Amazon has enjoyed lots of fanfare and curiosity from the openings of its new Amazon Books physical bookstores. But what those locations haven’t seemed to bring in quite yet is sales. As part of its third quarter earnings results, Amazon for the first time reported its physical store sales, mostly to account for its purchase …
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You may want to hold off on the Google Pixel 2 XL. Or, at least, watch your display really closely. Reviews of the jumbo version of Google‘s flagship phone have generally been positive, but there are concerns about “burn-in,” or leaving a residual image on a display after the image is actually gone. CNET has been able to replicate the …
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No, Amazon isn’t quite done growing. The biggest online retailer in the world managed to blow away Wall Street estimates for its latest quarter, thanks again to sharply higher revenue (hello, Prime Day!) and its superbly profitable Amazon Web Services cloud-computing business. That the company can post a higher profit despite its huge investments in international markets, drone deliveries, new …
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For Apple, the iPhone excitement just isn’t there. At least, not yet. The tech giant’s iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, both of which went on sale on Sept. 22, have done little to excite consumers, results from the big four US carriers indicate. Over the last week, the carriers have hinted at weaker interest for the phones, but expressed …
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Sprint is hoping to ride out its days as an independent carrier on a high note. The nation’s fourth-largest carrier on Wednesday posted its fiscal second-quarter results, reporting that its rate of growth for post-paid subscribers, or regular customers who pay at the end of the month and often have higher phone bills, was the highest it’s been in more …
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AT&T can’t stop reminding people that it’s in the entertainment business now. But the reality is the company’s still in the phone business. The country’s second-largest wireless provider by subscribers added 3 million net customers in the third quarter, the company said in its earnings report on Tuesday. Roughly 2.3 million of those customers were in the US, the company’s …
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Outspoken T-Mobile CEO John Legere is playing it low-key this time. On Monday, the “Un-carrier” posted third-quarter results — usually a chance for Legere to jump on a conference call to crow about the company’s performance or to bash its competitors. But aside from a seven-minute video Q&A segment and a quote in a press release, Legere is remaining mum. That’s …
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“Stranger Things” is almost back. The second season of the cultural phenomenon arrives on Netflix on Friday. We discuss the tricks Netflix plays to get us hooked on that show and others, including choosing that perfect splash photo to tease the show. Not that we need another photo to get us excited. We also discuss T-Mobile’s third-quarter earnings results and how …
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One of the first things to greet you at the Boxed warehouse floor in Union, New Jersey, is a four-story-tall gray robot employees call the Opex. It doesn’t have any arms and legs — it looks more like a massive metal-and-glass briefcase. Inside its glass-encased belly are 1,400 gray bins filled with 700 kinds of consumables, like vitamins and household …
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The Google Pixel 2 reviews are out, and they’re pretty positive. For our 300th episode, we welcome back Senior Reporter Joan Solsman, who returns in time to weigh in on our second topic: Netflix’s earnings and recent price cut. Lastly, we chat about ZTE’s crazy foldable Axon M phone, which has two screens in a funky and unique design. The …
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