Barnes & Noble offering Nook HD for only $79 on Black Friday
Barnes & Noble officially announced their Black Friday deals today and chief among them is the Nook HD for $79.99. No, it’s not the high-end tablet you play games on or put through the paces, but it is more than enough for the casual user. And, now that it has access to Google Play…
Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile unveil holiday smartphone deals
Pre-paid carriers get the shopping season started with deep discounts on smartphones You didn’t think Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals were limited to smartphones with contract, did you? Indeed, both Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile have announced their promotional prices for devices over…
T-Mobile’s Black Friday deals feature plenty of ‘zero down’ savings
Save up front with instant discounts and free shipping on a variety of Android smartphones T-Mobile’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals are almost entirely comprised of zero down payments and free shipping. Not that we’re complaining one bit; who doesn’t want some extra money…
Black Friday 2013: Best Deals on the iPad, iPad Air, and iPad mini
On Black Friday, multiple retailers will begin offering discounts on Apple’s lineup of tablets, including the iPad Air, the original mini, and the iPad 2. Stores are heavily competing on price this year to get customers into their stores, which is a major win for consumers as prices have…
HTC discounting HTC One for Black Friday and beyond
Head to HTC.com and you’ll be able to buy the HTC One for a very affordable $49.99 right now. Come Black Friday, however, and you’ll be able to get the highly rated smartphone for a mere $29.99 through AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon. This is a two-day sale and lasts 11/29-11/30….
Nothing says ‘war is hell’ like a $2,500 gold-leaf Battlefield 4 print
With the Battlefield 4 Premium add-on, EA’s letting you score a dozen goodie-laden golden battlepacks for about $50 without, you know, earning them. But any plebe can do that, right Sedgwick? What you really need to flaunt your gamer cachet is a l…
Skype for China now talks directly to Microsoft, may reduce government snooping (updated)
Skype use in China was especially risky for a while — when a local company (TOM Online) was processing data with no real safeguards, it virtually guaranteed the presence of government monitoring. Now that Microsoft has teamed with Guangming Found…
Microsoft’s Xbox Video website is now live, though it doesn’t stream in HD
We already knew Microsoft was working to bring its Xbox Video service to the web, and today it’s finally live. If you go to video.xbox.com, you’ll be able to watch TV shows and movies, including items you may have already purchased from another Wi…
YouTube app teardown hints at ad-free Music Pass service with offline playback
Rumors of a YouTube-based music service just got some credibility thanks to an Android Police teardown of the Android app’s most recent code. The site has found references to a Music Pass that would let subscribers listen to “millions of songs” a…
Nike FuelBand SE review: more social features, much longer battery life
Nike’s new FuelBand is now out, and following a few weeks of running in parks, walking around exhibition halls and the occasional all-out exercise session, well, I’m pretty tired. Fortunately, I only needed to charge Nike’s new wearable once in my…
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