Looks like Apple has cut the iPhone XR price in Japan by offering subsidies to carriers. Customers coming to NTT Docomo, Japan’s biggest carrier, can save nearly $100 on the cheapest of Apple’s 2018 iPhones on a 24-month contract, 9to5Mac reported Monday. It noted that 24 monthly payments on the 64GB iPhone XR contract would previously have …
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President Donald Trump’s battle with China might hit your next iPhone. Apple designs its phones in the US, but the devices — like many other electronics — are assembled in China. Its products have previously avoided added fees, but Trump, speaking during an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Monday, said he may place tariffs on iPhones and laptop computers …
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Costco really wants to get members into its big club stores, but that doesn’t mean it’s sitting out the biggest online shopping day of the year. Some of Costco’s best deals are still going strong online this Cyber Monday. They include a higher-end configuration of the Lenovo Flex 5 tablet, an iPad for $280 and your choice of a 27-inch …
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Apple wants to help give female developers a boost when it comes to iOS apps. The company on Monday unveiled its new Entrepreneur Camp that’ll help women with an intensive coding lab, specialized support and ongoing mentoring. It’ll bring women to its Cupertino, California, headquarters for two weeks each quarter to help them with one-on-one sessions for coding, marketing and …
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Amazon has been offering big e-book discounts since at least Black Friday, but today’s Cyber Monday deals are better and bigger than ever. Amazon now has hundreds of e-books on sale. I’ve updated my list of notable titles below, but you can cut to the chase by going straight to Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deals section: See 300+ e-book deals at …
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Kering, the company behind luxury brands Gucci and Saint Laurent, said Monday it’s teaming up with Apple to use apps in its stores. The Paris-based company revealed the partnership in a wider announcement about its plan to develop its own online shopping sites by 2020. Its online presence has mostly been handled through a joint venture with Yoox Net-A-Porter (YNAP) since …
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Talking to Google Assistant on an iPhone is hardly new — Google released its Assistant app in 2017. But the process for getting to Google Assistant didn’t involve its typical “OK Google” or “Hey Google” command. Instead, you had to manually open the app or launch it using a widget. It worked, but only if you really liked Google Assistant. Now …
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If you’re old analogue watch is starting to feel a bit dated, it may be time to trade it in for one that can do more than just tell the time. The latest fitness trackers and smartwatches can help you stay connected and kick your workout routine into overdrive just in time for the new year. We’ve rounded up 5 …
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Afraid you missed that great Black Friday deal on Amazon? Fear not — for the most part, Amazon’s Cyber Monday’s deals tend to just be extensions of Black Friday’s. And Amazon’s Cyber Monday Deals Week starts… Saturday. Yup, it starts tomorrow, Nov. 24, and runs through Saturday Dec. 1 (and as long as supplies last). Done with your shopping and feel …
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Apple usually doesn’t have Black Friday sales. In 2016 and 2017, in fact, Apple offered only gift cards with various purchases, for example. Will this year be different? Today, Friday, Nov. 23, kicks off Apple’s four-day shopping event. Apple Apple is offering the following amounts for each purchase: With select iPhone purchase: $50 gift card With select iPads: $100 gift card …
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