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Congratulations, online shoppers, you collectively bought 100,000 lunchboxes over the past two days in the US, which might be the most surprising statistic from Amazon's braggadocios announcement today. Those massive lunchbox sales helped Prime Day become Amazon's largest shopping event ever, surpassing Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined, the company claims. I'm not sure which is more impressive—that lunchboxes are apparently a hot ticket item, or that Prime Day took Black Friday and Cyber Monday behind the shed and beat them both up at the same time. Probably the former, though it's close. "We want to thank Prime members all around the world," said Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO....
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Microsoft is baking in tighter integration between Windows 10 and third-party digital assistants such as Alexa, the helpful AI that is found in many of Amazon's products (such as its Echo speaker line). The latest test build of Windows 10 19H2 (18362.10005) features a change to enable digital assistants like Alexa to be voice activated from the Lock screen. This test build is available to Windows Insiders who are subscribed to the Slow ring. These typically entail more polished builds than the ones that first show up in the Fast ring, and features they contain are more likely to end up in the final release that gets doled out to the public. In this case, the final release is the next major upgrade...
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Amazon is one of the most heavily visited websites in the world and ships an enormous amount of items globally each day. While millions of people have shopped at Amazon during its Prime Day sale, which kicked off yesterday, many customers may have never stopped and considered what is going on behind the scenes. Amazon warehouse workers allege that they work in poor conditions, and in some locations, workers have gone on strike during Prime Day. At an Amazon warehouse location in Staffordshire, UK workers claim that they urinate in bottles rather than take bathroom breaks over fears that they will miss quotas by walking to toilets that are too far away. They are worried about losing their jobs...
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We've already covered some of the incredible smartphone deals that are available during Amazon’s Prime Day, but there are also some smoking hot promotions available in storage for your PC, smartphone or digital camera. We saved you a few steps by rounding up some of the best deals that we've uncovered today, which you'll find listed below: Sabrent's Rocket SSD: NVMe & Dirt Cheap @ .11/Gig SSD WD Black SN750 1TB NVMe SSD: $174.99 Sabrent 512GB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD: $59.99 Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD: $109.99 Crucial P1 1TB 3D NAND NVMe SSD: $99.95 WD 1TB My Passport Go SSD Cobalt Portable External Storage: $134.99 Samsung SSD 860 EVO 2TB 2.5 Inch...
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Amazon Prime Day is here, and if you have been waiting to get your hands on some deals, they are here. If you want a new Ring video doorbell and Echo dot 3rd gen bundle, get out your credit card now. Amazon has a pair of Ring Doorbells on sale in Satin Nickel or Venetian Bronze colors. The Venetian Bronze Ring and Echo Dot bundle is $69.99, which is $79.99 off the normal $149.98 price that Amazon sells the bundle for. The Ring Doorbell in Satin Nickel with the same 3rd gen Echo Dot is available at the same $69.99. Both of the Ring doorbell bundles are the same other than the color. They will both work with Alexa to illuminate and send announcements to Echo devices when the doorbell is pressed,...
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Amazon Prime Day is officially open for business, and there are plenty of deals to be had on a wide range of products in various categories. If you’re looking for a new smartphone, Amazon is doing its best to pull you in with some enticing deals on a number of popular devices. Starting off with smartphones from Samsung’s camp, Amazon is running some crazy deals on unlocked devices. You can grab a Galaxy S10e for just $549, which is $200 off its normal price. The next step up – the Galaxy S10 – is ringing in at a low $599, which represents a $300 discount. Likewise, the Galaxy S10+ will set you back only 699, which again is a $300 discount...
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Auction site eBay is kicking off a sales event of its own later today (or right now, depending on when you read this), to counter Amazon's big Prime Day bonanza. In a nod towards self awareness, eBay is calling it a Crash Sale—you know, in case Amazon, most people's first choice when hunting for a deal today, gets overwhelmed by the traffic and crashes. "eBay is primed to deliver exactly what shoppers want during this year’s crash (sale)," said Jay Hanson, VP and COO, Americas. "July has become a massive shopping season, and our summer sales include blockbuster deals that will not disappoint." The auction site is banking on history repeating, and setting itself up to be the beneficiary....
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Prime Day is here, and if you want to save some money on the hottest gadgets and gizmos that you want, this is the time to do it. Amazon unveiled a large list of Prime Day deals this weekend, but if you're looking for Apple gear, here is your chance. Amazon has some serious deals going on the Apple Watch, AirPods, iPad mini, iPad Pro, and other items. Big discounts on Apple gear aren't common, so Prime members in the market should take advantage if any of these items are on your wish list. The first item is the Apple Watch Series 3 starting at $199, an $80 discount off MSRP. Standard features include GPS, optical heart rate sensor, S3 dual-core processor, an accelerometer and gyroscope, and more....
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You're not still using your big screen TV's built-in speakers, are you? Granted, not all built-in speakers sound terrible on some modern TVs, but almost without exception, something as simple as adding a decent soundbar can significantly upgrade the audio quality. If that is the route you are considering, check out Samsung's HW-N650 Panoramic Soundbar, which is on sale right now. Amazon has Samsung's HW-N650 Panoramic Soundbar marked down to $339.90. That is 32 percent off its regular $499.99 list price—a delightful discount, especially considering that it hit a day ahead of the 48-hour Prime Day sales event. Samsung HW-N650 Panoramic Soundbar - $339.90 on Amazon (save 32 percent) There...
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Amazon's Prime Day kicks off in less than two days and there will a slew of deals to be had. Actually, just like last year, Prime Day will actually encompass two days of deals (the full 48 hours this time around); so maybe Amazon should think about renaming its shopping extravaganza. With that being said, Prime Day deals are of course exclusive to members that pay $119 a year for the privilege. Those who aren't currently Prime members, you can sign up for a free 30-day trial to qualify for all of the promotions. As an added bonus, those who have an Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card, you'll get 6 percent back on Prime Day instead of the usual 5 percent (this also applies to purchases...
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Sure, you can summon Alexa to order a pizza, but if you want a beer, you will have to get up and march your backside to the refrigerator, and get it yourself. Might that change one day? Who knows, but perhaps things are trending in that direction. There is talk of Amazon developing an Alexa-enabled robot that could follow users around the home, like a puppy (but without the pee puddles in its wake). It is called Vesta, and is it is supposedly one of the things being developed by Amazon's Lab126 research and development division located in Sunnyvale, California. Whether Vesta actually sees the light of day or not remains to be seen, but at the very least, the robot is something Amazon is pouring...
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Amazon and Google have settled their spat that has been going on for over a year now. YouTube was pulled from Amazon Fire TV devices back in late 2017. Google pulled YouTube from Fire TV devices in part because of Amazon's business practices that involved not selling Google products like Chromecast and not offering Prime Video for Chromecast users. Things have turned around, and the spat is now over with Google announcing the availability of Prime Video on Chromecast and Android TV. Google says that YouTube is also back on Fire TV devices; the apps are on both platforms starting today. Google brags that Chromecast and Chromecast built-in users now have access to over 2,000 apps for...
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It will be another week before Amazon kicks off its annual Prime Day extravaganza, but there are deals to be had ahead of the big event. Today, for example, you can snag Ring Video Doorbell Pro with Echo Dot (third generation) for only $169. This combo typically sells for around $249, so you are saving $80 on this deal. The actual range varies—this combo has gone for as little as $199 at times in the past, and as high as $299. At this very moment, Amazon has the non-discounted priced marked at $273.99. The $169 price is good for Prime members only. Ring Video Doorbell + Echo Dot (3rd Gen)—$169 for Prime Members To snag this deal, just head over to the combo page and add the package...
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Prime Day will be here before you know it, but there have been some nice deals already from Amazon. If you want to keep up on the deals, we've talked about how to get notifications previously. However, Amazon's Woot is also getting in on the discount action, and Woot has some great deals in 8 and 10-inch Fire HD tablets that are on sale right now. The catch being they are not the latest versions of the tablets, though they are still new sealed box items. The discounted Fire HD tablets include the 2015 version the Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet. This machine has a 10.1-inch HD touchscreen IPS display, WiFi, and a quad-core 1.5GHz processor. The tablet runs FireOS 5 and has 32GB of storage for just $79.99....
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