The Amazon Fire tablets for kids aren’t particularly known for getting involved with the discounts on Black Friday compared to the regular tablet deals. Both the All-New Fire 7 Kids Edition and All-New Fire HD 8 Kids Edition tablets have been reduced to their cheapest prices yet. Alternatively, there’s a $30 saving on the 32GB All-New Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids Edition tablet. The Fire Kids Edition tablets in Amazon’s popular range of budget screens are incredibly sturdy pieces of kit. If you’re not

First released in 1997, Final Fantasy 7 immediately cemented its place as one of the best JRPG titles around and helped millions of gamers discover a genre they’d never before considered. After two years in development we’re still not entirely sure when we’ll see the Final Fantasy 7 Remake released. A remake of the popular JRPG Final Fantasy 7A remake of the popular JRPG Final Fantasy 7 When can I play it? News and featuresIt’s a reconstruction, not a shot-to-shot remakeThe Final Fantasy 7 remak

If you’re an iPhone owner who likes to listen to the songs from your iTunes library while cruising along the highways and byways of the world, you’ll have probably encountered an annoying quirk of plugging your phone into your car’s sound system. Many car stereos, by default, automatically play the first track in your iTunes library as soon as you plug your phone in. As a result you’ll have that one song eternally ruined for you, as you repeatedly hear those opening bars, and scramble to silence

Most phone leaks consist of either photos or information on specs and features, but newly leaked images of the Sony Xperia XZ1 contain both, with the phone shown from several angles and a sticker on the front listing the key specs. It even appears to have slightly curved left and right edges but flat ones on the top and bottom, just like the Sony Xperia XZ, however unlike that phone there’s no obvious antenna band on the back. Image 1 of 4 The Sony Xperia XZ1 looks to have large bezels around th

The iPhone 7S and iPhone 7S Plus are expected to be announced alongside the iPhone 8 in September, and all three phones are heavily rumored to be launching with all-glass backs, a change which could affect the dimensions. German blog Giga Apple has spoken to a case manufacturer that claims the iPhone 7S will be slightly thicker than the iPhone 7. It will apparently be at least 0.1mm thicker than last year’s iPhone and the source claims it’s down to the switch to glass – from aluminum on the iPho

On August 1 2017, around 20% of Bitcoin Miners made the decision to “fork” the Bitcoin (BTC) Blockchain to create a new cryptocurrency named “Bitcoin Cash” (BCC). You can read a little about Bitcoin Cash and the advantages its supporters feel it offers over regular Bitcoins on the Bitcoin Cash website. For now, it’s enough to know that if you possessed any Bitcoins at the time the Blockchain forked, you’re entitled to claim an equal amount of Bitcoin Cash. In this guide we will explore firstly h

Microsoft’s new Xbox Wireless Adapter — announced just a fortnight ago — appears to be experiencing delays, with US customers potentially having to wait until next year for the slimmed down peripheral. Intended to ship in the US on August 8, it appears the redesigned dongle is now set to its placeholder date of January 31, 2018, according to Windows Central. These are the best gaming keyboards aroundHardwiredThe new Xbox Wireless Adapter, which connects via USB to a Windows 10 PC to support up t

Web support for Allo was teased months ago, and now Google has made good on its promise, though there are a few important caveats. First, you must have Allo on an Android phone in order to use the service on the web. On your phone, open the Allo app, then go to Menu > Allo for web > Scan QR code. Google’s plan is to have Allo and Duo serve as its consumer chat services while Hangouts takes over the enterprise side’s needs. Web support is an important piece to getting more people using Allo, but

If we could play a word-association game around Facebook, we’d probably say “blue” and “squares” as our go-to description of the social media giant’s mobile app. Those associations will soon change to “grey” and “circles,” however, as Facebook has unveiled plans to revamp the News Feed on mobile, altering some long-running aesthetic choices in favor of the new. First off, conversations on Facebook posts are getting a new coat of paint to look more, to our eye, like Facebook Messenger. Love it or

If you needed more proof that the Google Pixel 2 is on its way, look no further than what appears to be HTC’s official FCC filing for the device. One of the documents reveals screenshots appearing to be captured by the Google Pixel 2. Next up, we can see that this particular phone looks to have 64GB of onboard storage. So, when can you get the Google Pixel 2? As the Pixel 2’s release date gets closer, we’ll no doubt hear more about it and see more of it leaked.

Amazon is rolling out a new feature called Instant Pickup, where Amazon Prime customers in select areas can come gather their purchased items within mere minutes of placing an order. Additional locations in Atlanta, GA, Columbus, OH and College Park, MD are also being considered for Instant Pickup points, according to Reuters. In the US, two-day shipping is a standard for the Amazon Prime members. Some applicable orders can even be completed in the same day, thanks to Amazon Prime Now. Certain o

The first round of Windows 10 S laptops is starting slowly this summer, with but a few vendors out there with options. Asus’ first laptop running Windows 10 S – Microsoft’s new education-bent operating system – is an equally school-minded 11.6-inch notebook equipped with a 768p WXGA resolution display. Microsoft made it clear that Windows 10 S is intended for the education scene, but machines running the pared-down software would be available for all. With that in mind, why would Asus not just s

Having a conversation on Instagram is a messy proposition, so today the photo-focused social network is introducing comment threads to make chatting with fellow ‘grammers a lot more organized. Here’s how comment threads will look on InstagramIf this sounds akin to how comment threads are organized on Facebook, you’re right on the money. While comment threads could be a positive addition for some, there’s also the potential for abuse, with threads devolving into negative back-and-forths or trolli

Back in April, however, this changed, as I sold my Canon EOS 5DS and lenses and purchased the Fujifilm GFX 50S, a medium format mirrorless camera. The color and tones were outstanding; it was rather like looking at some of my old Fujifilm transparencies. A clear advantageSo when Fujifilm announced the development of the GFX, I was excited: the prospect of Fujifilm image quality on a 51.4MP medium format sensor was a very tempting prospect. The GFX is highly customizable, and after a little chopp

Up until now if you wanted the Surface Laptop in any of its three special colors, you were pretty much limited to one Intel Core i5 configuration, but at long last Intel Core i7 variants are here. Since its arrival last June, the Core i7 Surface Laptop has only been available in platinum, while those in Cobalt Blue, Burgundy and Graphite Gold were limited to Core i5 chips with smaller SSDs and RAM capacities. With the Core i7 configuration, these higher-spec Surface Laptops gain higher-end Intel

Chroma keying is the term used for shooting video against a blue or green screen, making the background color transparent, and superimposing it over a still image or another video. There are several free video editors capable of chroma keying, but out favorite free video editor Lightworks tends to give the best results. Record your videoFirst, you need a green or blue background to shoot against. It’s free for personal use, but you’ll need to register for a free account if you want to use it for

Samsung has unleashed a new portable SSD which promises blazing fast performance. The Samsung Portable SSD T5 uses the firm’s latest 64-layer V-NAND technology to deliver transfer speeds of up to a claimed 540MB/s. Aside from raw performance, the benefit of a portable SSD compared to an external hard disk is that it’ll survive a drop, as a solid-state drive doesn’t have moving parts. Not to mention that Samsung has equipped the T5 with a shock-resistant internal frame. Seriously lightThe drive i

There are plenty of video chat apps out there now that mean you can have a digital catch up with anyone, anywhere, and all for free. As you’d expect from this brand, the app is a minimal video chat platform that lets you simply tap to call and get talking. Skype on TVWhat better way to video chat than on the biggest screen in the house? Hangouts on a laptopWith Apple and Microsoft offering video chat solutions, obviously Google has its own option too – and it comes in the form of Hangouts. Hango

Wearable cameras have been far and few in between and they’re generally designed to be either clipped onto your person or worn as spectacles. Now Ubiquiti Networks, the company behind the Amplifi Wi-Fi mesh system, is taking a different approach with its FrontRow wearable camera, which is built into a necklace, so you can make a fashion statement when you’re not snapping photos and video. It’s practically a standalone Android device, with a built-in two-inch circular touchscreen as well as an 8M

The three new modules are as follows: an iris authentication camera module, a passive depth sensing module and an active depth sensing module. The passive depth sensing module is for entry- and mid-tier devices. It, too, has depth sensing capabilities, however, not active depth sensing as found in the module. With two cameras, devices with the Spectra ISP can do passive depth sensing. The Spectra ISP also supports machine learning-backed computer vision to assist in tasks like face detection and