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Third-party booking sites might yield better deals on hotels, but generally, hotels prefer you to book directly with them. In fact, some hotels even offer perks for you to do just that. Next time you?re looking for lodging, call the hotel directly and ask if they?re offering anything special.
Apple recently unveiled the Apple Renew program, which pays you in Apple gift cards and good Earth vibes to recycle old iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other devices. Here?s what you can expect to get back if you send in your used stuff.
If you haven?t already, give your credit card company a call and ask for a lower interest rate. It might seem like a long shot, but the odds are actually in your favor. A recent survey found that 78 percent of customers who asked got what they wanted.
Last week, I got my very first remote-controlled quadcopter, a Parrot AR Drone 2.0. Usually, when I get a new gadget, my first instinct is to play with it. This time, I had to register it with the government and get approval before I could fly. Here?s how to jump through those hoops if you?re planning to fly a UAV.
Pangu, the team behind the most recent jailbreaks on iOS, have just released a jailbreak for the Apple TV. There are a lot of caveats for using it, including the fact you?ll need to still be running tvOS 9.0/9.0.1.
Dorco, the best deal in razor blades, supplier of Dollar Shave Club, and the only company crazy enough to make a 7-blade razor, will sell you their take on the safety razor complete with a mirror and 30 blades for $19 today.
Costco can be a magical land of low-cost bulk buying, but it can also be a living nightmare overrun with hordes of bargain-hunters if you go at the wrong times. Here?s when you should shop at Costco if you want to avoid the crowd.
Chrome exists in a weird place between a desktop app and an operating system. While the Chrome app launcher makes sense on a Chromebook, it?s weird on other desktops. So Google?s removing it.
