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RIP, Amazon Appstore on Android

Kellen February 20, 2025 12

The Amazon Appstore, which I'm not sure I understood to still be around for non-Amazon devices, is going away on August 20, 2025. Amazon shared the news this week, saying that it was time for your Android devices to find another app store, you know, like the...

Amazon’s Prime Day is Happening July 16 and 17

Kellen June 25, 2024 1

For those of you needing to spend a bunch of money in the middle of July, you should know that Amazon Prime Day 2024 dates have been set. Amazon Prime Day 2024 will happen on July 16 and 17. That's it. That's the story. Sure, there are early Prime Day deals (...

Amazon Adding Ads to Prime Video Starting January 29

Tim December 28, 2023 19

Amazon is sending an email to Prime subscribers this week, informing them that the Prime Video experience that we all know and love is getting a change. And sadly, it's not an overly awesome change. Starting January 29, Prime Video will now include "limited"...

Amazon’s Alexa App Gets a Major UI Redesign in Update

Kellen December 1, 2023 2

As a Google Home user who hasn't touched an Amazon Echo or Alexa product in a solid decade, this news that I'm about to share is not for me. But you know what? This is big and beyond my personal tech situation, so let's talk about the new Alexa app as we fist...

Amazon’s Prime Day Returns July 11 & 12

Tim June 21, 2023 2

Amazon's Prime Day, a two-day event where saving tons of money is the main objective, returns on July 11 & 12. Like past years, Amazon says that new deals will drop every 30 minutes which helps to up the excitement around certain items, then customers will...

Amazon Prime’s GrubHub+ Freebie Gets Extended Another Year

Tim June 6, 2023 18

If you took advantage of Amazon Prime's free offering of GrubHub+ for a year, you should have received notification this week that your trial offer has been extended an additional year. It appears the offer of the additional year is from the time you initially...

Buy a Celebrity Voice for Your Alexa Device? Get Your Refund!

Tim May 30, 2023 10

Did Amazon somehow convince you into buying a celebrity voice for your Alexa-powered device? It's all good, we all make mistakes. Thankfully, you can get your money back, with Amazon announcing that they are shutting down celebrity voices for Alexa and issuing...

Amazon’s Galaxy S22 Ultra Black Friday Deal is $338 Off

Kellen November 22, 2022 2

Look, there is always a chance that someone tries to top their early Black Friday deals when we hit the actual Black Friday in a couple of days, but I doubt it. The prices we're seeing today, sans a crazy limited time flash sale, are what we're getting this...