Today, while scouring the many deals of Amazon’s Prime Day, remember to shop via smile.amazon.com. Entering through that URL gets you to the exact same Amazon you’d normally use, except that 0.5 percent of your purchase goes to a charity of your choice. It may sound unreal, but all of the prices and deals are the …
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AT&T joins online protest to protect net neutrality
AT&T says it supports net neutrality and to prove it, it plans to join the massive online protest Wednesday to show support for rules under fire by the Trump administration. Yes, that’s right. The nation’s second-largest phone company, which unsuccessfully sued the Federal Communications Commission in federal court to dismantle the 2015 rules, is joining 70,000 online companies, advocacy groups …
Read More »First Prime Day deals revealed: $35 Echo Dot, $90 Echo, more
Now playing: Watch this: The real deals of Amazon Prime Day 2:24 Amazon’s Prime Day online shopping extravaganza starts later today, and the company has just teased some of the first big deals available. As always, Amazon’s own hardware is at the top of the discount list. Prime price cuts include some of the best-ever deals on the Echo speaker …
Read More »The best Amazon Prime Day tech deals of 2017
CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Twitter! For Prime Day, Amazon has slashed prices on the Echo and Echo Dot. CNET Amazon Prime Day 2017 has …
Read More »9 things you should know about Prime Day 2017
Now playing: Watch this: The real deals of Amazon Prime Day 2:24 It’s beginning to look a lot like Prime Day. On the evening of Monday, July 10 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, and 6 p.m. in the UK, Amazon will kick off its third annual sales event. It’s basically a Cyber-Monday-in-July that promises extra savings over and above the …
Read More »Facebook and Google to join net neutrality protest
Facebook and Google are throwing their weight behind preserving the Federal Communications Commission’s controversial net neutrality rules. The two internet giants confirmed Friday that they plan to participate in a mass online demonstration to defend the rules as the Republican-led FCC considers gutting the protections, according to spokespeople for the companies. Dozens of companies and activist groups, including Amazon, Netflix, …
Read More »Get alerted before the best Prime Day deals go live
Now playing: Watch this: The real deals of Amazon Prime Day 2:24 July 10 will mark the start of the third annual Prime Day — or Amazon‘s massive 30-hour sale. With nearly 100,000 products on sale and with staggered start times for deals, it can be a lot to take in. And with so many people watching and waiting for …
Read More »Bixby, Samsung’s Siri rival, behind in releasing English
Now playing: Watch this: Samsung’s S8 assistant still isn’t ready 1:27 Samsung’s Bixby is still a no-show. The consumer electronics giant told the Korea Herald on Tuesday that the English version of its digital assistant will be delayed — again — because it lacks enough big data to teach it to work properly. Bixby Voice was supposed to launch in late …
Read More »Prime Day starts early if you shop via Amazon Echo
Now playing: Watch this: Get $10 from Amazon by shopping with your voice 1:38 Amazon’s third annual Prime Day will include hundreds of thousands of deals and run for 30 hours. Taylor Martin/CNET Amazon really wants you to give voice shopping a try. The e-commerce giant said Wednesday that voice shoppers — that is people shopping via one of Amazon’s …
Read More »Samsung’s Bixby is lost in translation (The 3:59, Ep. 250)
Samsung’s voice assistant Bixby could use some more English lessons. The South Korean electronics giant missed the mark again on bringing its voice assistant to phones around the world, which it promised would arrive in late April and then again in June. It has been struggling to roll out the English version of Bixby because the company doesn’t have enough …
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