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Feb 2022
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Amazon hikes Prime membership prices

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Amazon raises the price of a Prime membership, Wordle acquired, Android adopts iMessage reactions, Tablet and Chromebook sales, Netflix adds an easy way clean up your Continue Watching history, a debit card with rewards points, a startup launches high quality grocery delivery in Los Angeles.Listeners ask about the best way to redact a photo, how to stop a smartphone from playing music randomly, how to put CDs on an iPhone, how to make calls in a condo with poor cell phone signal, how to save emails from an ISP account and how to adjust settings on a TV for the best picture.Follow Rich!Amazon Prime price hikeRich on Tech Newsletterredact.photoWordle joins NYTimesAndroid Messages has iMessage reactionsTablet and Chromebook salesNetflix Continue Watching clean up featurePointCardGoodEggs grocery deliveryiDrive Photo backupImport Songs using iTunesWALTR appBest TV settingsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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