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    It’s Tax Time Again! 7 Commonly Overlooked Tax Deductions

    We’ve reached the time of the year where we all have the same thought: Please, please, please don’t let me pay too much on my income taxes! Another thing on which all Americans can agree: We like...

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    2020 Holiday Shipping Deadlines for 80+ Major Retailers

    If you are working on your holiday shopping or plan on knocking out everything a week before Christmas, we have compiled your go-to list of 50 shipping deadlines from major retailers as well as the top three shipping companies....

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  • Echo Wall Clock Review: Great for Timers, Boring Design

    The barrage of Amazon products announced at the Fall Amazon Echo event recently was pretty overwhelming. Beyond the next generation of Echo smart speakers, Amazon expanded into the Home segment with an Alexa-enabled microwave, a smart plug...

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    Echo Glow Review: Colorful, but Not Smart Enough

    The Echo Glow ($30) is marketed as a “smart lamp” for kids. My three young kids and I set out to see how brightly this new addition to the Amazon devices family really shines. So…what is it?...

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  • 20 Giftable Books for 2020

    In a year full of Zoom meetings, Google Hangouts, e-Learning and “virtual happy hours”, the last thing I want to do with my free time these days is stare at another screen. Enter the book. I’m not...

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  • 2020 Gift Guide: Top 30 4K & Blu-ray Gifts for Movie and TV Fans

    While moviegoing has fallen on hard times during the pandemic, home video viewing has soared. These days, most viewers like to stream their entertainment, but in a dystopian future where the internet is banned, you’ll be happy...

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  • 2020 Gift Guide: The Hottest Laptops of the Season

    With more and more working from home, chances are people want to pick up a new laptop for heavy-duty use or maybe a second laptop (apart from work) to stream movies, work on personal projects or play...

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    Disney+ Review: Packs Quite a Streaming Punch at a Low Cost

    The Disney+ streaming service just launched today, a $7-per-month streaming subscription service available on the Web, mobile devices, game consoles, streaming media players and smart televisions. It’s taking on streaming giants like Netflix, Hulu and Prime Video;...

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  • 2020 Gift Guide: Our Favorite Affordable Gaming Laptops

    10 years ago, PC gaming was mostly about DIY custom rigs in souped-up tower cases. Gaming laptops were overpriced, overstuffed monstrosities—never mind, that’s actually still a thing. But today, gaming laptops can be sleek, they can be...

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  • Take Us Back! Best Nostalgic Toys of 2020

    2020 hasn’t been, uh, very good. You know it’s not great when a year inspires an extensive range of “dumpster fire” products (including hundreds of Christmas tree ornaments) to commemorate it! It’s really not surprising that there...

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  • 2020 Gift Guide: The Best Smartphones of the Season

    Last year in this space, I said, “2020 will be the year of the foldable phone (for reals this time).” Yeah, well, that didn’t happen. Maybe something called a pandemic had a hand in that… While there...

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  • Amazon Echo Buds Review: Alexa In Your Ear & Everywhere

    The Amazon Echo Buds ($130) are Amazon’s first foray into “true wireless” headphones, a burgeoning product category that evokes the in-ear devices that the Cybermen use to control people in Doctor Who. Considering the Echo Buds’ big...

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