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Amazon Announces Major Price Reductions on Entire AirPods Line-Up Ahead of Summer

Oy vey, my friends! Just as the summer season rears its sweltering head, Amazon drops a mitzvah for all the Apple devotees out there. I’m talking about a discount on all models of the beloved AirPods earbuds that’s so steep, it would make your Bubbe blush. Seriously, such savings are usually reserved for those frenzied events like Black Friday or Amazon Prime Day. But hey, who are we to question Amazon’s calendar or its benevolent sale strategies?

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Amazon’s “Shopping-Enabled Wikipedia page” on Amazon Suggests Amazon / Wikipedia Deal

Have Amazon and Wikipedia struck a deal? It sure seems that way, with the roll-out of Amazon’s new “Shopping-Enabled Wikipedia pages” being displayed right on Amazon. While both Amazon and Wikipedia are being unusually tight-lipped about it (read as: nobody is admitting to anything), it appears that there is either a formal or informal deal between Wikipedia and Amazon, or else Wikipedia is foolish enough to be losing out on a huge source of potential revenue.

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Amazon Offers Free Amazon Prime Deal to College Students with ‘Amazon Student’

Ok, this is one sweet deal on Amazon Prime. Even at the regular $79.00 per year for Amazon Prime, it’s well worth it for those of us who do a lot of shopping on Amazon (free shipping, no taxes, such a deal!) Of course, it only works if the “free shipping” more than covers the cost of the $79.00 for the annual Amazon Prime membership (in our case it way more than covers it). But now, with the Amazon Student deal, college students can get a free Amazon Prime membership! As in, free for the whole year!