Happy Friday, cheeps! I’ll be on vacation all of next week, but the Cheapskate newsletter and deal text alerts will keep coming, courtesy of some deal-finding colleagues. In the meantime, here’s wishing you a fun, safe and relaxing Memorial Day weekend! To kick things off, there’s an interesting Fitbit Sense deal at Kohl’s right now. …
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Wireless plans often come with perks: AT&T offers HBO Max. Verizon has a bevy of options including Disney Plus. T-Mobile offers Netflix. For its new addition, Dish-owned Boost Mobile isn’t going with a traditional streaming video service; on Wednesday it announced a new deal with sports betting and fantasy sports provider DraftKings. As part of the deal, Boost Mobile customers …
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Twitter has seemingly confirmed its Twitter Blue subscription service, which costs $3 a month, according to tipster Jane Manchun Wong. Wong posted screenshots to the social media site Thursday showing Twitter Blue appearing as an in-app purchase on the App Store. “For testing, I’ve become the first paying Twitter Blue customer,” Wong noted. Twitter confirms “Twitter Blue”, which costs $2.99 …
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Pokemon Go Fest 2021 is scheduled to take place on the weekend of July 17-18, developer Niantic said Thursday. The yearly summer celebration will mark the mobile game’s fifth anniversary, which coincides with the Pokemon franchise’s 25th anniversary. The virtual event, which includes specially costumed Pikachu, new shiny Pokemon and the introduction of a new Mythical Pokemon, will cost $5 …
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Travel is back, at least in the US. I’m sure I’m not alone in my eagerness to actually go somewhere, which is much easier now that COVID-19 vaccinations are readily available and we can finally do and see things out and about. Of course, travel is still expensive, so it makes sense to look for ways to save where you …
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Anker’s Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro ($130), the company’s first earbuds to feature active noise canceling, are a mostly excellent set of true-wireless earbuds that measure up pretty well against Apple’s AirPods Pro for significantly less money. Like the AirPods Pro, they have an IPX4 (splashproof) water-resistance rating. See it Amazon While I had an issue with the included ear tips and had to …
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On Thursday, Jeremy Browning, a Twitter product manager, gave the public a behind-the-scenes look at a new feature the company built for live audio chats. Not everyone, though, could understand what he was saying. Fittingly, Browning hosted the conversation on Spaces, Twitter’s live audio product. The audio chat tool has live captioning, a feature meant to help deaf or hard …
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Starting Wednesday, all Facebook and Instagram users will have the option to hide the number of likes their posts get from the public and to choose whether they can see like counts on all posts in their feed. The company says it’s doing this to “give people control over their experience” using the social networking platforms. Brett Pearce/CNET Instagram started …
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Chargers may not be the sexiest tech, but for those who appreciate high-wattage chargers in small packages, Anker’s new line of Nano II chargers is something to get excited about. Powered by gallium nitride, or GaN II, technology, the new Nano II chargers come in three power flavors: 30 ($30), 45 ($36) and 65 watts ($40). According to Anker, they …
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Verizon already offers a Disney bundle and a 12-month subscription to Discovery Plus with its Play More and Get More plans. On Monday, the carrier is adding a new perk: a free 12-month subscription to Apple Arcade or Google Play Pass. Both programs normally run $5 a month, with Apple’s subscription getting you access to over 180 games that can …
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