This story is part of 2019 Holiday Survival Guide, featuring tips on the best ways to manage the holiday season. If you’re trying to ship a package from Amazon or another retailer with fast shipping, today’s your last day to get guaranteed two-day shipping delivered by Christmas Eve. If you’re going to be sending or receiving …
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Amazon, SpaceX and Facebook are all exploring using satellites to provide a new way to connect devices. According to a new report Friday, Apple may soon be added to that list. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg says that Apple has “a secret team working on satellites and related wireless technology, striving to find new ways to beam data …
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While I know that keyboards are, like most things, a matter of personal taste, I’ve been using a mechanical keyboard for years and could never return to the mushy, indecisive world of membrane keyboards. If you’ve never had the pleasure of typing — or playing games — on a mechanical keyboard, you owe it to yourself to try one out. …
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If you’ve ever tried to get help with, say, a printer that won’t print, a laptop that has a virus, a phone that’s not working or the like, you know that tech support can be: A) Expensive; B) Inconvenient; C) Hard to come by. Indeed, just knowing who to call for help can be a challenge, and a single support …
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Just because you don’t have a smart TV, it doesn’t mean you need a smart TV. In this age of streaming video content, cable TV cord cutting, Netflix, Amazon Prime video, and YouTube, there’s plenty of ways to stream that video onto your TV. But the cheapest is a dedicated media streamer from a company like Roku or Amazon Fire …
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And then there were four. Google Stadia, the tech titan’s new service that lets you play video games like you stream the TV show Stranger Things from Netflix, launched this week with high hopes — and immediately took flak for having few features, a poor lineup of games and slow response time. Next year, it’ll have another issue to contend …
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Completely wireless Bluetooth earbuds are all the rage right now, fueled by models like the Apple AirPods and the Jabra Elite 75t at the high end and buttressed by a slew of cheap wireless earbuds under $50. But as cool as the concept of no-wires-at-all is, not everyone wants earbuds of that type. They can be hard to control and …
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If you signed up for Disney Plus only to discover that some of your favorite Disney-owned titles are not currently available on the fledgling streaming service, you’re not alone. Thanks to previous licensing agreements with Netflix and a host of others, fan favorites like Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, Avengers: Infinity War, The Incredibles 2 and dozens more weren’t available …
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You might think the hardest part about giving the gift of Netflix this holiday season is finding someone on your list who isn’t already a subscriber to the wildly popular streaming service. But perhaps you didn’t know Netflix gift subscriptions can be added to existing accounts. Who doesn’t want a few free months of Netflix? Now playing: Watch this: What’s …
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Happy Thursday, cheeps! Quick housekeeping note: I’ll be traveling tomorrow and parts of next week, but the deals will keep on coming — just from other CNET cheapskates. And speaking of travel, here are two mobile chargers worth a look: The Xcentz Lipstick Mobile Charger is just $8.99 with promo code S47D7UNB. True to its name, it’s a tube-shaped power …
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