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CNET Update - eBay copies Pinterest in redesign

2012-10-10
in the future all sites will look like Pinterest and you can order toothpaste to be delivered within the hour from you're limber laptop I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update ebay says that people shop differently online now so it has completely redesigned its website to be an exact copy of Pinterest well there is one difference unlike Pinterest you can actually make a purchase on ebay so ebay now curates a list of featured products with large images it's called the feed and there's lots to scroll through so you can get sucked into a browsing black hole you can also create a personalized feed with your interests ebays new look is rolling out over the next few months but you can activate it now by going to ebay.com / feed search results product page design and personal profiles also got a boost ebay shoppers in San Francisco can also try out ebay now it's an experimental same-day delivery service ebay launch the app for Apple devices and you just can get goods delivered within the hour from certain local retail stores such as walgreens same-day delivery is also something being tested at walmart and amazon mini seems to be the trend e-tech term now because Samsung just announced the galaxy s3 mini smartphone and get this it's called the mini but will have a 4 inch touchscreen so 4 inches is now a mini thing really Samsung if you wish you could watch live TV on your phone or tablet then you'll be interested in the new slingbox models that are hitting stores this Sunday it pulls in one is on your cable box and let you access the stream from a computer phone or tablet the slingbox models start at one hundred and eighty dollars there's no monthly fee but the mobile apps do cost fifteen bucks it's free though to view the stream from a pc or mac if you're planning on getting a new windows 8 laptop you're going to get bent out of shape over how many choices there are for laptop tablet hybrids lenovo just showed off some flexible models there's the yoga the twist and the links the ideapad yoga 13 has a 360 degree hinge that can do an impressive downward dog pose and like many yoga memberships it doesn't come cheap starting at 11 hundred dollars the point is that you can flip the keyboard behind it or use it to prop up and display to touch screen the thinkpad edge twist is a little cheaper eight hundred fifty dollars it can bend back to this tenth position but it also has a screen that swivels and if you don't care for your laptop you do the limbo there's the idea tab links which has a tablet that snaps into a keyboard dock it's cheaper it's lighter and it has more battery the tablet half has eight hours of battery life but snap it into the keyboard boosts it up to 16 hours that's your tech news update for today you can get links to all the stories I mentioned today at the blog sina com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey
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