Tech Minute: Last-minute gift ideas Video
Tech Minute: Last-minute gift ideas Video Transcript
-Here's a last minute gift ideas that you can purchase without even leaving your couch. Have you have a bookworm on your list who has never thought there no [unk] headed to the Barnes and Noble website or the Kindle Bookstore and navigate to the book of your choice and click on the give as a gift button. And what could be better than giving other people the chance to make a difference. Buy a gift card at justgive.com. an online charity aggregator. It has over 1,000 charities in its database from education to disaster relief. And then your friend can directly give the money to the organization that resonates with them. Consider giving the music lover in your life a one-year subscription to Pandora 1 for $36 a month. They'll enjoy ad-free listening. And for movie buffs, one month subscription to Netflix starts at only $11. This year, there's no excuse for an empty stocking. In San Francisco, I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News.
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