Amazon for the past few years has installed its bright orange delivery lockers in many corners of the US, from hotel lobbies to convenience stores to supermarkets. Now, it’s eyeing plans to install a lot more, hoping to use the lockers to speed up Prime shipments and bolster its logistics network. The e-commerce giant is quietly …
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Altice’s One customers will be getting another app to stream content to their cable box. On Monday the cable company, which in recent years has purchased rivals Optimum and Suddenlink, announced that it will be adding Amazon Prime Video to its cable box platform. Prime Video is the latest streaming video service to arrive on Altice One, with Netflix and …
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We saw this deal back in June, but it’s now returned in more color options: The first-generation V-Moda Crossfade Wireless over-ear Bluetooth headphone, which originally listed for $200, is being being discounted to $100 on Amazon. (It was $135 on Amazon before the sale.) Note, CNET may get a share of revenue from the sale of the products featured on this …
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Problem: You get on a flight, only to realize you packed wireless earbuds — meaning you can’t use the in-flight entertainment system. Similar problem: Lots of health clubs have cardio machines with headphone jacks, but you want to use your wireless ‘buds. Related problem: The Nintendo Switch doesn’t support Bluetooth headphones. Offshoot problem: Your spouse is going to murder if …
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Walmart is opening another line of attack in its fight against Amazon, and this time it’s bananas. The world’s largest retailer, Walmart said Thursday it’s expanding its Delivery Unlimited grocery delivery program later this fall to 1,400 stores in the US. The company first tested the program in Houston, Miami, Salt Lake City and Tampa earlier this year. The Delivery …
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Apple on Tuesday unveiled a long list of new products and services: three new iPhones, the Apple Watch Series 5 and the launch dates and pricing for the Apple Arcade and Apple TV Plus services. Perhaps a little lost in all that, the company also wedged in a new iPad announcement, too. The new seventh-generation iPad features a wider 10.2-inch screen, compared …
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When Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced the current HD version of the Apple TV streaming box in 2015, he famously said, “The future of TV is apps.” Now an Apple app on a bunch of other devices could make that box obsolete. Four years later, at the iPhone 11 event on Sept. 10, Cook and company once again took the …
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When you opt for a cheapie set of true-wireless earbuds, you make sacrifices, right? Your $36 isn’t going to buy you frills like touch controls or a wireless charging case. That’s what you get when you pay $199 for AirPods, right? Nope. In fact, the folks making cheapie ‘buds are really stepping up their game, as evidenced by today’s deal: …
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Update, Sept. 18: Read our full rated Apple Watch Series 5 review here. The Apple Watch Series 5 has arrived. And, from a pricing perspective, it picks things up where the Apple Watch Series 4, which has now been discontinued, left off. Bottom line: the brand-new Apple Watch Series 5 starts at $399, though special editions — which feature premium materials …
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In the market for a new laptop? The single most important feature, in my humble opinion: a solid-state drive, which will help the system boot and load programs so much faster than you’re accustomed to. Sure, a traditional hard drive will give you more storage space (1-terabyte drives are pretty standard these days), but how much do you really need? …
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