Here’s our brief weekly roundup of the newest video to hit the major online streaming services, such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and wherever else we can dig something up. Hit play below — we’ve folded in some trivia so you’ll know more about what you’re watching. For more information on what’s available to watch …
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’10 Cloverfield Lane’ hits Amazon in February 2017
Now playing: Watch this: The best new stuff to stream in February 2017 1:05 It seems every month we tell you Amazon is picking up more and more James Bond movies. That just means that these titles disappear from services (like Amazon) and then come back online. In February you can catch “Diamonds are Forever,” “The Living Daylights” and “Live …
Read More »Amazon Dash buttons make their way online
Just when you thought Amazon couldn’t possibly add more buy buttons to its website… The online retailer on Thursday unveiled on its website and app new “virtual Dash buttons,” essentially one-click buy buttons that it’s placed on its home page and in a new “Your Dash Buttons” section on its site. The feature is only available for Amazon Prime members. …
Read More »Prime payback: Amazon amps up rewards with new credit card
Amazon is rolling out yet another new benefit for its Prime members, but this one’s a mouthful: It’s called the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature card. If you’re as overstocked with Amazon trivia as I’ve become, you may know that Amazon already has three other branded credit cards. So what’s the difference with this one? Well, two of the existing …
Read More »Amazon drones, meet your mothership
This isn’t what I imagined from Amazon’s cloud-based technology. In recently discovered patent images, Amazon drafted a plan to have an airship 45,000 feet above the Earth, storing a fleet of drones and packages to deliver. Amazon said these unmanned aerial vehicles would take “little to no power” to transport goods to consumers’ doorsteps if they are dropping down and …
Read More »Amazon’s Digital Day is like Cyber Monday but for downloads
Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Boxing Day, Prime Day and now; Digital Day? Because there’s never enough days dedicated to deals, Amazon announced that Friday, December 30 will be Digital Day with sales on your downloads — TV shows, music, apps, games, eBooks and other software. Amazon is hoping to capitalize on the rush of new gadget owners from the just-wrapped …
Read More »Amazon’s best holiday season shipped over 1 billion items
Amazon Prime is really giving Santa Claus a run for his money. The Seattle-based retailer giant shipped more than 1 billion items with Prime around the world for the holiday season, more than five times its sales last holiday season, between November 1 to December 19. The Echo Dot was the most coveted gift out of items shipped from Amazon, …
Read More »Police request Echo recordings for homicide investigation
You have the right to remain silent — but your smart devices might not. Amazon’s Echo and Echo Dot are in millions of homes now, with holiday sales more than quadrupling from 2015. Always listening for its wake word, the breakthrough smart speakers boast seven microphones waiting to take and record your commands. Now, Arkansas police are hoping an Echo …
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Your holiday break is a great opportunity to relax and spend time with your loved ones. And what better way to connect with family than vegging out while streaming some quality TV series on Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO Go and Hulu? If you missed 2016’s most-hyped shows, now’s the time to catch up. Here are some of our favorite new …
Read More »Need some last
Jeff Bezos’ elves were busy. On Thursday morning, just three days before Christmas, a crew of Amazon employees darted around the company’s warehouse on the fifth floor of a Midtown Manhattan office building. They roamed the narrow aisles to fill brown paper bags with new orders of toiletries, Amazon devices and canned foods. Workers then brought carts filled with these …
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