Some time in the future all of our entertainment will come via the internet — on our TVs or on our mobile devices — and it will include a mix of some live TV but mostly binge-watchable shows. Services like YouTube TV and Sling TV are steadily growing, but what are they replacing? That old, …
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Amazon is apparently working to spread cashierless technology from its Go stores to other retailers. The e-commerce giant is talking to OTG, which operates airport concessions, and Cineworld, the company behind Regal theaters, about using equipment from its futuristic, automated stores, CNBC reported Monday. The company is also looking at concession stands in baseball stadiums, CNBC noted. Now playing: Watch this: …
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I’m a strong believer in having a backup phone. You just never know when your daily driver is going to get lost, stolen, broken or whatever. Your whole life is in that thing, so it makes sense to have a spare you can whip out if the need arises. Meanwhile: kids. At some point you’re probably going to give in …
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It’s not Prime Day, Black Friday, Labor Day, National Cat Awareness Day or any other holiday, but Vizio has chosen this moment to offer a great sale on a great TV. For a limited time, Amazon has the Vizio M-558G1 Quantum 55-inch TV for $498. Vizio proper sells it for $650, and here it’s a buck below the all-time lowest …
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A convertible Asus Chromebook is at its lowest price ever on Amazon, while two Chromebooks from HP and Lenovo on sale at Best Buy have dipped to all-time lows. The Asus and Lenovo models are at the luxury end of the Chromebook spectrum with aluminum enclosures instead of plastic, full HD touch displays and either 64GB or 128GB of storage. …
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Google’s live TV streaming service, YouTube TV, is finally available on Amazon Fire devices, effectively ending years of feuding between the two tech giants. YouTube TV will now be available on Fire TV devices including the second-gen Fire TV Stick, Fire TV Stick 4K, Fire TV Cube, Toshiba and Insignia Fire TV Edition smart TVs, and more. YouTube TV is a premium …
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Amazfit just unveiled a new smartwatch — the GTR — and the company may have several other models waiting in the wings. Perhaps it’s not surprising, then, that Best Buy is currently running a sale on four older Amazfit models: The Bip, the Stratos, the Verge and the Verge Lite. Note that CNET may get a share of revenue from …
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At $80, the Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet is a pretty amazing value. At half that price, it’s an outright steal. And that’s just the deal you can get right now — provided you’re a first-time QVC shopper. (The website, not the TV channel.) For a limited time, and while supplies last, the Amazon Fire HD 8 is $39.98 with …
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Amazon is entering the smart glasses field with the Echo Frames, the company announced at its Alexa event on Wednesday. The Echo Frames are part of Amazon’s “Day One Editions,” a program for experimental products that are complete but offered with limited availability, Dave Limp, senior vice president of devices and services, said at the event. The smart glasses don’t …
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Beats, Bose, Bang & Olufsen, Sony… I don’t know about you, but I can’t afford premium headphones priced at $200-$350. That’s why you’ll often hear me touting affordable off-brand models, which often offer “good enough” sound for those of us unwilling or unable to spend that kind of money. But, dang, when something like this comes along, count me in. …
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