Sling TV just struck a deal with Amazon that gives select customers first dibs on the Sling Cloud DVR service. Classified as Amazon “First Look” subscribers, this subset of Sling TV customers can now cough up another $5 per month to save their recorded TV shows to Sling Cloud DVR servers online. From there they’ll …
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The CIA is listening in our conversations and it may be the fault of our iPhones and Galaxy S handsets. At least, that’s according to WikiLeaks and its Tuesday release of documents that reveal the CIA’s techniques for hacking into our lives. The documents show that the CIA was able to use exploits and find ways to break into the …
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Can’t get enough of Netflix? Neither can people in India, where Netflix is growing fast after launching early last year. To reciprocate the love, Netflix will set up an office in Mumbai and invest more in creating TV shows and movies specifically for India, company CEO Reed Hastings said, according to the Economic Times. Netflix will work to eliminate buffering …
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When it comes to selling phones in India, Apple has a conundrum: Indians need inexpensive phones, but Apple’s products are all premium. To solve this problem, the company has resurrected the iPhone 6 in the country, selling a 32GB variant of the 2014 phone through online retailers. This follows the model being discontinued in the country with the iPhone 7’s …
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Amazon’s hugely popular Prime membership service launched Tuesday in Mexico. Mexican Prime subscribers can now get unlimited shipping on over 20 million products, as well as Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service. The price of the service is 899 pesos (about $46) a year, but for the next six months Amazon will be offering a promotional rate of 449 pesos for …
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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. Quit mousing around: This thing is only eight bucks! VicTsing The last time I ran a deal on a mobile mouse, it was …
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You may not have heard of it, but Line is one of the world’s biggest messaging apps. Now the Japanese company is getting into the AI game. Line is teaming up with parent-company Naver, a South Korean search giant, to create an artificial intelligence platform called Clova. The company announced its plans at the Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona. …
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More and more people are turning to wireless headphones, but some people aren’t ready to let go of the headphone cable yet. If you’re in the market for a comfortable, good-sounding full-size wired headphone, Amazon has Bose’s SoundTrue Around-ear II headphone on sale for $100. Its list price is $180, but we’ve seen it discounted frequently, though rarely by this …
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Amazon offered up more answers Thursday about what caused a bunch of websites to fail two days ago. According to a postmortem by the company’s cloud services business, around 9:37 a.m. PT Tuesday an Amazon worker incorrectly punched in a command while trying to debug an issue. That command shut down a large set of servers at Amazon Web Services’ …
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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. BBC America When was the last time nature made your jaw drop? That’s the effect watching “Planet Earth” has on me. Whether I’m …
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