Amazon Day is now national. Amazon said Thursday it’s made its Amazon Day shipping option available to all its Prime customers in the US. Amazon Day, which was introduced in November, lets shoppers pick a day of the week to receive their Amazon deliveries. The program was first rolled out slowly to select Prime customers. The …
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The Samsung Galaxy S10 has an in-screen fingerprint reader, wireless charging of other devices, three cameras and an actual headphone jack. But its biggest feature is something its owners will be staring into every day: the screen. Samsung’s engineers didn’t neglect the new phone’s display. All four varieties — the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10 Plus, Galaxy S10E and Galaxy S10 5G …
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For most people, the thought of paying $1,000 for any phone is preposterous. It’s why I appreciate the iPhone XR so much. At the very least it’s a concession to a possible direction for Apple where iPhones stay well under $1,000, but are still great phones. Here’s the thing though, even before the XR, Apple already had a really good, …
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The TV deals just keep coming. And when I spot a good one, I gotta share. (I also like sharing CNET’s roundup of the best TVs for 2019.) This deal? Damn good. For a limited time, and while supplies last, Best Buy has the Hisense 65R6070E 65-inch 4K HDR Roku TV for $429.99 shipped (plus tax). The last time I …
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Most of you probably won’t admit to this unsafe behavior, but plenty of you say you would do it. This high-risk activity so many of you are eager to try: sharing your password. Seventy-one percent of people said they would consider sharing a password with a spouse or partner, according to a SurveyMonkey Audience poll shared exclusively with CNET and …
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Online backup specialist Backblaze raised monthly prices from $5 to $6 on Tuesday — its first price increase since launching in 2008 with unlimited data storage. That’s a bummer if you’re already absorbing price increases for Netflix or Amazon Prime or choosing to pay for services like Apple’s iCloud and Google Photos. But the company has to fund the development …
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It’s hard to ignore Valentine’s Day whether you’re excited about it or absolutely loathe it. The supermarket aisles are full of pink and red things. Cupids dangle from unexpected places. Shelves buckle under heaps of heart-shaped candy. Whether this is your first or your fiftieth Valentines Day with your sweetie, or if you plan to spend the evening with your …
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Netflix is widening its “smart downloads” feature to Apple mobile devices, the company said Thursday, giving more mobile users the option to let Netflix automate your offline cache so you don’t need to keep on top of the episodes downloaded to your device. The streaming-video giant introduced “smart downloads” on Android devices in July as a way to automatically remove downloaded …
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Tubi is going bigger and global. The popular free movie-streaming service on Wednesday said it’ll spend over “nine figures” on content acquisitions as it expands internationally. The company’s catalog already includes more than 12,000 movies and television series that anyone can watch free with advertising breaks. As Netflix has transitioned away from licensing a deep catalog of movies in favor of …
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Walmart is walking away from plans to develop its own streaming service, according to a Friday report from CNBC. The retail giant reportedly decided not to pursue the service after talks with media expert Mark Greenberg fell apart last year. Despite the news, a person familiar with the situation said Walmart never had any plans to launch its own streaming …
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