CNET & Amazon Report On Great Black Friday Tech Deals: Since Black Friday is well – Friday! I thought it might be helpful to relay an article or two that offer tips on where to get some solid Black Friday Tech deals.
CNET offers an article on their site titled Top 16 Black Friday Tech Deals and those deals, all of which require one to actual visit a brick and mortar store, include great ones on TVs, a wireless speakerphone, several cool smart phones that are either free or very cheap with a contract, the entry level Roku player for $39.99, a touch screen Windows 8 laptop for less than $600 and even a $39.99 Barnes & Noble Nook (being sold by Sears!). So if you’re planning on bravely venturing forth to shop for tech in the real world on Friday you might want to check out the interactive article.
Here’s the link:
http://reviews.cnet.com/2300-34231_7-10014586.html
And you’ll notice that I referred to that last article as one that might be helpful if you’re shopping in the real world on Friday…
In contrast, here’s a link to the Upcoming Black Friday deals being offered by Amazon online – for those persons who like to do their Christmas shopping from the comfort of their favorite easy chair!
The Amazon page is titled Black Friday Deals Week and can be accessed via the following link:
The Rolling Stones Put Out An App: The Stones have just put out an official app. And according to the New York Times the app was “developed with the involvement of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood” so it ought to be quite good as the boys know a thing or two about rock n’ roll! As you would expect the app relays information and news about the band and also allows fans to see where the band is playing on its current tour – and to purchase tickets accordingly.
The brief article regarding the app is from the New York Times Media Decoder blog – here’s the link:
Have a great Thanksgiving!
And remember the library will be open on Friday from 10 AM to 6 PM so if you are all turkeyed and shopped out – visit us to retrieve some great reading, viewing and listening material – we promise we’ll even have our Christmas collection of CDs out and ready to be checked out!
Linda R.
Tech & Book Talk at SSCL 