The Google Home smart speaker will soon have another competitor, and it’s produced with the help of Google itself. The Google AIY Projects Kit will enable Raspberry Pi enthusiasts to build their own version of Google Home. The kit is part of Issue 57 of the £5.99 MagPi magazine which includes a working speaker driver …
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Onkyo has announced its first wireless speaker, the Onkyo NCP-302, is shipping now as of April 25, and as you’d expect after waiting this long, it’s packed with pretty much every streaming technology you could ask for. The NCP-302 is a compact desktop radio-type design that offers dual 3-inch woofers and a 1-inch tweeter housed in a wooden cabinet. It’s …
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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. Roku Roku makes my favorite media streamers. For reasons I won’t bore you with, I greatly prefer any Roku box or stick to …
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Now playing: Watch this: 8 ways to repurpose your old phone 2:10 You can teach an old iPhone new tricks. CC Yutaka Tsutano/Flickr The iPhone has been around for a full 10 years now, meaning at some point you’ve probably upgraded to a newer model. (Possibly several newer models.) And whenever you do that, you’re left with your old phone …
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Best Buy has sporadically had some big discounts on Logitech’s UE Roll 2 Bluetooth speaker, and now Amazon has matched the low price for this flying-saucer-shaped wireless speaker that’s also fully waterproof. You can pick it up in blue or green for $55, or $45 off its list price. We saw the earlier UE Roll selling for around the same …
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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. Like any good mystery writer, I often start my daily-deal posts at the end and work backward. In other words, I do the …
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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. Enlarge Image Want want want. ThinkGeek Can we get our geek on for a minute? I love me some “Star Trek.” Like, not …
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Yesterday, Cliffside, New Jersey resident Nichole Tatem tweeted an image and short video of the charred remains of her Bluetooth speaker after she said it had caught fire in her daughter’s bed. The media, always on the lookout for electronic devices spontaneously catching fire, was quick to jump on the smoldering speaker story. There was only one problem: While Tatem …
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We don’t know how long this deal will be around — it’s available for a limited time or while supplies last — but Best Buy has the UE Roll 2 Bluetooth speaker on sale for $55. That’s $45 off its list price. We’ve seen the earlier UE Roll selling for around the same price during the holiday season and this …
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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. The new Ninja Loop is a bit wider, thicker and softer. And on sale! Loop Continuing this week’s unofficial theme of simple, effective, …
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