Founder, Publisher and Editorial Director of the 9to5/Electrek/DroneDJ sites.
Seth Weintraub is an award-winning journalist and blogger who won back to back Neal Awards during his three plus years covering Apple and Google at IDG’s Computerworld from 2007–2010. Weintraub next covered all things Google for Fortune Magazine from 2010-2011 amassing a thick rolodex of Google contacts and love for Silicon Valley tech culture.
It turns out that his hobby 9to5Mac.com blog was always his favorite and in 2011 he went full time adding his Fortune Google followers to 9to5Google.com and adding the style and commerce component gadgetnewsonline.com gear and deals site. In 2013, Weintraub bought one of the Tesla’s first Model S EVs off the assembly line and so began his love affair with the Electric Vehicle and green energy which in 2014 turned into electrek.co.
In 2018, DroneDJ was born to cover the burgeoning world of drones and UAV’s led by China’s DJI.
From 1997-2007, Weintraub was a Global IT director and Web Developer for a number of companies with stints at multimedia and branding agencies in Paris, Los Angeles, New York, Sydney, Hong Kong, Madrid and London before becoming a publisher/blogger.
Seth received a bachelors degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California with a minor in Multimedia and Creative Technology in 1997. In 2004, he received a Masters from NYU’s Tisch School of the Art’s ITP program.
Hobbies: Weintraub is a licensed single engine private pilot, certified open water scuba diver and spent over a year traveling to 60 cities in 23 countries. Whatever free time exists is now guaranteed to his lovely wife and two amazing sons.
More at About.me. BI 2014 profile.
Tips: seth@9to5mac.com, or llsethj on Wickr/Skype or link at top of page.
Best Buy offers the APC 650VA Battery UPS for $39.99+Free shipping. This Uninterruptible Power Supply offers 8 surge protected outlets with three outlets backed up by power. IT also has phone and ethernet surge protection. It is covered by an APC $75,000 3-year equipment protection policy.
These won’t keep your PC going through a long power outage (most outages are short) but it will give you an hour or so to shut things down.
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For those who want to order online but pick up gifts at Best Buy, they are offering a $10 gift card with your purchase. Combined with other great offers, it is a nice way to pick up a stocking stuffer or a discount on other item at Best Buy.
As part of its Cyber Monday promotion, Target adds free Beats by Dre headphones to the $299 iPod touch 32GB for $299 with free shipping. That’s the lowest price we’e seen on the bundle. Beats headphones retail for $120
Amazon has the Sony NEX-5 Camera, two lenses, a bag and an 8GB SD Card for $499. That’s the lowest price we’ve seen for the camera alone but includes the extras.
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Amazon has Microsoft Office 2011 Home and Student for $69.99 with free shipping. That’s the lowest price we’ve ever seen on Microsoft Office for Mac, undercutting Cyber Monday by $10. This is a single license and doesn’t include Outlook.
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Today only, Amazon has the LG 42-inch 1080P LED LCD TV Model LG-42LV4400 for $499 with free shipping. That’s the lowest price we’ve seen on this TruMotion TV (reduces blur). The LG-42LV4400 includes 3 HDMI inputs, 5 picture modes as well as a D-sub 15-pin input for PC compatibility. Today only, you can also save 20% on a SquareTrade warranty to protect this HDTV.
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A 180-day warranty applies, although it’s unclear who backs it.
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Update: Costco offers a $30 instant off, making the lowest price $49.99
While they last, MacMall via eBay daily Deal has Photoshop Elements 10 for $74.99 with free shipping. That’s the lowest price we could find an 25% off of retail. It is also $5 off of the $80 Mac App Store price of this photo manipulation and organization software.
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MacMall offers the Sony Android powered tablet for $399. That’s $100 off and the lowest price we’ve seen for this
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Note that a 90-day All4Cellular warranty applies.
This features WD GreenPower Technology, which claims to reduce energy consumption by 30%.
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Also available is the factory-refurbished, 1st-generation Apple iPad 32GB Wi-Fi, model no. MB293LL/A, for $399. That’s another price-low, this time by $121. Both units carry a 1-year Apple warranty, the same as new units.
A best bet after coupon is the Crowned Heart Snap-on Case for iPhone 4 (pictured), bundled with a $1 HHI store credit, for $3.31. With free shipping, that’s the lowest total price we could find by $3, assuming you use the credit. This case protects your iPhone 4 from dust and scratches and features pre-cut volume and port openings.
Best Buy offers the same price.
Amazon offers the Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 3TB Serial ATA 6Gb/s 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive, model no. 0S03228, for $106.92 with free shipping ($0.04/GB). That’s a $10 drop from our mention three weeks ago and it’s the lowest total price we could find by $36. It’s also the least expensive shipped 3TB SATA internal drive we’ve ever seen by $3. It runs at 5400 rpm and features a 32MB cache.
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Amazon offers the four star-rated Western Digital Elements 2.5 TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive for $99.99 (<$.04/GB). This drive features reliable WD GreenPower Technology, which claims to reduce energy consumption by 30% and has a portable case which also adds protection.
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A best bet is the Young Micro Olympus LI-10B Li-Ion Rechargeable Digital Camera Battery (pictured) for $8.95 before the above coupon, $4.47 after. With free shipping, that’s tied with last week’s mention and the lowest total price we could find for a similar battery by a buck.
Features include two 2TB hard drives, RAID 1 or JBOD configurations, print server functionality, Gigabit Ethernet, 1Ghz Marvell processor, 256MB RAM, and more.
A best bet is this Trident Aegis Case for iPad 2 in Black (pictured) with a $2 HHI store credit for $23.99 after the above coupon. Shipping adds $2.85. Provided you use the credit, that’s the lowest total price we could find for this case by $5.
