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Karen Tumbokon

Karen Tumbokon

Former Digital Trends Contributor

Karen is a technology, music and entertainment writer. Originally from New Jersey, Karen began her writing career in music, covering NYC and NJ punk rock and heavy metal bands. As an East Coast transplant in the Bay Area, Karen discovered her passion writing about consumer technology, apps and startups. She spends her spare time baking cupcakes and binge-watching House of Cards and Scandal.

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Nintendo’s Poké Ball Plus goes on sale ahead of Amazon Prime Day 2019

Amazon Prime Day is happening on July 15 and 16, offering amazing deals in electronics, household items, clothing, and video games. To get gamers excited for Prime Day, Amazon reduced the price of Nintendo’s Poké Ball Plus, which lets you capture helps you capture Pokémon in a few different games
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Walmart offers the Oculus Go virtual reality headset with a $30 gift card

If you're looking to step in to the virtual realm, Walmart is running a great deal on the Oculus Go VR headset. Whether you buy 32GB or 64GB of internal storage, you'll get a $30 gift card with your purchase. The Oculus Go is a great entry-level VR headset, and gives you content from over 1,000 apps.
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Amazon lowers the price on the Smart Light Switch by TP-Link

Amazon has lowered the price on the Kasa Smart Light Switch by TP-Link. Here's everything you need to know about the smart home product.
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Walmart whips up great deals on NutriBullet and Ninja personal smoothie blenders

NutriBullet and Ninja have been known to make some of the best blenders on the market for whipping up smoothies and otherwise prepping and puréeing.  To help you out, we’ve rounded up a list of some of the top NutriBullet and Ninja blenders available at Walmart, and on sale, too.
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Looking to reduce pet shedding? This Dyson Ball vacuum gets a $100 price cut

Walmart and Amazon are having a great sale on Dyson's Ball Animal 2 vacuum. The powerful pet vacuum that specializes in removing pet hair is currently $100 off.
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Kick off summer 2019 with these Fujifilm Instax instant camera bundle deals

Looking for an instant film camera but not sure where to start? These upgraded instant mini cameras will inspire you to use an instant camera to take selfies. We've rounded up a list of some of the best instant cameras on Amazon by Fujifilm.
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Amazon drops prices on Logitech, Razer, and SteelSeries gaming mouses

Amazon is having a great sale on some of the best gaming mouses on the market. We've compared the best gaming mouses from Razer, Logitech, and SteelSeries.See which gaming mouse you should buy.
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Triller is more than a music video app — it’s now a social network too

Now you can star in your own music videos with the Triller app. All you have to do is lip sync your heart out, and the app will do the rest.
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Feeling adventurous? Bar Roulette wants to take you to a random bar

Bar Roulette wants to bring out your adventurous side and introduce you to new bars.
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15 tech products that will make becoming new parents a little easier

From baby monitors and steamers to sterilizers, we’ve compiled a list of the best baby products every new parent should buy.
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Stories you missed this week: An Apple Music festival, bizarre bike pedals, and more

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What’s your favorite emoji? SwiftKey’s ‘United States of Emoji’ map reveals our habits

Swiftkey knows the most popular emojis in each state of the U.S. You can check out SwiftKey's interactive map of emoji use here.
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Stories you missed this week: Tinder dumps its CEO, Samsung’s dueling Galaxies

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This app breaks down confusing medical data to help improve your heart health

Manage and take control of your heart health using the Hello Heart app for iOS and Android.
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Khloe Kardashian cleans up group messaging with an app that polls your friends

Begroupd is a new messaging app backed by Khloe Kardashian that simplifies making plans and polling your friends.
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10 tech stories you missed this week: Lexus hoverboard unveiled, Jon Stewart signs off

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MyTape for iOS lets you capture and share your favorite moments

MyTape is a new social video app for iOS that lets you shoot awesome videos, follow people, and watch what’s happening around you.
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TinderNightmares Instagram account features the worst Tinder pickup lines

While no one likes rejection, some men on dating sites like Tinder don’t know how to deal with women turning them down.
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Apple.com gets a redesign

The tech giant officially removed its standalone retail site along with the URL store.app.com and has integrated the shopping experience into Apple.com.
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Microsoft’s so-called ‘girlfriend’ chatbot woos Chinese users: 5 things to know

Microsoft’s ‘girlfriend app’ Xiaoice is a huge sensation in China. People chat with Xiaoice when they have a broken heart, lose a job, or feel depressed.
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Update: Dr. Dre will drop new album, Compton: A Soundtrack, on August 7

Dr. Dre is getting ready to release his first new album in over 14 years on August 7, with new music inspired by his N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton.
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10 tech stories you missed this week: Windows 10 and two cheap, awesome phones

There's a lot of tech news out there, but here are the top 10 stories of the week, including Motorola's new phones, Game of Thrones news, and more.
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Take on gods as Lara Croft and Kratos in August’s PlayStation Plus free games

Sony has announced the free games PlayStation Plus members will receive during the month of August.
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This guy quit his high-paying job to Periscope full-time

In June, Jacques gained the courage to quit his high-paying job so he could Periscope full-time.
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This live-streaming app could save your life in a dangerous situation

The Witness app acts like a panic button in high-risk situations. You can send a call, text, or email to your emergency contacts when you feel threatened.
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Want to argue about politics and religion? Take it to this new social network

While there are plenty of social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter that connect people, they all have one thing in common: shying away from discussing what’s important: politics, religion, and social news.
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Sick of Taylor Swift? ‘Discover the undiscovered’ with ReverbNation’s EchoMusic

Sick of hearing the same songs over and over again? ReverbNation's EchoMusic app introduces you to new artists.
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Top 5 best Android games you need to play this week

Are you looking for new games to play on your Android device? Here's our list of the top 5 best Android games you need to play this week.
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Top 5 best iPhone games you need to play this week

Here are our top 5 best iPhone games you need to play this week.
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Bobbi Kristina Brown has died aged 22

Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown’s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown has died. She was 22.
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10 tech stories you missed this week: Jeep hacking recall, iTunes sale, and more

From Grooveshark’s co-founder Josh Greenberg passing away at 28 to cheating site AshleyMadison.com being hacked, and Google announcing it’s shutting down Google+ Photos on August 1, it’s all here.
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For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out: Wife’s infidelity uncovered at ball game

Two sisters attending the Atlanta Braves vs. Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game on Wednesday night claim they helped expose a man’s cheating wife after they caught her sexting with another man on her cellphone.
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Fallout Shelter for Android will arrive on August 13th

At its E3 2015 conference, Bethesda announced and released Fallout Shelter, a strategy game for iOS devices. Earlier today at QuakeCon, Todd Howard revealed that Fallout Shelter will be available for free on the Google Play Store starting August 13th.
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GoPro is working on a new mobile app that will let you edit and share videos

GoPro president Tony Bates announced on Tuesday the company has been working on a new mobile app that will allow users to edit and share videos from their mobile device. The app is in its final phase of testing and should launch by the end of the summer.