Consumers are wondering whether to buy their holiday gear during Amazon’s Prime Day tomorrow or wait until Black Friday, with the big shift in Prime Day’s placement throwing our year-end shopping routines out of whack. The answer is simple: Shop as early as possible. Prime Day, which is usually held in July, has become a …
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Best Buy will offer Black Friday deals on Oct. 13 and 14, the retailer announced Thursday. Those just happen to be the same two days as this year’s rescheduled Amazon Prime Day. “Dozens of deals, straight from Best Buy’s not-yet-released Black Friday ad, will be available for two days next week,” the company said. Included in its deals will be 4K TVs, …
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Let’s talk TVs. You know where I stand: A lot of lower-end models are perfectly good — and definitely easier on the wallet. But what do you sacrifice when you choose a cheap TV instead of a high-end model from, say, Samsung or Sony? For answers, we brought in CNET TV guru David Katzmaier. Trust me, if you’re in the …
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Lawmakers from the US House of Representatives accused Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple of “abuses of monopoly power” in a 449-page report released Tuesday. The House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee drew its conclusions after a 16-month investigation that culminated in an hours-long hearing with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Tim Cook and Google’s Sundar Pichai in July that featured tense exchanges portending a …
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Apple has never been shy about beating its own drum when it comes to data protection tools and user privacy. With iOS 14, Apple is giving iPhone and iPad owners even more power over their data, ranging from better location options to tracking controls that require an app to be more transparent about the data it collects about you, and how the …
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Still have your original iPhone SE or an iPhone 6, 6S, 7 or one of the Plus models? If you live in the US, you may be able to get up to $25 back from Apple as part of a class-action settlement. What is “batterygate?” In 2017 Apple revealed that it slows down iPhones as they age in order to preserve …
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Google on Wednesday launched the $699 (£599, AU$999) Pixel 5 and the Pixel 4A 5G, its first phones with 5G wireless capabilities. The release marks the first time the search giant will take advantage of the technology, which boasts anywhere from 10 to 100 times the speed of 4G cellular networks. Virtually all other Android phone makers, including Samsung, LG and …
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The Alexa app is getting two new features for your car: Auto Mode and a Start My Commute routine. The new features will be rolling out in the coming weeks for Android and iPhone users, Amazon said in a blog post Thursday. Auto Mode consists of four screens — a home screen, navigation, communicate and play — and aims to have Alexa …
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Google announced on Thursday a new initiative to pay publishers $1 billion over the next three years for news content. The payments will be compensation for news content that will appear on the new app, Google News Showcase. The app will feature the “editorial curation of award-winning newsrooms to give readers more insight on the stories that matter, and in …
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Verizon has announced an expansion of its newly launched LTE Home Internet service, with the network footprint now reaching 189 regions across 48 states. As of Thursday, Verizon said, the service is available in some rural areas of every US state except Alaska and Vermont. Verizon launched the new LTE Home service in July, aiming to bring better home internet …
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