Amazon is reportedly charging some grocery brands an additional fee during 2019 Prime Day if their promotional sales fall short and cause a loss for Amazon. The charge will “fund the profitability gap,” CNBC reported Tuesday, citing an email allegedly sent to the retailer’s vendors. Amazon Prime Day is arriving July 15-16 and will see …
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The world’s most-streamed artists are a parade of major-label household names: Ariana Grande, Post Malone, Billie Eilish. But hidden below the top rankings are the independent artists and labels taking over a greater share of the music in your headphones. “If there’s one thing that streaming has done for sure, it’s created a new independent music industry,” said Jorge Brea, …
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I interrupt your Sunday with what is arguably the best TV deal of 2019: An Amazon seller just lopped another $200 off “the best value TV of 2018.” For a limited time, and while supplies last, the TCL 6 Series 65R617 65-inch Roku TV is just $499. Previous price: $699, itself a new low. Before that, it had been holding steady …
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Last week I heaped praise on the JBL Stage A170 tower speakers, but I also had the much smaller Stage A130 bookshelf speakers on hand, so I cracked open the box to see how the two JBLs compare. They share the same 1-inch aluminum tweeter set into a waveguide that focuses the high-frequency dispersion, but while the A170 has two …
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Yes, Amazon Prime Day is a giant 2-day sales event that hits on July 15 and 16 this year. And Walmart is one of several retailers having its own counter-Prime Day sale. But you don’t have to wait until then to save on TVs: both Amazon and Walmart have some nice sales on a wide range of TVs right now, at sizes all the way …
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Jony Ive, Apple’s chief design officer, announced Thursday that he’s leaving the company later this year. He will start his own design firm, for which Apple will be a primary client. During his nearly 30 years working for the tech giant, Ive designed several of the company’s most memorable hardware products, including the iPhone and iMac, and had a hand …
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Twitch is taking an old school approach to Amazon Prime Day by running a two-day TV shopping channel livestream July 15 and 16. Twitch Sells Out: A Prime Day Special Event will showcase gaming, electronics and other products in two 12-hour broadcasts. The first kicks off on its main /twitchpresents channel on July 15 at 10 a.m. PT and runs …
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The Pencil is mightier than the finger. I’m referring, of course, to Apple’s fancy Pencil stylus, which lets you do some pretty amazing things on compatible iPads. It normally sells for $100, which is bananas, but today only, and while supplies last, Best Buy has the Apple Pencil (1st-generation) for $59.99 — the lowest price I’ve seen. The catch: It’s …
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Digital photos are all well and good, but there’s something to be said for an actual print you can hold in your hand, stick to the fridge, drop in an envelope to a friend and so on. Call me nostalgic, but printed snapshots are just kind of nice. And I’m not alone in this sentiment, as mobile photo-printers have soared …
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It’s official: Prime Day 2019 starts on July 15. The big sale will kick off just after midnight Pacific time and run for 48 hours. Like last year, there will be more than 1 million deals available worldwide to Prime members. Read more: Amazon Prime Day sale bonanza kicks off July 15, will run for two days But we’ve already seen …
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