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Sony Digital Paper is $100 off for Black Friday

Sony is running a $100-off sale on both the 10-inch and 13-inch versions of its E Ink Digital Paper models from now until Dec. 1. These very slim Digital Paper notepads with flexible E Ink displays are primarily designed to store documents and PDF files that you can mark up with an included stylus. For …

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Airbnb uses What3words locations so you’ll find your host in Mongolian forest

A partnership between Airbnb and What3words means you can now use your phone to navigate to a tent deep in the forest of northern Mongolia. What3words gives every 10-foot-square patch of the Earth a three-word label, providing a digital locator not just to homes and businesses but to sites that don’t have addresses. For example, the enchanted river at the …

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Oprah Winfrey’s VR alterego is an omnipotent bug in Crow: The Legend

Curious what it feels like for Oprah Winfrey look you in the eyes from the body of an all-powerful purple bug on a treadmill? Now you can.  Winfrey joins other big-name stars, like John Legend, Constance Wu and Diego Luna, in Crow: The Legend, a free 20-minute virtual-reality experience released Thursday on Facebook‘s Oculus store. The Pixar-like journey follows Crow as he attempts …

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Amazon Black Friday deal blowout: More Xbox discounts, Amazon device sales and Whole Foods turkeys, too

Update, Nov. 17: Going forward, we’re tracking the best Amazon deals here. Amazon has revealed its expanded plans for Black Friday sales, including a long list of specific discounts and deals on Xbox bundles, TVs, electronics, Chromebooks, toys, board games, furniture, apparel, outdoor equipment — and everything else under the sun. These details are above and beyond the extensive discounts …

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Peak outer

Spheres, the virtual-reality experience that made waves earlier this year when it landed VR’s first seven-figure distribution deal, is breaking out of the film-festival circuit and is now available for public consumption: The three-chapter series debuted for $9.99 on Facebook‘s Oculus Rift VR headset Tuesday.  So far, scarcity of quality VR content has been a persistent weakness crimping virtual reality’s growth. …

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LG OLED TV Black Friday 2018 sale: No big deal (yet)

Black Friday is packed with deep discounts on TVs, and I predicted sweet sale prices on the best-performing televisions of all: LG’s OLED TVs. I was wrong. The good news is that LG’s official Black Friday sale is going on now, and its 2018 OLED TVs are at their lowest prices yet. That includes the best TV I’ve ever tested, the OLEDC8P …

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Google Maps reportedly testing crash, speed trap reports

Google Maps is reportedly working on a fresh way to avoid delays in Navigation. The new feature, which Digital Trends reported is currently testing for some Android users, allows you to report crashes and speed traps. That crowdsourced data is then used to warn other drivers or offer them more efficient alternative routes, much like the data already shown in the Google-owned …

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Apps to help you relax after the election

Suffering from election fatigue? Election stress? Election sadness?  Apps to the rescue. If you need help calming down, these apps could help lift your spirits, or at least help you temporarily forget about the results. Breathe2Relax Relaxation might be just a few breaths away. Breathe2Relax If you’re seriously stressed, to the point where you feel actual panic (or something close …

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Google Express flash sale: Save 20% on AirPods, MacBooks, Nintendo Switch and more

Forget Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Some of the best deals of the year can be found right now at Google Express. When you apply promo code WISH20 at checkout, you’ll save 20 percent — which leads to all-time low prices on some high-profile products. See it at Google Express Amazingly, that code works even with items that are already …

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Ghostbusters World AR game adds extra spooks for Halloween

It’s the perfect app to get you in the Halloween spirit — that is, if you ain’t afraid of no AR ghosts. Ghostbusters World for iOS and Android has players roaming the neighborhood to capture and battle ghouls, spirits and spooks. There’s Slimer, The LIbrarian, Zuul, various haunted kitchen and bath appliances, and all sorts of characters you may have …

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