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LG OLED TVs hit a new low price for Black Friday. Now’s the time to buy

UPDATE November 28, 2017: The price for the B7A series is now higher than it was during this sale. If you want to buy a new OLED TV now, it might be worth waiting for prices to fall again, but on the other hand, they might not get as low as they did during the …

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Watch Holiday Buyer’s Guide Live for great deals and shopping tips

Black Friday is behind us, and now Cyber Monday brings a whole new set of deals. And the CNET Holiday Buyer’s Guide Live is here to help, streaming live from our New York studios. We have tips on hot deals, how to find the best prices on tech gifts and answer readers’ questions live with a cast of CNET experts. Now playing: Watch …

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7 Cyber Monday tips to score the best deals

Didn’t get all the things you were hoping to buy on Black Friday? Fear not, Cyber Monday offers plenty of more deals. And you don’t have to leave your desk to score the best ones. Here are seven tips to help you navigate this Cyber Monday. Now playing: Watch this: Get the real deals on Cyber Monday 1:09 Always check price history The …

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Samsung’s Apple

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Wait, what are they doing? Motorola/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It’s painful when you don’t get invited to the party. You can sulk. You can post something mean or hurt on Facebook. Or you can just crash the festivities. This seems to have been Motorola’s …

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Black Friday online sales climb to record high

When it comes to Thanksgiving Day traditions, it seems gobbling turkey with family hasn’t quite been edged out by online shopping, at least not yet. Black Friday still takes the cake (or the pumpkin pie) when it comes to cruising the internet for bargains, judging by final numbers from Adobe Analytics, released Saturday. The day after Turkey Day saw $5.03 …

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Thanksgiving sets record for online sales

Further confirming the notion that Black Friday may not actually be the start of the holiday shopping season, Thanksgiving Day sales this year jumped by more than 18 percent from last year. US consumers spent a record $2.87 billion at online retailers Thursday, according to Adobe Analytics. In 2016, that number was $1.3 billion. Black Friday was always considered the …

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2 big innovations that made Amazon’s Kindle a success

In early 2005, Charlie Tritschler, an Apple veteran, walked into an old law library in Palo Alto, California, where a small group of Amazon employees was working on a secret project and looking to bring him onboard. The space included floor-to-ceiling book stacks and the team worked at boxy carrel desks. But, incongruous to the setting, a table nearby held …

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The Cheapskate’s favorite Black Friday deals of 2017

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. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! The Verizon Wear24’s few flaws are a lot easier to overlook when it’s priced at just $80. Verizon …

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Amazon staff won’t work in Italy, Germany this Black Friday

Amazon won’t be enjoying Black Friday — and the rest of the holiday season — this year. Over 500 workers at the e-commerce giant’s main distribution hub in Italy have agreed to strike for the first time this Black Friday after disappointing talks with Amazon for bonuses and better pay, Reuters reported Wednesday. The plan follows strikes scheduled for the …

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Walmart Cyber Monday deals will give you Black Friday deja vu

Like other retailers, Walmart wants you to know that it’s got plenty of good deals lined up for you on Cyber Monday — Monday, Nov. 27, the day you return to work after Thanksgiving break. And like other retailers’ sales, the vast majority of those so-called Cyber Monday deals are really just the Black Friday deals with a new name, …

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