caught on camera. Update: It was a marketing stunt. On February 11, sunglasses company Hawkers and Spanish ski resort association Aramón took responsibility for the viral Yeti video as advertising for a sunglasses and …

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