Now playing: Watch this: Amazon expands into subscription music…and meat? 1:55 Amazon wants to bring music home again. The e-commerce giant on Wednesday launched a new subscription streaming music service, Amazon Music Unlimited, with three levels to pay. Like Spotify, Apple Music and virtually every other option out there, Amazon Music Unlimited charges consumers $10 …
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Now playing: Watch this: 3 ways to find your lost phone 1:12 Unless you’re willing to lash it to your forearm, chances are good your phone is going to go missing at some point. I don’t mean lost or stolen, though that’s always a possibility; rather, phones have a way of falling out of pockets and into couch cushions. Or …
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Oh, Samsung Galaxy Note 7, we hardly knew ye. After a botched recall, Samsung said Tuesday that it will stop making the Note 7 phones, following repeated reports that the devices catch fire. We discuss how bad this may be for Samsung going forward. We also go into a report that Amazon is considering opening convenience stores, and we check …
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When you hear the term “convenience store,” you might think of names like 7-11, Walgreens, CVS…and, perhaps someday, Amazon? Hoping to grow its grocery sales, the Seattle retailer is looking into opening its own small bodegas to sell produce, milk, meat and other perishables, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the plans. Amazon declined to comment …
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Every once in a while, Amazon‘s Kindle readers go on sale. That time has come for Prime members, and the deals this time include the step-up Voyage reader. The “limited time” offer doesn’t have a clear expiration, so if you want a Kindle and you’re a Prime member, you’d better go get one now. The entry-level Kindle is $50 ($30 …
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Eager to read Amy Schumer’s autobiography, “The Girl with the Lower-Back Tattoo”? Or Stephen King’s latest, “End of Watch”? How about the new Rick Riordan title for your mythology-obsessed teenager? They’re all available for Kindle, of course, but they’re all $14.99 apiece. I’m not saying they’re not worth it, merely that you might prefer to wait for a sale. Because, …
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Future conversations with your intelligent gadgets may be co-authored by your favorite comedy writers. It’s not too great a leap: according to a Wall Street Journal report, comedy and joke writers from Pixar movies and the Onion are already working on making Google’s upcoming Assistant AI voice service feel more loose and vibrant. The development of compelling voice AI will …
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If you’ve been waiting for a new Walmart supercenter to open in your town, don’t hold your breath. Walmart has become the biggest retailer in the world thanks to its 11,500 stores. But guess what? These days, the big-box operator is a little more interested in talking up its online persona, Walmart.com, which it hopes will help re-energize sales and …
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Exclusive phone offers, for the most part, have gone the way of the VCR. Yet Google decided to bring its new Pixel phone exclusively to Verizon in the US. We examine the major reasons Google opted to make that move and debate whether it will work. (You can, by the way, also buy the phone unlocked through Google.) Also on …
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Now playing: Watch this: Roku releases five new TV streamers, and the cheapest… 2:16 Update: We’ve now published reviews of the $30 Roku Express and the $40 Express+. We’ll review the 4K Roku boxes soon. Roku just made choosing a new streaming player five times more difficult, and at least five bucks cheaper than the competition. The giant-killing company’s products …
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