Amazon will no longer offer its unlimited storage plan, according to the megaretailer’s Amazon Drive FAQ as of Thursday. The plan previously offered unlimited storage to users for $60 a year. Beginning today, Amazon will offer plans based on how much storage you need: 100 gigabytes for $12 and one terabyte for $60. You can buy …
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Amazon is keeping up its effort to attract more low-income customers to its Prime membership program. The e-commerce giant said Tuesday it cut the price for a Prime subscription to $5.99 a month for people with an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card. These cards are used to disburse funds for food assistance and other government-aid programs. At that rate, Prime would cost $71.88 …
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Amazon’s Echo may dominate smart speakers, but Pandora appears to rule the Echo. Pandora’s streaming music service represents more than 40 percent of listening on Amazon’s Echo devices, Pandora CEO Tim Westergren said Tuesday at a keynote discussion during A2IM Indie Week, an independent music label conference in New York. That jibes with third-party data released earlier this year suggesting …
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Crowdsourced delivery is so 2016. Walmart just created something called “associate delivery.” For the past few years, a slew of tech titans and startups have been developing crowdsourced shipping services, with Amazon, Uber, Postmates, Deliv and others paying regular folks to deliver packages or food to customers’ doors. Walmart may have one-upped them. The company on Thursday said that it …
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The sixth month of the year brings a bunch of new movies to Amazon’s streaming video service. Sure, there are plenty of household names, such as “Apocalypse Now,” “Star Trek Beyond” and “Magnolia.” There are also some movies that I’ve never heard of, but I have to mention due to their titles alone. In June, Amazon will get “Invincible Obsessed …
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Here’s our brief weekly roundup of the newest videos to hit the major online streaming services, including Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and wherever else we can dig something up. Turns out both Amazon Prime and Hulu have some of the same offerings, including a bunch of James Bond flicks for the month of May. Hit play below — we’ve folded …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple TV may finally fix its Amazon snag 1:17 It appears Apple and Amazon have called a truce. After years of neck and neck rivalry over video, the Amazon Prime video app will be coming to Apple TV, according to a Buzzfeed report. Apple will break the news at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, the …
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Getting free shipping for your Amazon orders just got a little more affordable. The e-commerce giant has dropped its $35 minimum purchase for free US shipping for non-Prime members to $25 — the level it was in 2013. Amazon lowered the minimum required for free US shipping from $49 to $35 in February, following competitor Walmart’s drop on its website’s …
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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. Most days I share deals. Today, I thought I’d put on the ol’ news cap and talk about a couple interesting deal-related developments …
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For Amazon Prime members, the one glaring strike against Apple TV has been its inability to stream Amazon video content. But according to a Recode report, Apple and Amazon may be on the verge of putting their differences aside and will bring the Amazon video app to Apple TV this summer. Enlarge Image Amazon Prime Video. Amazon No one from …
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