Items tagged with Valentine's Day
It’s about to get pink all up in Pallet Town. Niantic just released some love-themed updates for Pokémon GO in honor of Valentine’s Day. The limited-time celebration starts today and ends on Wednesday, February 15th at 2pm EST. Don’t worry about getting your sweetheart a heart-shaped box of chocolates. For a limited time, Buddy Pokémon will find twice as much candy. Trainers will also receive double the amount of candy when catching, hatching, or transferring Pokémon. Are you hoping to catch more Pokémon, as well as the eye of that special someone? Lures will now last six hours instead of thirty minutes. Lures can only be dropped at designated Pokéstops and will help all nearby trainers catch...
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Chocolates, roses, and diamonds are the go-to gift items for Valentine's Day, but if you're looking to shake things up, Motorola's making it easy to gift your significant other a smartphone next month. Or give to yourself -- either way, the deal is for $140 off a purchase of $499.99 (or more) or $50 off a purchase of $249.99 on Motorola's website.You'll need a promo code to take advantage of the sweet savings, which Motorola will begin handing out next Monday, February 2 at 11 AM Central. Once you have your promo code, you can apply it towards various Motorola devices and accessories, including the Moto X (2nd Gen.) and Moto 360 -- just toss them into your virtual cart and apply the code before...
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Today being Valentine's Day, Google wants to help you believe in the concept of "love" again by getting all mushy-gushy with its interactive Doodle. When you visit Google's homepage, you'll see half a dozen candy hearts inscribed with "Crush," "Mr. Right," "First Kiss," "4ever Yours," "Puppy Luv," and "Blind Date." Each one is ready to tell a story. Just click on your candy heart of choice and it will start playing a clip from public radio's podcast "This American Life." The heart flips over and plays an animation that correlates with the short story being told. Click on Mr. Right, for example, and you'll hear a woman recount how she woke up with a "heavy heart" and "huge doubt" the morning after...
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Listen up lovers, Valentine's Day is just around the corner. That means you're running out of time to make reservations at that swank bistro down the block and/or pick up a romantic gift for that lady or fellow in your life -- unless you're single. If that's case, all that goes out the window, though don't despair, we can think of at least two alternatives. The first is to fly solo or have a guys night out watching the new Die Hard movie (A Good Day to Die Hard) that comes out on February 14th. Given that Bruce Willis is now 57 years old, this might be the last Die Hard flick he ever appears in. Another alternative is to get struck by Cupid's arrow within the next few days, and if you want to...
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If you're not yet ready to buy that special someone a diamond for Valentine's Day, perhaps an Android tablet is in order. It sends a message that you care on a level higher than chocolates and flowers, but without the clingy commitment that a diamond suggests. Lucky for you, Amazon has slashed the price of its Kindle Fire HD 8.9" line for a limited time. Through February 8, 2013, you can save $30 on the Kindle Fire HD 8.9" or $50 on the Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 4G LTE by entering promotional code FIRELOVE at checkout. With promotional code, pricing now looks like this: Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 16GB w/ Special Offers: $269 Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 16GB w/o Special Offers: $284 Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 32GB w/ Special...
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