A few years back Plantronics pioneered the wireless headphone charging case with an optional battery case for its BackBeat Go 2 in-ear headphones. Now more companies are looking to capitalize on the hot Bluetooth sports headphone market and and coming out with standalone charging cases designed to protect and juice up your wireless headphones on …
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Software might be the first thing that comes to many minds when you hear “Microsoft,” but the company has plenty of hardware deals this holiday season. Most of the savings started on November 24 and run through November 28 on Microsoft’s web store, but can also be found in its stores and retail partners like Office Depot and Best Buy. …
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Every year I round up a bunch of tech deals during the holiday buying season, but some of you may be wondering, of all the deals out there — and there are some good ones — which ones would I buy? Well, here are the ones I’m most tempted by this year: Amazon HD 8 tablet for $60 (normally $90): …
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Sometimes it seems like Apple’s products never go on sale. There’s usually a good handful of deals every year around Black Friday, however, especially if you’re shopping for an iPad or Apple Watch. The best deals this year seem to involve the iPad Mini 2, iPad Air 2, 9.7-inch iPad Pro, Apple Watch Series 1, iPhone 7 and a handful …
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If you’re VR-curious, there are a few ways to dive into gifts for yourself and others over Black Friday. Most things on this list are virtual-reality headsets, but one (the Avegant Glyph) is really a head-worn display — in other words, a tiny TV inside a pair of headphones…in a sense. $100 gift code with Oculus Rift The Microsoft Store …
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Over the holiday buying season you’re going to see some discounts on Apple products, though those discounts won’t be available in Apple Stores. Apple does have a limited Black Friday sale, but it’s just a one-day event, while some of these sales at Best Buy and other stores go on for days. What a lot of people don’t know is …
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Despite recent challenges from Google Cast, Samsung and others, Sonos is still the gold standard for multiroom music. And its speakers almost never go on sale. “Almost never” comes this Black Friday, however. The company’s entry-level speaker, the Play:1, normally goes for $200, but Best Buy, Target and Sonos’s own site will have it for just $150 starting on Thanksgiving. …
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Now playing: Watch this: Black Friday and other turkey traditions are evolving 2:09 Black Friday inches closer with everyday. In anticipation, retailers have published previews of this year’s Black Friday deals. But some retailers want to give you a good deal right now — before any turkey is served. Here are some of our favorite pre-Black Friday deals. Amazon really …
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Most people won’t start thinking about fitness until the new year, but you can score some serious savings this weekend on a number of the hottest running watches and fitness trackers. These are the deals fitness fanatics need to check out: Note that a majority of these deals begin either on Thursday or Friday and run through to Monday. You …
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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. Yesterday I shared an Android Wear-powered smartwatch. Today, let’s look at the Apple option. Specifically, the first-generation Apple Watch, which is now available …
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