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Deals of the Day (11-14-2016)

Amazon’s $50 Fire tablet with a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display is usually the company’s most affordable tablet. But right now you can pick up a Fire HD 6 tablet with a faster processor and a higher-resolution display for the same price when you use the coupon code FIREHD6. Still not cheap enough? […]

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Deals of the Day (11-11-2016)

There’s no such thing as Black Friday in China, so a number of years ago retailers in that country decided to turn a makeshift holiday called Singles Day on November 11th, (11/11, get it?) into a big sales holiday. This year I noticed a number of US retailers getting in on the action: HP has […]

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Deals of the Day (11-10-2016)

With a list price of $129, Google Home may be a cheaper internet-connected home assistant than a full-priced Amazon Echo. But who says you need to pay full price? Right now Amazon is selling refurbished Echo devices for $120. Or if you don’t mind a smaller package and inferior speaker, you can spend $50 for […]

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Deals of the Day (11-09-2016)

LeEco’s first two smartphones for the US market may have strong specs at relatively low prices, but the company’s custom skin for Android may have you wondering whether you really want to shell out $399 for a LeEco Le Pro3 smartphone with a Snapdragon 821 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and a 5.5 […]

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Deals of the Day (11-08-2016)

The HP Spectre 13 is a remarkably compact laptop that features a 13.3 inch full HD display, and a case that measures just 0.4 inches thick and weighs less than 2.6 pounds. HP is now selling models with Kaby Lake chips, but last year’s model with a Core i7 Skylake processor, 8GB of RAM and 256GB […]

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Deals of the Day (11-07-2016)

Google’s voice-activated smart home speaker may now be available for $129, but pleenty of reviewers seem to think the $180 Amazon Echo is still a better deal than Google Home… because it supports more third-party services and offers higher-quality audio. If the price is just a bit too high for you though, Amazon’s throwing you […]

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Deals of the Day (11-04-2016)

Amazon’s Fire tablets are among the most affordably halfway decent tablets you can buy, with prices starting at just $50 for the 7 inch Amazon Fire. But there’s a way to spend even less money on a tablet that’s compatible with Amazon’s ecosystem of apps, games, videos, and eBooks: buy an older, refurbished model. Today […]

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Deals of the Day (11-03-2016)

Motorola Moto Z smartphone features a 5.5 inch, QHD display, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, a fingerprint scanner and and a 13MP rear camera with optical image stabilization, which gives it all the features you’d expect from a 2016 flagship phone. But it also has a feature you won’t […]

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Deals of the Day (11-02-2016)

The Dell XPS 12 is a tablet with a 12.5 inch touchscreen display, an Intel Core M4 Skylake processor, and a detachable keyboard that transforms the tablet into a laptop. It ain’t exactly cheap: a model with a 1080p display has a list price of $999, while a version with a 4K screen lists for […]

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Deals of the Day (11-01-2016)

The Asus Zenbook Flip UX360CA is a Windows notebook with a 13.3 inch touchscreen display and 360 degree hinge that lets you fold the screen back fro use in tablet mode. It shares a lot of DNA with the Asus Zenbook UX305 family of laptops: it has a Core M3 Skylake processor, 8GB of RAM, […]