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Snag the powerful Samsung Galaxy Tab A9 Plus Kids Edition for its lowest price yet
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Tablets are a great way to both entertain kids and give them a window to the world. Whether iPad or Android, kids can use their device to watch their favorite TV shows, do homework and keep up with friends and family. The great thing about that is you don’t have to buy the most expensive tablet on the market to help them do all this. There are plenty of affordable options as well as discounted tablets available right now that can put a smile on kids’ faces and treat your wallet right.
Case in point: the Samsung Galaxy Tab A9 Plus Kids Edition is on sale for $230 at Amazon right now, which is $40 off its normal price and the lowest price we’ve tracked so far. This version comes encased in a special “puffy” cover to stand up to whatever abuse kids can throw at it, but it’s the same 11-inch Android tablet you’d get for adults otherwise. So while it’s built for kids, you could use it for yourself, too. It’s well worth grabbing no matter what your intended use case is.
Samsung Galaxy Tab A9 Plus Kids Edition
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This tablet boasts an 11-inch screen with a 1,920-by-1200 resolution, 64GB of storage expandable up to 128GB via microSD card and a 7,040mAh battery that can recharge quickly and efficiently. It comes encased in a puffy red tablet cover that’s near-impervious to the damage kids can cause, but you can opt for a yellow model for the same price right now as well.
The tablet also comes with a set of stickers for kids to place all over the case, in addition to a Crayo-Pen stylus that’s best for sketching and writing if the kids decide to get creative. All the bright colors, durable case and other kid-friendly features make this tablet a great option for travel or for tossing to the kids when they’re in need of some quick entertainment.
But there’s no reason you can’t get one for yourself. Remove the cover and ditch the stylus if you aren’t into it, and you’ve got yourself a solid and affordable tablet. It’s all the same under the hood, after all, and no one’s going to know.
United Airlines doesn’t have any bad blood with Taylor Swift, quite the contrary, as the pop star is driving up demand for its flights.
At a travel industry conference Wednesday, United said it has seen a 25% uptick in demand for flights on weekends during which Swift has held concerts abroad. Swift is having a similar effect on domestic travel too, Andrew Nocella, the airline’s EVP and chief commercial officer, added.
Swift is an economic force of her own, driving up spending and boosting the local economies wherever she performs. Market research firm QuestionPro estimated that all told, her Eras Tour could help add $5 billion to the global economy.
While United hasn’t added flights expressly for Swift’s concerts, at least one other airline has.
Budget carrier Southwest this summer said it was adding flights to accommodate strong demand for travel to Swift’s performances in Miami and New Orleans in October.
“Following strong demand from last year’s U.S. tour, the airline is adding more than 10 flights to its schedule to help Swifties get to and from her concerts,” the airline said in a statement to CBS News.
— CBS News’ Kathryn Krupnik contributed to this report
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Pearl Jam is one of the world’s biggest, well-respected rock groups. Now, in a rare extensive interview with correspondent Anthony Mason, Eddie Vedder and bass player Jeff Ament open up about the band’s founding, being together for nearly 35 years, their latest album, and more for “CBS Sunday Morning,” to be broadcast Sunday, September 22 on CBS and streamed on Paramount+.
Mason caught up with Pearl Jam while on tour for a revealing, personal look, in which Vedder and Ament talk about their childhoods, making music together, their dedicated fan base, being on tour, growing older, and their friendship.
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Watch the excerpt in the video player above featuring Vedder talking about writing lyrics while surfing to an instrumental tape sent to him by a group of Seattle musicians, and bassist Jeff Ament’s reaction when he heard them:
EDDIE VEDDER: I was doing those midnight shifts security. So, when I went for a surf in the morning … I remember it being super foggy and one of those days where you think, ‘Maybe I won’t go out.’ … But I had the music in my head, the instrumental, and just kind of wrote it. And then, I was still wet when I hit ‘record.’
ANTHONY MASON: When you heard what he sent back, what did you think?
JEFF AMENT: I listened to it. And then I remember I left and went and got a coffee, and then I came back, and I listened to it again. … And then I remember calling Stone [Gossard] and I said, ‘You need to come over here right now.’
Ament, and guitarists Stone Gossard, and Mike McCready flew Vedder up to Seattle to audition.
VEDDER: It was just, I was like, you felt it. Like, you were like, ‘Oh, this is what it is. Like, this is heaven.'”
You can stream Pearl Jam’s latest album, “Dark Matter,” by clicking on the embed below (Free Spotify registration required to hear the tracks in full):
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