DVR manufacturer TiVo appears to have set up a placeholder app for Alexa last weekend, Dave Zatz reports. TiVo announced at CES in January that it would be bringing Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant to its boxes, old and new. Last March Amazon announced the skill programming interface (Google translation from Spanish) that would make it possible. …
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President Donald Trump is doubling down on his defense of Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE. Trump said on Twitter on Monday that ZTE, the fourth-largest smartphone maker in the US by market share, “buys a big percentage of individual parts from U.S. companies.” HE also said ZTE was “reflective of the larger trade deal we are negotiating with China and my …
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This is going to sound pretty silly, but bear with me a sec. There’s a new “Voice Remote” feature for the YouTube TV app that — get this — lets you ask for exactly what you want to watch. But only on phones, according to 9to5Google. Not on Rokus or Android TVs or other YouTube TV-equipped bigscreen devices where you’d likely …
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Austin Pruitt, a two-time US Paralympian, walked me over to a racing wheelchair that he set up for a stationary workout routine. Pruitt has cerebral palsy from the knees down, which forces him to walk slowly, but he’s able to compete on the world stage by racing in a wheelchair. He said he used to set up a bunch of …
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The Oneplus 6 has now been officially revealed. Now, it does have a notch, but also image stabilization on its dual rear cameras. We spoke with OnePlus co-founder, Carl Pei about the new phone and the future of OnePlus. We may be getting our first glimpse of the OnePlus 6 a few days before its official debut, thanks to Amazon. German tech …
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This is hard for me to believe, but Cheapskate Jr. is graduating high school in a few weeks. (And, ahem, going to my alma mater, Michigan State, with an honors scholarship. #crazyprouddad) That means there’s a backyard graduation party in our future, which means we’ll need tunes, which means today’s deal is perfect. Today only, and while supplies last, Meh …
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Quick housekeeping note: We’re doing a little experimenting in the coming weeks, meaning you might see some bonus deals that appear as short, standalone posts. Today, for example, there’s a pretty sweet Parrot Swing deal, but you won’t find it below; it’ll appear separately on the Cheapskate page and in the newsletter. The idea is simply to give bonus deals …
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Parrot makes some of the most interesting drones on the market. Case in point: the Swing, which looks like an X-wing and can switch between quadcopter and airplane modes midflight. It originally sold for $140, but for a limited time, TechRabbit has the refurbished Parrot Swing with Flypad Controller for $32.99 shipped. That’s after applying promo code CNETFLY7 at checkout. Cheapskate exclusive! Read CNET’s hands-on …
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Walmart’s making another big bet on e-commerce, agreeing on Wednesday to shell out $16 billion for a majority of India’s Flipkart. Flipkart — which sells electronics, large appliances, mobile phones, apparel and more — has the largest e-commerce players locally since its launch in 2007, with local rivals like Snapdeal helping draw more customers into online shopping. The deal for …
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Apple’s TV app is aiming to cut out the middleman even further. The app, which offers iPhone, iPad and Apple TV users a central place to watch videos from services like Amazon’s Prime Video, Hulu and HBO Now, will begin selling subscriptions to those kinds of services directly, according to Bloomberg. The report did not specify which subscription services might …
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