Author: Mike Flacy

    Editor-in-Chief for The CheckOut. During my free time, I love to write about pop culture, home theater, digital photography, social media, mobile technology and cool gadgets!

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    What’s new in August on Netflix, Amazon Prime and HBO Now

    Interested in what movies and television shows will be added to your favorite streaming service in August 2016? We’ve compiled an extensive list of everything coming and going on Netflix and HBO Now as well as what’s arriving on Amazon...

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  • cool-garage
    8 Ways to Upgrade Your Garage Over The Weekend

    UuuuuuuuAH? Aaaaaaarooh? Ooooooogh! That’s right, feel free to let your best Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor grunt out. (If you don’t understand that reference, hop in a time machine, head back to the early nineties and enjoy the Al...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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    Amazon SubPrime? The latest Prime Perk is Student Loans

    Actually opting into the PR nightmare of associating the retail giant with the much-despised, private student loan industry, Amazon entered into a tentative partnership with Wells Fargo to offer students an additional half percentage point off interest rates...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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  • nintendo-nes-mini
    Shut Up and Take My Money: Nintendo’s Mini NES

    Updating the machine that seriously escalated the console gaming craze, Nintendo will be selling a miniature version of the classic NES system starting on November 11, 2016. Retailing for $60, the Mini NES will come with 30 classic games...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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  • pokemon-go
    The five best battery saver devices for Pokemon GO

    Gotta catch them all, right? Pokemon Go has quickly become a mobile phenomenon over the last week and that’s at a severe cost of your mobile device battery life. The need for Pokemon Go battery saver devices is...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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    Here’s a sneak peak of the Amazon Prime Day deals

    Amazon released info about the Prime Day deals hitting the online retailer’s site tomorrow. Beyond the Lightning deals that will up as quick as every 5 minutes, these “Spotlight Deals” will kick off as early as midnight PT”...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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  • Microsoft-Store
    4 Retailers Worth Checking on Prime Day That Aren’t Amazon

    With Amazon Prime Day creeping up on us, there are a number of retailers that killed it last year, none of which are named Amazon. Launching a barrage of competing sales on the same day or week...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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    Amazon Prime Day hits July 12, Echo voice ordering gets better

    Launching at midnight Pacific time on Tuesday, July 12, Amazon will crank up another day of sales that are exclusive to Prime members. In addition, Amazon will be launching pre-sale days starting on July 7 to offer a limited preview of...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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  • Walmart
    What is Walmart ShippingPass? 10 Things You Should Know

    Heard all the hub-bub about Walmart’s Amazon Prime competitor called ShippingPass? Attempting to do to what Amazon did in terms of recruiting loyal consumers, Walmart is trying to lure in consumers with a 2-day shipping service on Walmart.com. Here’s...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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  • bojack-horseman
    What’s new in July on Netflix, Amazon Prime and HBO Now

    Interested in what movies and television shows will be added to your favorite streaming service in July 2016? We’ve compiled an extensive list of everything coming and going on Netflix and HBO Now as well as what’s arriving on Amazon...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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    Want Windows 10 for free? Upgrade now. It’s $120 in July

    Jumping up from $0 to $120 on July 30, 2016, Microsoft’s free upgrade offer to all Windows 7 and 8.1 users will expire at the end of July. After July 29th, anyone that wanted to upgrade to...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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  • Get Ready! Another Mediocre Amazon Prime Day is Coming!

    While we are sure the majority of consumers are still reeling from the amazing 3% discount on shoehorns that exploded onto the online shopping scene during Amazon Prime Day 2015, the retail giant is prepping for another “blockbuster”...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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