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The amazing TCL 6

It’s back: An amazing price on one of our very favorite TVs of 2018. The TCL 6 series Roku TV — CNET’s Editors’ Choice as the TV with the best picture quality for the money, period — is back on sale at Walmart, Amazon and Best Buy.  Best Buy has the lowest prices, charging $550 for …

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The best TV for the money is on sale for its lowest price… again

You’re forgiven for the feeling of deja vu. We’ve been here before. The TCL 6 series Roku TV, our Editors’ Choice as the TV with the best picture quality for the money, period, is back on sale. Best Buy has the lowest prices, charging $550 for the 55-inch model (a savings of $50) and $800 for the 65-inch version (a …

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Amazon expands its fleet of planes, so you get your package on time

More people are using Amazon Prime than ever. The online retail giant surpassed 100 million Prime subscribers earlier this year, and Cyber Monday 2018 was the site’s biggest shopping day yet. So how will Amazon keep up with this demand? Apparently by buying more airplanes. On Friday, Amazon announced that it was expanding its fleet to 50 aircraft (up from …

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Amazon has Apple’s newest MacBook Air for $999

As we close in on Christmas 2018, Amazon is offering up a real humdinger of a deal: the brand-new MacBook Air, which Apple introduced just this October, for $999. That’s a $200 discount off of Apple’s sticker price.  Of course, Apple will also sell you a MacBook for $999 — but it’ll be the older (though beloved) model from 2017 …

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TCL’s Series 6 Roku TV is now $500, cheaper than its Black Friday price

Who says Black Friday brings all the best TV deals? Not Best Buy, at least if today’s rather surprising sale is any indication. Disclaimer: CNET may get a share of revenue from the sale of products featured on this page. Today only, and while supplies last, Best Buy has the TCL 55R615 Series 6 55-inch Roku TV for $499.99 shipped …

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128GB iPad now at lowest price ever at Walmart: $329

The 32GB version of the newest 9.7-inch iPad, regularly priced at $329, was selling for $250 everywhere on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. That deal remains in place at Target.  But now Walmart has jumped in with a significant discount that we haven’t seen before, selling the 128GB version for $329, a savings of $100 on that model.  So, you can pay $329 for …

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Amazon’s 2019 challenges include Donald Trump, HQ2 protesters

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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B&H has the 2018 MacBook Air for $1,059

B&H marked down a ton of Apple hardware during the week leading up to Cyber Monday — and it’s not turning back. The retailer continues to tweak its discount on the 2018 MacBook Air that Apple introduced less than two months ago, and which is now priced at $1,059.  That’s $140 off Apple’s retail price, $10 off the previous low from Black Friday — …

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Holiday shoppers forecasted to spend over $124 billion online

Holidays shoppers are set to break even more online sales records this year. Adobe Analytics forecasts that this holiday season, which runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, will see at least $124.1 billion in total online retail sales in the US. By Thursday, shoppers had already spent a record $80.3 billion online, an 18.6 percent increase from last year, …

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This Microsoft Office 365 Home deal is actually pretty decent: $55

Cheapskates don’t use Microsoft Office. Or, at least, they don’t pay for it: Microsoft offers pretty decent freebie versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint that live in your browser. And let’s not forget the various free alternatives, such as Google Docs, LibreOffice and WPS Office. All that being said, I like a good deal, and this is a good deal. …

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