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Alternatives to the iPad: From the Surface Pro 4 to the Amazon Fire

If tablets were the Brady Bunch, the Apple iPad would be Marcia and, well, everything else would be Jan. But that’s not fair, right? Those other tablets have great qualities, too. (Just like Jan.) And just because they’re not the most popular doesn’t mean they’re not worthy of your attention. (Just like Jan!) Here are …

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Amazon patent envisions drone delivery towers in your city

Amazon has some towering ideas for drone delivery. The e-commerce giant filed a patent application for a “multi-level fulfillment center” that would allow drones to deliver packages in urban areas. Basically, it sounds like a giant robot-powered tower that would make it easy for drones to zip in and out as they deliver packages around a city. There’s a “growing …

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Taylor Swift’s return to streaming earns $400K in 12 days

Ending a years-long streaming boycott, Taylor Swift returned her back catalog to streaming services like Spotify, Pandora, Tidal and Amazon on June 8. The result? According to Billboard, the songs earned $412,000 in the first 12 days. Swift left most streaming platforms in 2014 over royalty rates for streaming songs. The disagreement centered on Spotify’s ad-based rates (which paid artists …

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eBay now guarantees its Deals offers are the cheapest online

eBay has been doling out guarantees this year, from vouching for the authenticity of Rolex watches to promising speedy delivery times. Now, it’s guaranteeing its prices, too. The e-commerce provider on Wednesday launched a new price-match guarantee on more than 50,000 items in its already discounted eBay Deals section in the US. “This is a way to up our game …

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Setting up Amazon’s Dash Button is a breeze

Now playing: Watch this: Sorta, kinda free Amazon Dash Wand adds Alexa 1:31 Amazon’s Dash Wand can make you feel as if you’re on one of those shopping spree gameshows. Only instead of getting to keep everything you scan for free at the end of the show, the Dash Wand adds items to your Amazon shopping cart, where you then …

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Automatically track Amazon price drops

It should come as no surprise that Amazon‘s product prices fluctuate. Sometimes things go on sale, sometimes the company price-matches a discount elsewhere and sometimes there’s just a plain old price-drop. OK, but how can you find out when this happens? If you’re a Chrome user, try installing Honey. Originally just a coupon-code lookup tool, the service now offers an …

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Cool things to put on the backside of your smartphone

You probably don’t spend much time thinking about the back of your phone. All the action happens in the front; duh, that’s where the screen is. But turn the phone over for a second. See all that empty space? Seems like prime real estate for, well, something. This is $6 very well spent. Loop But what? Turns out you can …

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What’s new on Amazon Prime for July 2017

How many Star Trek movies do you want? Amazon Prime will bring nine more Star Trek films to its service in the month of July. You want more? Amazon also added “Star Trek Beyond” in June and also has lots and lots of episodes of “Star Trek: The Original Series,” “The Next Generation,” “Deep Space Nine,” “Voyager” and “Enterprise.” Also …

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Get a Seagate 4TB portable USB 3.0 hard drive for $99.99

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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Seagate Today’s deal is kind of a rerun. Last month, there was a similar drive for the same price — but it was …

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Weekend Streaming: ‘Oh, Hello on Broadway’ comedy special now on Netflix

Here’s our brief weekly roundup of the newest videos to hit the major online streaming services, including Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and wherever else we can dig something up. Hit play below to find out what’s worth watching over your weekend. Stream “Oh, Hello” and “WWE Money in the Bank” this weekend Your browser does not support the audio element. …

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