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27 Apr: Apple Pay Now Accepted in Best Buy App, Coming to Stores Later This Year

Starting today, Best Buy customers can use Apple Pay to make purchases in the Best Buy app when using an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus. A free update is now available in the Apple App Store.

All U.S. Best Buy stores will begin accepting Apple Pay later this year.

Today’s consumers have many different ways to spend their money and we want to give our customers as many options as possible in how they pay for goods and services at Best Buy.

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10 Sep: Mobile Phone Plans Have Morphed: 5 Things to Know

With Apple’s new phones coming, along with Samsung’s Note 4 and Note Edge, you may be thinking about upgrading.

What you may not know is things have changed with carrier plans too, giving you more options.

In the old days (about six months ago), a two-year contract was the gold standard. Now new carrier monthly installment billing options without contracts are gaining popularity with consumers, especially those with family plans.

Here’s what’s so appealing about this new option:

1. Pay $0 down
Well-qualified customers can leave the store with a new Apple iPhone or Samsung Note for $0.

03 Sep: Best Buy Introduces Exclusive kate spade new york Tech Accessories

Give your smartphone, tablet and laptop a makeover – after all, it is Fashion Week in New York – as a new collection of exclusive tech accessories from top fashion designers and brands begins to arrive at Best Buy.

Starting Sunday, Sept. 7, kate spade new york smartphone, tablet and laptop cases, as well as portable power packs, will be available at select Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores and on BestBuy.com. It’s the first in a series of Best Buy fashion designer partnerships to be announced in coming weeks.

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24 Jul: Turn Back the Clock for Geek Squad’s 20th Birthday: ’94 vs. 2014

What better time to reminisce about the technology of two decades ago than this, the Geek Squad’s 20th birthday year.

Let’s  mentally teleport back to the age of copious amounts of cookie-cutter boy bands, jean overalls with one strap undone, and Jansport backpacks.

To get in the right ’90s mindset, check out which movies were hot on VHS — yes VHS — back in 1994.

 

Laptops: From thick bricks to dynamic 2-in-1 shape-shifting gadgets

Laptops

 

Today’s version of the PC laptop averages $399, so just a bit more affordable than that heavy $2,000+ version.