RICHFIELD, Minn. and PROVO, Utah (May 4, 2017) – Best Buy and Vivint Smart Home today announced a strategic partnership to give customers an easy way to automate and manage their homes, called Best Buy Smart Home powered by Vivint. With a nationwide rollout beginning this summer, Best Buy customers will be able to visit one of more than 400 of the chain’s large-format stores to consult with a smart home expert, design a comprehensive system, and receive professional installation and monitoring, often within 24 hours.
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Best Buy's chief digital officer sat down with GeekWire to talk about the shopping experience.
Best Buy is growing its network of after-school tech programs for teens by adding four new locations in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.
That makes for 15 Best Buy Teen Tech Centers across the United States. The free centers are open year-round and give underserved teens hands-on access to the latest technology.
The new Minnesota Teen Tech Centers are located at:
- Brian Coyle Center (Minneapolis)
- Hope Community (Minneapolis)
- Keystone Community Services (St. Paul)
- YMCA (Downtown St. Paul)
They join the existing Teen Tech Center at the Minneapolis Central Library, which has been operating since January 2013.
Positively impacting our world is a year-round focus for the company.
Geek Squad Academy has served more than 26,000 teens since it began through free, two-day camps led by Geek Squad Agents and community partners. This season’s first camp begins Thursday in South Boston.
Organizations with a proven track record in offering after-school tech education programs are encouraged to apply.
Best Buy phased in the hybrid Toyota Prius c as its new Geekmobile last year. It has been a good move for the environment and business.
For the fourth year in a row, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored Best Buy with the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award.
We are thrilled to receive this honor for our commitment to educating our customers on the benefits of energy efficiency and promoting the ENERGY STAR label in our stores and online.
At Best Buy, we have long recognized the benefit of partnering with ENERGY STAR, which not only lowers our customers’ utility bills, but also reduces environmental impacts in the communities we serve.
If someone asks you to use a Best Buy gift card as a way to send them money, it is most likely a scam. Don't buy the cards. Instead call the police.
Best Buy is a proud funder of Career Academies, an educational program in Minneapolis-St. Paul that will be expanding to help even more students.
The former Best Buy executive, once a powerful player in the music industry, died Monday following a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 64.
Nearly 100 times a year, our Geek Squad repair employees discover what appears to be child pornography on customers’ computers. Our employees do not search for this material; they inadvertently discover it when attempting to confirm we have recovered lost customer data.
We have a moral and, in more than 20 states, a legal obligation to report these findings to law enforcement. We share this policy with our customers in writing before we begin any repair.
As a company, we have not sought or received training from law enforcement in how to search for child pornography.