Archives for April 2019

New Customers only: 1-Year .Com registration for $6

Using coupon code NEWCOM until April 8 in 2019, you get your first .COM domain at NameCheap.com for $5.88 for the first year. Registration privacy protection is included for free at NameCheap while you are a customer ~ unlike some other domain registrars… This is good for new customers to NameCheap only, and only for their first .com purchase for the first year of registration…

Refunds are coming in July: all Microsoft ebook purchases

Trigger warning for Zune fans!

Microsoft has one more time decided to kill a previously-launched media store. This time they decided to kill their ill-conceived e-book store. All ebooks purchased (including the free ones) will disappear in July 2019. Until then, you can access them with the Edge browser.

The refunds should happen automatically in July to your original payment method IF that payment method can accept refunds (eg credit or debit cards). IF your original payment method cannot accept refunds (gift card, expired/cancelled card, etc), you will receive a Microsoft online store credit).

And IF you left any notes/annotations in any of their ebooks prior to today, you will receive a “bonus” $25 Microsoft store credit.

More details at the MSFT FaQ, via the The Verge

PS: at this point, when should we expect the Microsoft App store to shutdown? 🙂

Wedn: refurbished Pixel 3 XL (128GB, Verizon Unlocked) for $520

The headliner of the Wednesday Woot-Landia deals is the refurbished Google Pixel 3 XL (128GB, Verizon Unlocked, “Just Black”, 90 day Woot warranty) for $520 with free shipping for Prime members or $6 flat shipping for others.

But if the The Verge is to be trusted, the all new Huawei P30 PRO defeats the Pixel 3 in low light photography… The P30 PRO is currently the new #1 at the DxoMark Mobile score but it is not the #1 in the Selfies score, where the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus reigns supreme…

Meanwhile among the Best Buy dailies there’s a $900 SSD i7 Dell Inspiron laptop (15.6″, 4K Touch, 16GB RAM, Nvidia 940MX, 512GB SSD, Windoze)…

PS: per the Dxomark main page, they are hiring 20+ people…

Wedn: Spider Holster, Pelican Storm, ROBO 3D, Etc

Wednesday brings with it another quartet of B&H Photo dailies as follows:

+ Spider Camera Holster system, SpiderPro Single Camera System for $79
+ not to be confused with Spyder or Varys the Spider

+ Pelican iM2200 Storm Case with Foam for $70

+ ROBO 3D R1 +Plus 3D Printer for $369

+ Westone 8 driver earphones for $749, that’s under $100 per driver 🙂

Tue: SubBlue WhiteShark, Nissin 1400 (5 systems), Tamrac HooDoo, Moultrie, refurb iOS devices

In the Tuesday B&H Photo dailies we have a quartet of options:

+ NISSIN i400 TTL Flash for $80 in five system choices (C/N/S/m43/X)

+ Tamrac HooDoo 20 Backpack for $30 in three color schemes

+ Moultrie Wingscapes TimelapseCam Digital Camera for $35

+ SUBLUE US WhiteShark Mix Underwater Scooter for $499 in three color schemes

Meanwhile in Woot-Landia, there are refurbished iPhone X models in “Electronics” and refurbished 10.5 inch iPAD PRO models in “Computers”…

In-stock alert: Monoprice 27-inch Crystal PRO monitors

WE have a computer monitor in-stock alert! Monoprice has two of their new 27-inch Crystal PRO monitors in-stock and with an introductory discount. There are two models available, one going for $280, the other for $400. With free standard US shipping…

Ricoh Theta V 360 converges to $329-ish in three different ways

We have a play in three acts for the Ricoh Theta V 360 4K spherical camera. First up, you can get it for $329 with free US shipping at Massdrop with a 1-year Ricoh warranty. It will ship in mid-April by the “vendor” [it does not specify who/what]…

Next up, you can get it for $377 but you also get a $50 B&H Photo gift card at B&H Photo, making it a virtual $327 assuming you have good use for the gift card…

Last but not least, you can get it for $427 but with a $100 Adorama gift certificate at Adorama, making it a virtual $327 assuming you have good use for the gift card…

Monday: Feiyu, SmallHD, PortaBrace, Etc

All apologies, I haven’t amassed any April Fool’s Day “news” for this year; hopefully I’ll remember to write down ideas as they come to me through the year [they usually arrive AFTER April Fool’s Day] so I’ll have some for 2020 🙂

The above paragraph hints at the date, today is April Fool’s Day, and with it we have a new quartet of B&H Photo dailies as follows:

+ FEIYU SPG Plus 3-Axis Gimbal Rig for Select Smartphones & GoPro for $49

+ Porta Brace Light Pack for Litepanels Astra 1×1 for $119

+ SmallHD 703 UltraBright Director’s Kit (Dual L-Series Battery Plate) for $1999

+ Denon Commander Sport Portable Water-Resistant 120W All-In-One PA System with Wireless Handheld Microphone for $299

OF tech interest in the Amazon USA Gold Box is a 43-inch TCL Roku Smart LED TV for $170, a 2017 model…

Of potential interest in the Kindle daily deals there are $2 on “Superforecasting” and a $2 “Self-taught programmer” ebook…

Meanwhile at the Amazon GErmany gold box there is a sale on Fire 7 tablets starting at 40 euro…

10% off Used Gear in “EX” condition with KEH coupon [ends Tuesday 11:59pm ET]

Good until Tuesday April 2nd at 11:59pm eastern, KEH Camera is offering 10% off EX-Graded Gear with code EX4A. This particular coupon is only good for gear in “EX” condition. Gear in other conditions (eg “EX+”, “BGN”, etc) are NOT eligible. Offer only valid for items in this Featured Products Category. Leica gear are excluded.

As usual, their shopping cart is the ultimate decider on what qualifies. You can test the coupon without logging-in or signing-up by adding items of interest in the shopping cart and then entering the coupon…