Now playing: Watch this: Battle of the Motorola budget phones: G5 Plus vs. E4 2:09 Australian millionaire Tim Gurner caused a social media storm earlier this year when he criticized millennials for buying avocado toast and four-dollar coffee instead of saving money. But if you like such edible amenities, giving them up to save money …
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Spoon! ‘The Tick’ hits Amazon Prime in August 2017
Many years ago, I used to live near a New England Comics store. That company is behind the incredibly fun character, the Tick. You may have seen the excellent cartoon that ran on Fox or the short-lived live-action show (that also ran on Fox). This time, the Tick is back for another round with 10 episodes arriving in late August. …
Read More »Weekend Streaming: ‘Game of Thrones’ isn’t the only new thing to watch
Here’s our brief weekly roundup of the newest videos to end up online. This time, we looked around the web to find great new content to watch. HBO Now will have the newest installment of “Game of Thrones” on Sunday, July 16. If for some reason you’re not all caught up, you can watch every episode on HBO’s streaming service …
Read More »Amazon’s Prime Day shatters sales record
Amazon‘s Prime Day again proved to be a huge success. The exclusive sale for Prime members, held on Tuesday, broke the e-commerce titan’s single-day sales record for the second year in a row. Amazon said Wednesday that overall sales grew by 60 percent from a year earlier and that more new members joined Prime than on any other day in …
Read More »PSA: Shop Amazon Smile on Prime Day to donate to charity
Today, while scouring the many deals of Amazon’s Prime Day, remember to shop via smile.amazon.com. Entering through that URL gets you to the exact same Amazon you’d normally use, except that 0.5 percent of your purchase goes to a charity of your choice. It may sound unreal, but all of the prices and deals are the exact same too. So be …
Read More »The best Amazon Prime Day tech deals of 2017
Now playing: Watch this: The real deals of Amazon Prime Day 2:24 Prime Day 2017 has arrived. We’ll cut straight to the chase: You’re here for Amazon’s July 11 deals. We’re doing our best to collate them as we see them. Before you shop, check out: First Prime Day deals revealed: $35 Echo Dot, $90 Echo, more Prime Day 2017: …
Read More »The best Amazon Prime Day tech 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 Twitter! For Prime Day, Amazon has slashed prices on the Echo and Echo Dot. CNET Amazon Prime Day 2017 has …
Read More »First Prime Day deals revealed: $35 Echo Dot, $90 Echo, more
Now playing: Watch this: The real deals of Amazon Prime Day 2:24 Amazon’s Prime Day online shopping extravaganza starts later today, and the company has just teased some of the first big deals available. As always, Amazon’s own hardware is at the top of the discount list. Prime price cuts include some of the best-ever deals on the Echo speaker …
Read More »9 things you should know about Prime Day 2017
Now playing: Watch this: The real deals of Amazon Prime Day 2:24 It’s beginning to look a lot like Prime Day. On the evening of Monday, July 10 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, and 6 p.m. in the UK, Amazon will kick off its third annual sales event. It’s basically a Cyber-Monday-in-July that promises extra savings over and above the …
Read More »Weekend Streaming: ‘Titanic’ lands on Netflix
Here’s our brief weekly roundup of the newest videos to end up online. It’s a new month and there are plenty of things to watch. This weekend, you can catch the not-prequel to “Titanic II,” “Titanic,” on Netflix. For those of you who don’t know, Netflix used to house the Asylum’s “Titanic II,” a movie that has absolutely no connection …
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