Black Friday has come and gone… although some of the best deals are still active for another day or two. But Cyber Monday is a whole ‘nother excuse for sales. So while some sale prices on gadgets haven’t changed since last week, let’s focus on some of the fresh deals that are launching for Cyber […]
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Hacking Amazon’s Fire tablets (Black Friday 2018 edition)
Amazon’s Fire tablets already offer a lot of bang for the buck, with list prices starting as low as $50. But this week Amazon is offering deep discounts on most of its Fire tablet lineup as part of a Black Friday sale. Starting November 22nd you’ll be able to pick up a Fire 7 tablet for […]
Black Friday 2018 mobile tech deals
Black Friday is here, and I’ve rounded up some of the best deals I could find in this page and I’ll continue updating it throughout the day. Note that some of the deals listed here have been live for a while, which is why some list start dates. A few are actually Cyber Monday deals that […]
Lilbits 342: Facebook’s next device might be for your TV
Facebook’s probably on your phone. You might use it on your computer from time to time. And the company recently introduced a smart speaker/display/video calling gadget called Facebook Portal that puts Facebook in your living room, kitchen, or anywhere else in your house. So what’s next? According to a report from Cheddar, Facebook wants to […]
Amazon Fire TV Game Controller doesn’t support newest Fire TVs anymore
Good news for folks looking to play games on their Amazon Fire TV devices: the Amazon Fire TV Game Controller in on sale for $20, marked down from $50. That’s the lowest price ever on this wireless game controller. Bad news for folks that have recent Fire TV devices: Amazon’s official game controller only works […]
Smartphones with headphone jacks are a dying breed (OnePlus, Apple the latest to kill them off)
Apple wasn’t the first company to release a smartphone without a headphone jack, but the company certainly jump started the trend with the launch of the iPhone 7 in 2016. You can probably make a pretty strong case that the Android phone makers that did it first were just trying to claim bragging rights by […]
Liliputing’s Amazon Prime Day deals roundup (7-16-2018)
Amazon is running its annual Prime Day sale for a day and a half this year, with deals starting at 12:00PM Pacific/3:00PM Eastern on July 16th and running through the day on July 17th. In order to score deep discounts on select Amazon gadgets and decent discounts on thousands of other items, you’ll need to […]
Does anybody actually buy $500 USB flash drives (even if they have 1TB or more?)
Kingston launched the first commercially available 2TB USB flash drive last year, but if you want to get your hands on one, you’ll have to pay at least $1,400. If that’s too rich for your blood, there’s a cheaper 1TB version that sells for “just $730.” Today’s a slow news day, so I found myself […]
Brad’s mobile reporting kit for CES 2018
Another year, another road test for my work gear. The Consumer Electronics Show officially kicks off on Tuesday, but I’m currently on my way to Las Vegas because pre-show craziness kicks off on Sunday. As usual, I’m trying to keep my reporting kit pretty light-weight, since I’ll be lugging it around in a backpack all […]
Amazon Fire HD 10 (2017) can be rooted (running Fire OS 5.6 or earlier)
There are a lot of things you can do to modify Amazon’s 2017 line of Fire tablets without rooting them. You can install the Google Play Store, try alternate launchers, and more. But there are even more things you can do with root access… it’s just that up until recently there was no good way to […]
Upgrading my home and work network: an epic saga
A rather complicated chain of events has led me to completely overhaul some of the technology in my house, which also happens to be Liliputing headquarters. This summer Crashplan announced it would be discontinuing its consumer-oriented cloud backup service. So I started looking for an alternative… and ultimately decided that it was time not only […]
Apparently Black Friday starts Nov 1st now (Dell and Amazon kick things off)
Over the past few years we’ve seen a growing number of retailers starting their “Black Friday” sales on Thanksgiving Day instead of the Friday after Thanksgiving. Now Dell is just throwing tradition to the wind and offering up some so-called Black Friday deals today. On November 1st. Go figure. Under other circumstances, I’d probably just call […]