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You Can Now Use Samuel L. Jackson’s Voice for Alexa, But It Ain’t Free

Tim December 12, 2019

One of our planet's most recognizable voices is now available for Amazon's Alexa. Yup, I'm talking about the Jedi Master with the purple lightsaber, Samuel L. Jackson. While this isn't Google Assistant, it's still pretty cool. Amazon is selling access to the...

Amazon Appears to be Screwing Up Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL Orders Badly

Tim October 23, 2019

Here at DL, we ordered ourselves two Pixel 4 devices from Amazon last week -- one regular Pixel 4 and one Pixel 4 XL. We received our Pixel 4 XL yesterday afternoon, but this morning, received a shipping delay notification from Amazon, claiming our Pixel 4 in...

Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL Pre-Orders Live at Amazon With $100 Gift Card

Kellen October 15, 2019

The best deal on the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL might be the deal from Amazon that just went live. If you pre-order from Amazon, you'll not only get your new Pixel 4 or 4 XL, but Amazon is tossing in a $100 Amazon gift card. Now, if you order from the Google Store...

Amazon’s New Fire HD 10 Tablet is Still $149, Offers Better Battery Life and Faster Processor

Tim October 7, 2019

Amazon has an updated Fire HD 10 tablet up for pre-order this week, with availability beginning October 30. Priced at only $149, these Fire tablets are somewhat tempting, simply because they're designed to be media consumption devices and they do that rather...

YouTube TV Comes to Fire TV Devices

Tim September 30, 2019

With TV getting good around this time of year (NFL season, MLB postseason, new shows, etc.), Amazon announced this morning that YouTube TV is now available for Fire TV devices. This move stems from Amazon and Google making up recently, which as consumers, has...

Amazon Announced a Whole Bunch of Devices Today

Kellen September 25, 2019

Amazon hosted an annual hardware event today and showed off more new devices than I can even attempt to keep track of. They announced at least 8 new Echo devices, a new Eero mesh WiFi system, Ring products, and a freakin' microwave. They even announced smart...

Amazon Music HD is a New Tier of Streaming Audio Quality, Priced at $13/Month

Tim September 17, 2019

Amazon is introducing Amazon Music HD this week, a new tier for users of the Amazon Music service. HD is a tier above what has been offered in terms of audio quality, hence the HD in the name. That always means better. Pricing for Music HD starts at $12.99/...

DEAL: SanDisk Ultra 256GB MicroSD Card Drops to $29.99 Today at Amazon

Kellen August 29, 2019

As a part of a deal of the day at Amazon, you can grab a SanDisk Ultra 256GB microSD card for just $29.99. When originally introduced, this card was priced at roughly $150, but as it has been on the market and higher-capacity cards have arrived, that price has...