Amazon may be looking to hire a few housekeepers to spruce up its Prime members’ homes. The e-retailer put up two job postings on an Amazon website last month for Amazon Assistants in its hometown of Seattle. The program, which the company has not announced, would send housekeepers employed by Amazon to help with “tidying …
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What to stream this weekend Your browser does not support the audio element. Every week, you’ll get a quick roundup (in about a minute) of the newest video to hit the major online streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and wherever else we can dig something up. We’ve also added in some trivia so you’ll know more about what …
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Get yourself a tablet that can do both — both Wi-Fi and 4G LTE, that is. If you take your tablet outside the comfort of your own Wi-Fi network, you know what it’s like to be at the mercy of whatever public Wi-Fi is available. Subscribing for data service on your phone is a no-brainer, but having the option on …
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Amazon Prime has landed in China. The world’s biggest online retailer said Friday it brought a version of its popular Prime membership service to the country, offering unlimited free deliveries of a selection of US-shipped and domestic products for 388 yuan (about $57) a year through its Amazon.cn website. Until February 28 of next year, the company will offer a …
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Amazon is in a pickle. It would probably like to raise the fee on its popular Prime membership to offset its skyrocketing shipping costs. That fee, though, already stands at $99 a year, meaning an increase of just a buck would push membership to the psychologically important $100 barrier. Here’s the rub: the inherent contradiction of Prime is that the …
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Looks like the rumors were true: Apple‘s new MacBooks have done away with old-school USB. From here on out, it’s all USB-C. That’s good news if you like fast throughput and easy insertion (no more upside-down aggravation!), but a bummer if you want to connect any of your current USB devices: flash drives, hard drives, cameras, printers and, oh yeah, …
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Brand-new “Black Mirror” and some movies ought to make for a great weekend! Your browser does not support the audio element. Every week, you’ll get a quick roundup (in about a minute) of the newest video to hit the major online streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and wherever else we can dig something up. We’ve also added in …
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The cost of a monthly music streaming service hits a bum note with some listeners. In a survey by UK pollsters YouGov and subscription software company Zuora, 2,115 adults discussed their use of music and video streaming services. Of those surveyed who did not pay for a music streaming service, 48 percent believe they’re too expensive. Music services such as …
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Now playing: Watch this: What’s new to stream for November 2016 1:00 Like many months, Amazon and Hulu are adding a lot of the same titles in the month of November. So, let’s highlight what’s being added to just Amazon. First up is the second season of the Amazon original series, “Red Oaks.” The comedy is set in the 1990s …
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Now playing: Watch this: Got Prime? Share Amazon’s unlimited photo storage with… 2:21 Amazon on Tuesday said Prime members in the US can now invite up to five other people to use Prime Photos to store as many photos as they want, as well as share 5 gigabytes of space for videos and other files. Additionally, that group can easily …
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