PlayStation’s Black Friday deals include a new PS4 bundle and discounted VR systems
Sony is the latest retailer to get a jump on revealing its Black Friday 2018 deals, which include everything from a $199 PS4 bundle to …
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Facebook goes down in a widespread outage across the U.S. (update: it’s back up now)
If you tried logging into Facebook this morning and got an error message, here’s why. The beleaguered social networking giant suffered a rare widespread outage, …
GameStop kicks off a massive sale for PowerUp Rewards Pro members this weekend
Whether you’re a dedicated gamer, someone who just likes to unwind after work by firing up your console for a fun session, or if you …
T-Mobile has blocked one billion spam calls in the last 18 months
We’ve told you in the past about estimates suggesting that your cell phone is going to be bombarded with a ton more spam calls next …
Cable and satellite TV providers bled a record number of subscribers in the third quarter
The ongoing subscriber exodus from traditional paid-TV packages is picking up steam, with a record number of Americans now cutting the cord and going all-in …
Report: The number of people who are fine with paying app subscriptions is growing
Apple has been making a big deal lately out of the company’s shift toward being increasingly driven by services and subscriptions, and new data from …
T-Mobile launches new prepaid unlimited plan to undercut Verizon
Just yesterday, Verizon announced changes to its prepaid plans to make them more competitive with rival offerings. Effective immediately, prepaid plans from Verizon now start …
Report: US consumers are going to spend $1 trillion this Christmas for the first time
It might seem like the US is in something of a retail slump at the moment, at least when it comes to legacy brands and …
New retailers jumping on the cashier-less bandwagon include 7-Eleven and Lenovo
First it was Amazon’s experiment leading people to wonder if the days of humans filling cashier jobs in the world of retail were numbered. Then …
Amazon confirms it’s launching a mini-FedEx to deliver packages to Prime members
Amazon is making some major changes to its business for the upcoming holiday season. One of the big moves includes offering free shipping to all …
You’ve got a secret score that affects how customer service treats your call
Peter Fader is a marketing professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School whose idea of customer service might strike some people as rather cold. …
Google customer support just became a reality for Google One subscribers
We’ve all likely experienced it — some sort of serious issue with a Google product, maybe having been locked out of an account or losing …
Microsoft’s CEO just gave a Tim Cook-style speech supporting privacy as a ‘human right’
Just days after Apple CEO Tim Cook gave a passionate defense of the need for greater privacy protections at a conference in Brussels, Microsoft CEO …
Study shows the T-Mobile ONE plan really is as good as T-Mobile says
In case you see T-Mobile CEO John Legere today asking people via Twitter what they’d spend an extra $1,550.71 if they had it to blow, …
Cable bills are soaring, with some consumers paying almost $1,300 a year as a result
Consumers are cutting the cord in droves and increasingly replacing traditional cable TV packages with skinny bundles and streaming options. And, of course, in the …
Walmart: Hey Amazon, we can do cashier-free stores too
Amazon’s biggest retail rival wants to grab its own piece of the cashier-free store pie. Walmart’s answer to the Amazon Go convenience store concept (which …
Twitter may be getting rid of the ‘like’ button
After a spate of hate-fueled shootings in recent days, as well as the arrest of the pipe bomber targeting prominent liberals, social platforms find themselves …
Say hello to Google Discover, yet another news feed that tries to guess what you want
Google’s big update to its search product that the company announced a month ago now is at last starting to arrive on the search giant’s …
Microsoft now officially owns GitHub, a reminder of how much the company has changed
During its earnings call just a few days ago, Microsoft executives promised the company’s $7.5 billion acquisition of the GitHub code repository would be closing …
Apple’s second biggest source of revenue is a faster-growing business than Nike
Apple’s “services” category has become an incredibly important business for the iPhone maker — services being the category that includes everything from iTunes to the …
It’s the same old story at LG: Still upbeat about mobile, but still losing money
LG on the whole has been riding high in 2018. But that’s no thanks to its serially struggling mobile business. Everyone has basically been writing …
Google Maps just copied Facebook Pages with a useful new feature
Google Maps long ago stopped being just a simple navigational tool that helps you route a path to get where you want to go. It’s …
The lawyer who helped Hulk Hogan bankrupt Gawker is coming for Yelp now
A high-profile lawyer whose clients have included wrestler Hulk Hogan as well as President Trump wants the U.S. Supreme Court to agree to hear a …
Uber CEO says he wants ‘flying burgers’ to be a thing
Here’s how ambitious Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has gotten, ahead of the possibility that his ride-hailing company could IPO next year at a valuation of as …
Charter’s latest price hikes could end up costing you an extra $90 a year
All cable companies have a way of getting under our skin, but Charter might be the best in the business. On Monday, the Asheville Citizen …
Top Apple insider hints at first refresh of the iPad mini in years, along with new AirPods and AirPower
Ahead of Apple’s next media event in New York set for Tuesday, we were already anticipating big announcements to include two brand new iPad Pro …
Another Facebook exec heads for the door – this time it’s Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe
Another Facebook executive is moving on. This year has seen the departure from Facebook of several key leaders like the founders of Instagram and the …
With content costs soaring, Netflix plans to raise $2 billion in debt
With each passing month, Netflix continues to pump out new content at breakneck speed. At this pace, it’s literally impossible to keep abreast of and …
Apple’s marketing boss attempts to demystify the misunderstood iPhone XR
Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller knows some people may be loaded with questions about the iPhone XR. Like, what the heck does the “R” in …
If ads are so important to Facebook, why does it suck this bad at them?
Facebook is the social media mega-titan that it is partly because it has such a strong money-making operation underneath the whole thing that has powered …
