Facebook is doubling its presence in London by acquiring office space across two buildings in King’s Cross. The 600,000 square feet (56,000 square meters) of office space will be enough for more than 6,000 workstations. The social media giant hasn’t said how many new jobs this will create, but it plans to have 2,300 UK …
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Today’s deal is a rerun, but one from way back in 2017 — and with the all-important lower price than last time. I’ll cut right to the chase: You can get a Mailbird Pro lifetime subscription for just $14.99. Get it at StackSocial Why would you want such a thing? Let me answer your question with a question: Do you …
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We could be watching movies on Walmart’s rumored video-streaming service by the end of this year. The big box giant plans to launch a subscription video platform through its Vudu division, Variety reported on Thursday. The news follows a similar report earlier this week that Walmart was considering a video service to go up against Netflix and e-commerce rival Amazon. Vudu …
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We may have answers as to why Amazon suffered glitches at the start of Prime Day on Monday. The e-commerce giant didn’t have enough servers to handle all the traffic on its site during one of its biggest sales days of the year, according to internal documents obtained by CNBC. That led the company to launch a simpler backup front page …
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I really wish Amazon’s new Part Finder worked better, because it’s a great idea in theory — just take a picture of that oddball screw, with the Amazon Shopping app (on iOS) and it’ll theoretically show you a matching fastener you can order on the spot. But when I tried it today: I had to go get a white piece …
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Amazon botched Monday’s kickoff of its fourth annual Prime Day sale, with a broken website and app redirecting customers to pictures of dogs on its error pages. For many shoppers, the problems persisted for hours. But the screw-up didn’t change the final outcome: a third Prime Day in a row that broke all previous Amazon sales records. On Wednesday, Amazon said his …
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Prepare for a shock: There are stores other than Amazon! I know, right? So while I’m sure you’re closely following my frequently updated top Prime Day picks of 2018, I thought I’d mention a couple deals happening elsewhere. Starting with this: For a limited time, and while supplies last, Newegg has the MSI Vortex G65VR gaming desktop PC for $899.99 …
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Update, July 18: Prime Day officially ended at midnight PT (3 a.m. ET). Nearly all the deals featured below have now expired. Check out our roundup of Prime Day deals still available for a curated list of the best remaining bargains. Amazon Prime Day, the online retailer’s giant 36-hour sale, continues to run through Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. PT (Wednesday, …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Amazon’s Prime Day 2018 started off with a lot of glitches, but the e-tailer says sales were strong anyway. Netflix’s subscriber growth underwhelms. Preview of this year’s Comic-Con. Now playing: Watch this: Prime Day 2018 and the 404 dogs of Amazon 2:25 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories …
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Amazon says sales during its annual Prime Day are surging so far in the US, even after a series of glitches crippled its site and app for many customers on Monday. “Prime Day sales in the U.S. so far are bigger than ever – in fact, in the first 10 hours Prime Day grew even faster, year-over-year, than the first …
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