Roku media streamers, as well as TVs running the company’s namesake platform, are among the most popular home entertainment products, not to mention some of CNET’s favorites. They also tend to make great gifts. Whether you receive a Roku Express 4K Plus, a Streaming Stick 4K, an Ultra box or a Roku TV this holiday season, get ready to take it …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Today’s the last day to get your shopping done before Christmas arrives — but you won’t be the only last-minute shopper. On top of the crowds, you may struggle with empty shelves in stores due to the supply chain crisis making it difficult to find everything on …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. While you can’t wrap them and put them under the tree, online subscriptions and membership plans are great add-ons to help get the most out of a new device. Whether someone needs a library of books to read on their Kindle, or a library of …
Read More »Last call: Walmart deals you can still get in time for Christmas
This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Walmart has offered a lot of great holiday deals this season, trying to help you check off those final names from your gift lists. Unfortunately, if you’re still holiday shopping, you’re cutting it close as far as which delivery options are still available. Walmart still …
Read More »It’s not too late to send a Kindle book gift for Christmas
This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. COVID-19 is raging once again, canceling travel plans and upending holiday get-togethers. If you are feeling anxious about heading out into a crowd, but still want to send someone you love a thoughtful present without worrying about shipping deadlines, gifting a Kindle ebook might be the …
Read More »The most innovative tech gear of 2021, according to me
Innovation. What a completely slippery word, second only to “invention.” As much as we’re culturally fond of the notion of the “eureka!” moment or “game-changing” devices, important leaps in technology (or science or philosophy or…almost any discipline) progress slowly and quietly until they appear, seemingly full-sprung from the heads at Apple. Or Google. Or Microsoft. Or that unknown company crouching …
Read More »Lawmakers seek answers from Amazon in wake of deadly warehouse collapse
A group of 23 progressive lawmakers including Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants answers from Amazon about the Dec. 10 warehouse collapse that left six employees dead. They addressed their 12-page letter to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and CEO Andy Jassy. The workers killed in the Edwardsville, Illinois, warehouse were Austin J. McEwen, DeAndre S. Morrow, Clayton Lynn …
Read More »Bundle a Fire 7 Kids Tablet and Echo Dot Kids smart speaker and save 50% today
This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Between books, games, and programming, tablets are a great way to educate and entertain your little one. But you’re probably a little wary about letting them handle your nice, expensive device. Which is exactly why Amazon makes a version of their Fire tablets designed just …
Read More »Why TVs cost pretty much the same at every store and online
If you’ve tried shopping for a new TV lately, you may have noticed the prices are generally the same for each model of TV regardless of the store or online vendor selling it. That’s neither a coincidence now accident. It’s called UPP, or Unilateral Pricing Policy, and it’s how manufacturers force retailers to stick to specific prices. That means there …
Read More »Beats Studio Buds hit Black Friday low and there’s still time to get them before the holidays
One of the best deals we saw on headphones for Black Friday was on the Beats Studio Buds. The popular headphones were $50 off for the first time, bringing them down to just $100. Since then, we’ve seen them selling for closer to $150, but did for a few days see a drop to $120. Today’s deal is part of …
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