On this podcast, we talk about: How the Japanese company Zozo hopes to reinvent online clothing shopping. Amazon will start direct sales of a lot more new Apple devices. Alibaba’s Singles’ Day hits yet another sales record. Now playing: Watch this: Buying clothes online is about to get super weird (The… 4:37 The 3:59 gives …
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Amazon has signed a deal to expand the selection of Apple products on its sites worldwide. The world’s largest e-commerce company said Friday it’ll soon start selling more Apple products directly and have access to Apple’s latest devices, including the new iPad Pro, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and Apple Watch Series 4, as well as Apple’s lineup of Beats headphones. The Amazon-Apple …
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It’s hard to beat the convenience of buying a TV online. A few taps on your tablet from your sofa and a few days later, a shiny new TV delivered to your door. But there are still advantages to buying a TV at a store. With more and more brands insisting online pricing match store MSRPs, that once-major advantage is …
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It’s been 10 years since Google launched the Android mobile OS and it’s come a long way. This is especially compared to its early days when it struggled to convince the world that its friendly green extraterrestrial could make applesauce of the revolutionary iPhone. In truth, Google’s first Android phone, the HTC-made T-Mobile G1, wasn’t much to look at when …
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Words can’t adequately express how much I love Movies Anywhere. It’s the service that links all your movie accounts, making all your movies available, well, anywhere. To celebrate its one-year anniversary, Movies Anywhere is offering three free movies when you connect at least two new digital retailers. And if you already have all six available retailers synced to your account, …
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This year, Black Friday will get started early. Like, on Thursday. You may want to experiment with a Thanksgiving lunch instead of Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 22. Best Buy and Walmart have both announced that their in-store Black Friday sales will kick off on the evening of Thanksgiving Day. Best Buy will open its stores from 5 p.m. local time on …
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Amazon released the Alexa app for Windows 10 today, which lets you operate the Alexa voice assistant with your voice or keyboard from a PC. Previously the app was only available preloaded on compatible PCs from brands like Lenovo, but Alexa is now available from the Windows 10 store. The Wake on Voice feature is still only available on “supported …
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Black Friday shopping in person at big box stores is the stuff of hilarious memes about being thrown into combat, getting trampled to death or simply being guilty of gross consumerism the day after one was theoretically supposed to be thankful for what they’ve got. There’s a lot of sane reasons big and small to want to avoid a real-life …
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Samsung offered a first look at its concept foldable phone. But if you blinked or looked away, you might have missed it. The foldable phone, easily the biggest reason people tuned into the company’s annual developer conference, showed up courtesy of Samsung executive Justin Denision, who pulled the device out of his jacket pocket and unfolded it. The stage lights …
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Just last month I shared a deal on a Tile tracker 4-pack bundled with a free Google Home Mini. This deal is like that, only better in a couple respects. For a limited time, Amazon is offering a Tile Mate four-pack and Amazon Echo Dot for $59.99. That’s pretty much scoring you the latter for free. See it at Amazon …
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