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CNET Update - Amazon offers Sunday delivery to some

2013-11-11
amazon packages may arrive at your door on Sunday I am Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update amazon made a deal with the US Postal Service to deliver packages on Sundays to customers in New York and Los Angeles and it'll expand Sunday deliveries to more areas next year starting with Dallas Houston New Orleans and Phoenix we don't know the details of this deal that Amazon made with the post office but it doesn't cost extra for customers to get a package on Sunday if it's ready it'll be at your door that means if you have prime two-day shipping you could order something on friday and get it sunday and it starts right away on november seventeenth amazon will also offer sunday delivery to london using its own amazon trucks later this month keep in mind it's not for all merchandise when you check out it'll say if the item is eligible for sunday delivery this program will certainly give amazon a competitive advantage and if it boost profits for the post office it might expand sunday deliveries for other retailers if you wanted a custom-made Moto X smartphone you don't have to go with ATT anymore all major US carriers are offering the personalized Moto X phones through the moto maker website which was something previously only for 18t customers this phone is currently one hundred dollars with a two-year service contract and it'll be upgraded to Android 4.4 KitKat in the near future customers can pick from different color back plates but we're still waiting on those wood design options that Motorola said would be coming this year the wood designs will cost extra keep an eye out for a sister phone to the Moto X being announced Wednesday call the Moto G Motorola is hosting a press event to show off the phone Wednesday but someone made a mistake and on Monday the phone was accidentally listed for sale on Amazon's UK site for delivery on Thursday November 14th before it was taken down the blog pocket-lint published details of the moto g's description which revealed it will have a 4.5 inch screen quad-core processor and the ability to pick different color back plates it was listed at a price of 100 in 60 pounds which is about two hundred and fifty dollars the magazine at Flipboard has updated to serve as a type of shopping catalogue instead of just being a place for news articles users can create custom magazines of items for sale online and list the items alongside price tags and links to purchase it the tool is similar to how Pinterest works and some companies will promote their own catalogues that's your tech news update but you can get more details on the show blog cnet com / update and follow along on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey
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