A new phone is one of the most personal gifts you can buy a loved one: You do everything on this thing. The tricky part is picking the right handset, especially if you don’t plan to also pay the monthly phone bill. Luckily, we’re here to help you narrow down the list, even if you’re …
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Buying a subscription service for someone has never been easier. There are more services now for more things than ever before. However, choosing which service to gift, well that’s where the difficulty lies. Which is why we’ve simplified your subscription service choices into top threes, over three different categories: video streaming, music streaming and console gaming. CNET may get a …
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Amazon shoppers can once again buy Google’s Chromecast media streaming devices direct from the online retailer. Listing pages for the Google Chromecast and Chromecast Ultra appeared a year ago, after the products were removed from Amazon in late 2015. The devices were never available for purchase, however, until now. Google’s Chromecasts compete with Amazon’s own Fire TV line of streaming devices and initially Amazon …
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Facebook Watch, the giant social network’s video hub, is a year and a half old. And Facebook is ready to talk about what people — and how many of them — are actually watching. Chat show Red Table Talk, grieving-widow drama Sorry for your Loss, trivia show Confetti and an episode of reality series Returning the Favor all topped various metrics that …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Many of the potential pitfalls Amazon faces in 2019. Apple plans a new $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas. Now playing: Watch this: From HQ2 to Trump, Amazon to face a lot of challenges… 4:45 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by …
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More American adults than ever are expected to sport a smartwatch on their wrist next year, and many of them will be older Baby Boomers, according to new projections released Thursday. The percentage of US adults who use a smartwatch will cross the 10 percent milestone for the first time in 2019, predicts research firm eMarketer. About 28.7 million Americans …
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We’re in the heat of the holiday shopping season, but Best Buy isn’t done unveiling new deals. On Thursday, Best Buy announced its “Nick of Time” sale. The promo kicks off Friday Dec. 14 and only runs for three days. Best Buy highlighted some of the upcoming discounts, including: Up to $150 on iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 …
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Apple will build a new $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, part of an expansion of operation across the US, the company said Thursday. The iPhone maker will also set up new offices in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City, California, as well as expand operations in Pittsburgh, New York and Boulder, Colorado, according to a release. The planned expansion …
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In addition to the dozen iOS 12 Shortcuts suggestions from my colleague Jason Cipriani, I have a trio of YouTube-related additions for your Shortcuts Library. One lets you download YouTube videos on your iPhone ($899 at Amazon) — no computer or iTunes required. Another lets you listen to YouTube in the background. And the last lets you look up YouTube …
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After a year of anticipation, Amazon last month announced its winners for two new, 25,000-employee campuses and was summarily met with a flood of derision and mockery. There was even a protest in Queens, where one of the offices will go, with people lambasting the billions of dollars in incentives Amazon will receive for the projects. That backlash was the …
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