Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Boxing Day, Prime Day and now; Digital Day? Because there’s never enough days dedicated to deals, Amazon announced that Friday, December 30 will be Digital Day with sales on your downloads — TV shows, music, apps, games, eBooks and other software. Amazon is hoping to capitalize on the rush of new …
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Amazon Prime is really giving Santa Claus a run for his money. The Seattle-based retailer giant shipped more than 1 billion items with Prime around the world for the holiday season, more than five times its sales last holiday season, between November 1 to December 19. The Echo Dot was the most coveted gift out of items shipped from Amazon, …
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Now playing: Watch this: Gift cards and exchange tips 1:00 Most shoppers go into Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the pre-holiday shopping frenzies with the concern that their most-desired bargains will sell out. But the truth is many manufacturer discounts, which make up the bulk of those “great” seasonal prices, run until at least the end of the year and …
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On Monday, Amazon revealed a new 1,800-square-foot convenience store in Seattle called Amazon Go. Soon after, the Wall Street Journal reported that the online retailer has plans to open not just one 7-Eleven-style store, but more than 2,000 grocery locations. That’s four times the number of Trader Joe’s markets, a scale that could radically change the way we shop. Don’t …
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If you have even a dollar leftover from Black Friday and Cyber Monday, today’s your day. It’s Giving Tuesday, and it’s trending on Facebook and Twitter. What exactly is Giving Tuesday? It’s a post-gluttony day when nonprofits collectively ask you to give. If your inbox isn’t already inundated with donation requests, just pop over to social media and you’ll see …
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So you missed the Black Friday sale. And the Cyber Monday sale. And the Christmas-in-July sale. Doesn’t matter: There’s always another sale just around the corner. The trick, of course, is keeping tabs on items you want to buy and finding out when they go on sale again. Sure, you can subscribe to newsletters, which the stores love, but those …
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Black Friday 2016’s reign as the biggest US online sales day ever didn’t last long. Three days to be exact. That’s because Cyber Monday hit $3.45 billion in online sales, up 12 percent from a year earlier, according to the latest statistics from Adobe Digital Insights. The day edged out Black Friday by roughly $110 million. Jill Stein is already …
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DirecTV Now, AT&T’s new set of skinny-bundle channel packages, goes live Wednesday. We discuss the benefits of the new plans, including a $5 monthly HBO add-on, as well as competitors like PlayStation Vue and Sling TV. Also, we delve into rumors that Amazon is planning a new Echo-like speaker with a touchscreen, plus the latest on Cyber Monday’s record online …
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Despite years of work from tech and payments companies, shopping on your phone is still a lousy experience. For this podcast, we discuss some of the problems with mobile shopping and the efforts to fix these issues. Also, Alfred Ng talks about his first week with Snapchat Spectacles, after waiting in line for six hours to buy them. The 3:59 …
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VSCO is having a one day Cyber Monday sale on filters for its photo app. If you are not familiar with VSCO, it is a free mobile app that allows you to edit and add filters to your photos. And while there are many ways to edit pictures on your phone, the VSCO’s real appeal is its beautiful film-like filters …
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