The most common question people ask when buying their first DSLR is whether to side with Canon or Nikon. Canon vs Nikon: Entry-level DSLRsIf you’ve got up to £450/$500 or so to spend on your first DSLR, you’re very much spoilt for choice. Currently, the cheapest options are the Canon EOS 1300D (known as the EOS Rebel T6 in the US) and Canon EOS 100D (known as the EOS Rebel SL1 in the US), as well as the Nikon D3300 and the newer Nikon D3400. There’s also the new EOS Rebel SL2 / EOS 200D, that re

Humble Bundles are usually a guarantee of some great gaming deals and the latest one is no different. This time you can get every game from Telltale Games on PC for as little as $15 (around £11.50). That’s a lot of adventuring and not a bad price for a collection of games that has a value of around $275. Tell a taleAs with other Humble Bundle offers, this one works on a tiered basis and the amount you’re willing to pay determines how much you’ll get. You can visit the Humble Bundle page to see m

Selective adjustments are one of the most powerful tools in Lightroom, so it’s no surprise to hear that it’s been one of the most requested features when it comes to what users would like to see next on Lightroom for iOS. And the good news is that it’s now here, in the shape of the Selective Brush. Finally, with the iPad Pro and Pro2 offering performance that makes them a viable laptop replacement for some photographers, the iPad interface for Lightroom gets an overhaul. Android experienceAs wel

Microsoft has pushed out a new set of preview apps for Office mobile, and these fresh offerings come with a big change – the interface has been graced with Microsoft’s new Fluent Design System (which will also be arriving in Windows 10 with the major update schedule for this autumn). Fluent Design (previously known as Project Neon) aims to capture a more ‘modern’ look for the interface across Windows and Office, introducing elements like transparency and blur effects (think Windows 7’s Aero Glas

Bixby was one of the headline features of the Samsung Galaxy S8, but the main part of it (its voice capabilities) have so far been limited to South Korea. That’s all changing today, as Samsung has confirmed that it’s finally launched the AI assistant in the US. If you have a Samsung Galaxy S8 or Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus in the US you should now be able to download a software update by holding the dedicated Bixby hardware button on your phone. After which you’ll be able to ask Bixby questions and g

If you’re something of a Snapchat savant and you’ve been lamenting the fact that you haven’t been able to access a Snapchat Spectacles vending machine, you may be glad to hear Snap Inc just started selling them on Amazon. At first you could only get a pair of Snapchat Spectacles if you visited a city that had one of the company’s dedicated vending machines. Prime purchaseIn February Snap opened availability up slightly to US customers when it started selling them on its own website. Although you

Maybe you’ve heard a drone in flight, maybe you haven’t. Either way, the chances are good that you’re going to be hearing drones a lot more in the future, as their popularity rockets. The extra irritation experienced by the study volunteers when listening to drone noises was as if they were twice as close as a car. A common complaint among the participants was that the drone sounds tended to linger for longer. It’s hoped that the results of this research could help persuade drone manufacturers t

Word from the processor grapevine claims that AMD could be planning a major added bonus with its flagship Threadripper CPUs, in terms of bundling these offerings with water-cooling. According to Japanese tech site Hermitage Akihabara, AMD’s top-of-the-range models, the Threadripper 1950X and 1920X, will come bundled as standard with a water cooler (for more effective cooling than the traditional fan setup). The Threadripper 1950X is AMD’s 16-core model which runs at 3.4/4.0GHz (base/boost clock)

The Nintendo Switch’s online companion app, which allows you to use voice chat with friends and invite them into games, is now live on the iOS app store. The app will likely prove to be an important element of the Switch’s online service. Using voice chat on the Wii and Wii U relied on users entering lengthy friend codes in order to enable voice chat – a feature that has been de-prioritised on the Switch. As a result, it’s rare to find players using voice chat in online Nintendo games. The Ninte

When is it best to sell my Kindle? The newer your Kindle is, the more money you’re likely to make from your sale. Older devices usually go for less money, but the good news is most Kindle devices sell well anyway with people selling on all models of the Amazon ereader including the original model from late 2007. The first factor is what model of Kindle you own – the Kindle Oasis is the most expensive model, followed by the Voyage, Paperwhite and then the Kindle. If you have the packaging for you

That’s why, after what seems like an eternity, Apple is allowing customer support representatives to respond directly to user reviews on the App Store. The feature was revealed a few days back when Apple created the ‘Customer Support’ role for iTunes Connect — Apple’s content management hub for app developers. By assigning a user the Customer Support role, a company on the App Store can now have that individual respond to their products’ reviews. Yes, someone is listeningThough helpful, this rol

Google has launched Hire, a new way for businesses to find and hire job seekers within the familiar confines of G Suite. Originally teased back in April, Hire lets employers keep tabs on potential candidates using familiar Google-made applications in place of other competing recruitment tools. Interested employers in the US can purchase access to Hire or request a free demo beginning today. While any major business could potentially benefit from Google’s new service, the tech giant says Hire is

In a recent interview with Financial Times, he’s attempting to stir excitement himself by offering a deeper glimpse into what’s being referred to Fitbit’s “make-or-break” device. The Fitbit smartwatch will be waterproof, feature accurate GPS tracking and introduce new biometric sensors, likely moving beyond the expected heart rate sensor and accelerometers, though the specific hardware wasn’t specified. What’s the Fitbit smartwatch isn’tDelayed – So far, the picture painted of the upcoming Fitbi

The virtual reality realm has Google Daydream and the Samsung Gear VR covering off the mid-tier for anyone looking for quality virtual reality content on a modest budget. When it comes to augmented reality experiences that go beyond the phone screen however, the AR headset market is a fair chunk pricier, with the $3,000 HoloLens setting the pace. Enter the startup Mira, which aims to level the playing field with its Prism headset. Affordable augmentationsShipping with a remote-like game controll

Back in 2015, Google shuttered its Google Glass website and it seemed like the end for the company’s grand vision of a heads-up display you could wear at all times. Google Glass Explorer Edition was a product that, conceptually at least, had a lot of promise – a heads-up display that could become the personal computer you could access anywhere. Different companies are able to benefit from Google Glass Enterprise Edition in different ways by creating customized apps with Google and its developers

Cryptocurrency mining is the process of using GPUs, or graphics cards, to invest in, and profit from, the value of digital encrypted currencies. In recent times there has been something of a boom in the value of cryptocurrencies, meaning that ‘miners’ have been snapping up GPUs. However, in the last few days there has been a swift decline in the value of both Bitcoin and Etherium, leading to many miners selling their GPUs. According to CoinDesk, there have been 260 entries on Ebay for ‘Etherium

Well from next year, the new Audi A8 will be able to do just that. It’s part of the new Audi AI package that the German firm is building into its 2018 A8 saloon, but it’s not just the remote parking pilot that’s being offered up. It can handle parallel parking and parking in bays forwards or backwards. Traffic jam? There’s an AI for thatThe new A8 can also make traffic jams easier by taking control of the accelerating, steering and braking via the Audi AI traffic jam pilot.

The Sony Xperia XZ Premium is easily the best phone Sony has ever released. Although there are many cases for the Sony Xperia XZ Premium to consider, we’ve whittled down the list to 10 of our favorites. These are the 10 best Sony Xperia XZ Premium cases around right now:Note: we’ve ranked these from cheapest to most expensive according to prices at time of writing. Terrapin’s leather wallet case is a leather-effect case that offers great protection for your Sony Xperia XZ Premium, thanks to the

A leak yesterday spoke about the Nokia 8 and some of the hardware that it will bring to the table. We’re now coming across a detailed press render leaked by Evan Blass a.k.a @evleaks on Twitter. The dual-camera on the back comes with Carl-Zeiss branding, so one can expect the camera to be a decent performer. It’s relieving to know that Nokia is also offering a 3.5mm headphone jack for audio playback, instead of going with a USB C hybrid. (Main Image: Evan Blass)

Check out our guide to the PS4 Pro vs Xbox One S.Sony’s comfortable lead is no accident. The company has also got big ambitions for Xbox One/Windows 10 compatibility with the Xbox Play Anywhere and Xbox Game Pass initiatives. Xbox One vs PS4 hardware designThe original PS4 is the smaller consoles out of the two. Xbox One vs PS4 front and rear portsYou can’t upgrade Xbox One’s internal hard drive, but you can on the PS4. PS4 vs Xbox One rear portsPS4 and Xbox One are void of remarkable characteri