For years, Black Friday had been the day for deals and shopping, basically serving as the unofficial kickoff to the Christmas season. Stores get packed with people looking to score the best deals on things like kitchen appliances, TVs, and clothes. A…
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Here’s why you couldn’t buy anything for the first few hours of Amazon Prime Day
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Prime Day was a success by almost all accounts with over 100 million products sold, but there were overshadowing site issues as well.
Many users reported seeing the errors, including Amazon’s dog-filled error page, and thanks to CNBC we now have some insight as to why. According to internal documents, Amazon failed in having enough servers to handle all the customers. Within the first few minutes after things kicked off on 3 p.m. Eastern Time on July 16, many customers started seeing problems.
Per the report, an “auto-scaling” feature was supposed to kick in when demand from customers got too high. This didn’t happen, which resulted in teams at the company manually adding and deploying servers. CNBC notes that Amazon’s proprietary request server, Sable, which provides “computation and storage services,” was the primary cause of the breakdown. Read more…
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View More Here’s why you couldn’t buy anything for the first few hours of Amazon Prime DayAmazon sold more than 100 million products on Prime Day 2018
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It’s no secret that Prime Day 2018 got off to a rocky start. For the first hour, many users were stuck on a 404 error page featuring the dogs of Amazon.
However, none of this got in the way of breaking sales records. This year, Amazon’s 36-hour event beat out the previous Prime Days, Cyber Monday, and Black Friday in terms of total sales. According to the online retail giant, customers purchased over 100 million products during Prime Day this year.
As the name suggests, the sales from this event were only available to Prime Members, and Amazon had more signups for the membership service than on any other day in history. For 2018, Prime Day was available in 17 countries with Australia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Singapore taking part for the first time. Read more…
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Amazon Prime Day kitchen deals: Save on the Instant Pot, Nespresso, Vitamix, and more
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Rule no. 1 of Prime Day: People will fight you for kitchen appliances. If you see a good kitchen deal, do not wait to pull the trigger.
Because if you don’t hop on it when you see it, it’s likely that when you go back, the deal is either over or the item is sold out.
That’s happened with a ton of good kitchen deals since yesterday, and while it’s a bummer, there’s no time to stew over missing an old deal — because new ones keep coming out of nowhere. Even if you’re a total newbie and your skill set ends at toast, these kitchen gadgets can help you at least feel like you know what you’re doing, even if you didn’t do anything but press a button.Instant Pots, Nespresso coffee machines, air fryers, fancy cookware sets, and more are still on sale, but that probably won’t be for long — so get on these now before they have a line through them as well. Read more…
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View More Amazon Prime Day kitchen deals: Save on the Instant Pot, Nespresso, Vitamix, and moreAmazon has the SodaStream on sale for less than $50 on Prime Day
With the popularity of LaCroix over the last few years, it has become really, really expensive to keep buying cases of sparkling water week after week. Why not just make your own with SodaStream? It’s cheaper in the long run and Amazon has a great de…
View More Amazon has the SodaStream on sale for less than $50 on Prime DayWhen does Amazon Prime Day end? Because it feels like it’s been days. (It has.)
Prime Day, the internet’s favorite shopping holiday, got a rocky start yesterday when Amazon’s site went down. But we persisted and kept shopping, scoring deals on things like the Cloud Cam ($60 off), Kindle Paperwhite ($40 off), and Bose noise cance…
View More When does Amazon Prime Day end? Because it feels like it’s been days. (It has.)We dare you to buy this Segway that’s on sale for $100 off during Amazon Prime Day
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The Prime Day deal we’ve all been waiting for — obviouslyThe Segway miniPRO is now $100 off on Amazon for Prime Day, so you finally be the envy of all of your friends while rolling through your ‘hood on one of these bad boys.
First and foremost — Segway wants you to know it is *not* a hover-board. If you’re looking for one of those, don’t worry. Prime Day has those on sale too here, here and here.
The Segway miniPro is an electric, hands-free scooter vehicle (read: NOT a hover board) that you can control straight from your phone via Bluetooth. Through the app you can also sound an anti-theft alarm, see vehicle diagnostics, control speed, and even customize your tail lights. Fancy. Read more…
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View More We dare you to buy this Segway that’s on sale for $100 off during Amazon Prime DayAmazon finally has the fancy AF Instant Pot Ultra on sale for Prime Day, saving you $60
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PSA: Instant Pot’s most futuristic model, the Instant Pot Ultra, is finally on sale for Prime Day.
Up until today, Amazon only had one Instant Pot model (the six-quart DUO) on sale, which was kind of a bummer — but then they dropped the regularly $179.95 Instant Pot Ultra all the way down to $119.95. This isn’t *the* best deal we’ve ever seen on the Ultra, but it is the same as the Black Friday price — and it’s almost the price of the 7-in-1, so you’re basically getting three new functions for free. We’re not complaining.
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View More Amazon finally has the fancy AF Instant Pot Ultra on sale for Prime Day, saving you $60Target’s one-day sale is rivaling Prime Day prices with up to 30% off vacuums, Instant Pots, and more
Target is not messing around for Prime Day, y’all.
They knew that Amazon was gonna bust out some wild deals on appliances and vacuums, so what did Target do? Have a massive storewide one-day sale including 25% off of small kitchen appliances an…
Amazon has Jibo the robot on sale for $400 off on Prime Day and Alexa better be scared
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So we all know Alexa— but do you know Jibo?
Jibo is “the world’s first social robot for the home,” and he just might give Alexa a run for her money.
Normally priced at a steep $899, Amazon has this little robot friend at an unbeatable price of $499 for Prime Day. (We get the feeling Amazon has a thing for digital companions.)
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If you haven’t met Jibo, he’s just dying to know you. And we mean really know you. Jibo’s face and voice recognition technology allows Jibo to remember and actually build relationships with you and any other members of your social circle. Read more…
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View More Amazon has Jibo the robot on sale for $400 off on Prime Day and Alexa better be scaredSave up to 30% on Calphalon cookware during Amazon Prime Day
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If you’re in the market for pots and pans, you know that stuff gets expensive. Luckily, Prime Day rolled in these deals on Calphalon cookware that’ll save you up to 30% on their best pots and pans.
These are the discounted Calphalon items for Prime Day:
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View More Save up to 30% on Calphalon cookware during Amazon Prime DayThe best WiFi router and mesh system deals for Amazon Prime Day 2018: TP-Link, ASUS, Linksys, NETGEAR, Google, and more
Happy Prime Day! No home or business is complete without a hardworking WiFi router to get your whole family or co-workers on the internet with ease.
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