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Do Not Use Amazon Prime to Ship Bottled Water to Flint

Michael Moore says don’t send bottled water to Flint. The group that pushed to have Flint’s water tested in the first place says don’t send bottled water to Flint. But still, people are using their Amazon Prime accounts to send pallets of bottled water to Flint. Don’t do this. In addition to corporations trucking their…

Report: Amazon Wants To Kill Spotify

Did you know that Amazon Prime comes with a pretty crappy streaming music service? Maybe not, and Jeff Bezos reportedly wants to try again with a new standalone, Spotify-killing music offering. The kicker: Amazon can make it really easy to buy your favorite records, too. The New York Post reports that Amazon plans to launch…

Syfy’s Twilight Zone Marathon: Your Guide to All 156 Episodes (With Links For Cordcutters)

Every year the Syfy channel plays a Twilight Zone marathon over New Year’s. But this year they’re starting the festivities early. The first episode airs at 7pm this Wednesday, December 30th. We’ve compiled a schedule so you can catch your favorites, along with links to Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon for all you cordcutters. The good…

Report: Amazon to Add Other Online Video Services to Prime Video

Amazon is planning to provide its Prime Instant Video members with access to other online, on-demand TV and movie services, alongside its usual original and licensed content, according to a new report. Bloomberg Business cites “people with knowledge of the plans” in reporting that “Prime customers will have the option of adding other online subscriptions…

Spotify Is the Best Streaming Music Service

There, I said it. As countless Rdio fans sit back helplessly as their accounts go dark, it’s time to be blunt. Spotify continues to outpace its growing army of competitors, and if you’re going to spend money on a streaming music service, you should sign up for Spotify Premium. Or save a few bucks and…

Back to the Future Trilogy Will Stream Exclusively on Amazon Prime In October

Are you ready for October 21, 2015? That’s the date that Marty McFly arrives in the future — at least according to the second Back to the Future movie. But if you’re planning on watching the trilogy to celebrate, you’ll only have one streaming option: Amazon Prime. Starting October 1st, Amazon has the exclusive rights…

Amazon Prime Is Just $67 Right Now

Are you an Amazon Prime member? You probably should be, and thanks to the company’s Emmy victory lap, today is a great day to get a good deal on membership. Until midnight tonight, it’s just $67 to join. That’s a handy discount from the regular price of $99 a year. However, if you’re already a…

Amazon Slashes the Cost of Prime to Celebrate Its Emmy Wins

Get ready. From 12:00am ET to 11:59pm PT on Friday, September 25, all new Amazon Prime memberships will cost $67. Normally, they cost $99, a price that’s still one of the best deals in tech. The sale is one day only, and the occasion is Amazon’s five Emmy wins. Everybody wins! Jeffrey Tambor and the…

Latest Amazon Prime Perk: Members Can Read The Washington Post for Free

The Washington Post announced today that Amazon Prime members will get free, unlimited access to the newspaper’s National Digital Edition for six months, a $60 deal. After the half year is up, folks can still ride the Prime wave with a discounted subscription rate: Usually, the Post’s digital service is $9.99 per month, but Prime…

Amazon Video Now Has Offline Playback For Prime Subscribers, See Ya Netflix

For the first time on any subscription video service, Amazon Prime subscribers will now be able to download movies and TV shows from the company’s huge catalog. Roll over Netflix. The new service is a huge deal. It means precisely what it sounds like: If you’re a Prime subscriber, you’ll be able to download that…

Amazon Prime Is About to Get Worse (Update: Nah, It’s Not) 

Correction: So, Amazon has helpfully informed me that the items that will “Ship by Region” will only appear as Prime-eligible if you can get two-day shipping to your region. That means we won’t see those Prime items if they’re not eligible for two-day shipping. So..this is actually good, and nevermind anything I said. Except for…

Amazon Announces New Car Show Featuring the Old Top Gear Presenters

Amazon has announced that Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will be reuniting to create “an all-new car show” that will be exclusively on Amazon Prime. The new show will be produced by the old-time Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman and is scheduled to go into production “shortly.” It will apparently appear on…

Amazon Is Bragging About How Much Frivolous Shit It Sold On Prime Day

Amazon Prime Day was a huge let down for consumers who were actually hoping to get a good deal on something they wanted. But for Amazon, the day was a resounding success, it brags in a press release. https://gizmodo.com/primedayfail-is-a-billion-times-better-than-amazons-pr-1718214152 “Amazon sold more units on Prime Day than on Black Friday 2014,” Amazon says. Impressive. Yet,…

Buying something small and light on Amazon? It might ship for free—even if you don’t have an Amazon Prime subscription. [Bloomberg]

Amazon Lazy People Same-Day Delivery Service Is Now Free In 14 Cities

Amazon Prime subscribers will now get free same-day shipping on “over a million” items in 14 metropolitan areas. It’s practically Seamless for stuff. Amazon’s been tinkering with same-day shipping for a while now, and the free same-day offering is the natural evolution, especially as Walmart just launched its own cut-rate Amazon Prime competitor. There are…

Amazon Is Using the Subway For Deliveries Just Like the Rest of Us

As much as Amazon hypes its cutting-edge drone delivery dreams, Jeff Bezos’ convenience-fetishizing empire is relying on a much older transit system to make most of its quick deliveries around Manhattan: The subway. Amazon’s Prime Now service offers delivery within the hour for an extra $8 charge for Prime Members. “In Manhattan, our folks bike,…

Walmart Challenges Amazon Prime with Its Own $50/Year Shipping Service

Except when treating employees like garbage, Walmart isn’t much of a trendsetter. Now, the mega huge big box store may be continuing its “me too” tradition according to a new report from The Information and the Associated Press, saying Walmart is working on a shipping service to rival Amazon Prime for $50 per year. The…

Amazon Prime Instant Video Is Coming to Your JetBlue Flight For Free

The skies are boring. JetBlue’s about to make your cross-country flight a little more tolerablewith free accessto Amazon Prime Instant Video—for Prime subscribers only. JetBlue’s planes alreadyhave some of the best in-flight Wi-Fiin the skies, zipping at up to 15Mbs, assuming it’s available on your plane—only 80 percent of the fleet is currently up to…

Two-Fifths of American Households Now Use Video Streaming Services

A new report by the media measurement organization Nielsen reveals that more than two-in-five American households now subscribe to an online video streaming service such as Netflix or Amazon Prime. Of the streaming services used around the country, Netflix wins out by a clear margin. In its Total Audience Report, Nielsen claims that around 36…

​What Have You Stopped Buying In Stores Because of Amazon?

There was a time in my life where, when I needed something, I’d pop on down to the local big box retailer and pick it up. Now I don’t. Now I have Amazon Prime. It’s been years since I’ve bought shaving soap in person. Is that weird? What have you stopped buying in person because…