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 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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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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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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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 started at noon PT Monday (3 p.m. PT) and ran through Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. PT (Wednesday, 2:59 a.m. …
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US Rep. Keith Ellison on Tuesday raised concerns about “a staggering amount” of neo-Nazi and white nationalist books and e-books being sold on Amazon and asked the company to remove them. Citing a new study by the Partnership for Working Families and the Action Center on Race and the Economy, the Minnesota Democrat mentioned in a letter to CEO Jeff …
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Update, July 18: Prime Day officially ended at midnight PT (3 a.m. ET). All the deals featured below have 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, starts at noon PT (3 p.m. ET) on Monday and runs through …
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As we gear up for Day 2 of Prime Day, a bunch of other retailers have elbowed in with their own online sales, much like last year. For now, the list includes eBay, Google, Newegg, Walmart and Lowe’s. (GameStop’s sale has now ended.) Here are the alternative Prime Day sales we’ve heard about so far. We’ll continue to add to the list …
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