So far in this sale week, Apple’s Four-Day Savings Event has been another lame batch of gift cards on select products. Nothing to get too excited over if you’re looking for a real deal. Other retailers, on the other hand, haven’t let you down when it comes to Cyber Monday 2018. Whether it’s Apple AirPods, HomePod, iPad, iPhone or …
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Still in a shopping mood after Cyber Monday? Carriers and retailers have transitioned into “holiday sales”. Discounts apply to top phones such as the Note 9 and Galaxy S9, as well as last year’s Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. There’s a free gift as well, a daily surprise from AT&T. These post-Cyber Monday promotions range from bill credit-style discounts to a redeemable coupon. The …
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The current beta of WatchOS, version 5.1.2, looks like it will deliver support for the the ECG/EKG sensor that Apple touted when it announced the Apple Watch Series 4 in September. MacRumors reportedly got its hands on an Apple in-store training document, which indicated that the app needed to work with the sensor data is in the next version of …
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The darling of retailers this holiday season is the smartphone. Following years of less-than-stellar sales through mobile devices, phones have now turned into reliable cash machines for online merchants looking to move as many TVs, toys and trinkets as possible during the busy shopping season. For nearly half of US holiday shopping, phones have become the default device for browsing …
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Amazon’s holiday shopping weekend broke records, and this year’s Cyber Monday now stands as the company’s single biggest shopping day ever. The e-commerce behemoth didn’t provide exact sales numbers for the day, but revealed that customers on its US site ordered more than 180 million items during the five-day period from Thanksgiving Thursday through Cyber Monday (known as the Turkey …
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Cyber Monday isn’t only for big ticket items like phones, laptops and TVs. There are deals to be found on essentials like storage to back up your Mac or PC, increase your phone, game console or camera storage, or boost the capacity of your desktop, laptop or NAS. While Black Friday has come and gone, many of the same great deals …
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Got your eyes set on a new TV for Cyber Monday, eh? So what about your ears? The biggest sales of the year are still happening, including the best prices on not just massive 4K HDR televisions, but also on bass-blasting Dolby Digital wireless subwoofer sound bars. From Vizio to Polk to, yes, Sonos, you’ll see prices that outdo anything …
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Cyber Monday is here and many of the PlayStation bundles that went on sale last week are still available. If you’re curious about VR gaming, now could be the time to get a good deal on a PSVR. Updated, Nov. 26: Confirmed availability and pricing. I’ve written about VR a lot, but I really don’t use it all that much …
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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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